Written answers
Thursday, 27 October 2005
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have been availing of the rent supplement for 18 months or more; and if he will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to address continuing concerns regarding the reported large-scale abuse of the construction industry pension... - Family Support Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a new child income support measure for children in low-income families, both in and out of work will be introduced; and if he... - Departmental Schemes
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to change homemakers disregards to homemakers credits. [30777/05] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to allow pensioners to earn extra cash while retaining full pension rights; when he will introduce this change; and if he... - Pension Provisions
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the annual report of the Pensions Board for 2004 which found that four out of ten defined benefit... - Irish Language
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003 to his Department to date; the cost of implementing said Act; the progress... - Social Inclusion
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent ESRI report, Trends in Welfare for Vulnerable Groups, 1994-2001, which found a... - Departmental Schemes
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 regarding the logistics of allowing Irish senior citizens in Britain to have access to free travel when... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by his decision to withdraw the €9 per week fuel allowance that was... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of debt that clients of the MABS are in; their average earnings per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase child benefit and change to weekly rather than monthly payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Poverty Reduction
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 on the eradication of consistent poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30852/05] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason his Department insists that the carer's allowance received by carer's be included as means for assessment of eligibility... - Social Welfare Code
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reassess the system by which the one-parent family payment is awarded; his views on whether the payment encourages... - Departmental Schemes
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the discussions he has had on this issue; the reason... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he has made to tackle the financial exclusion from access to financial services for persons on social welfare or on low... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons receiving the disability allowance of €35 per week; the amount spent on the scheme; if he has satisfied... - Social Welfare Code
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce new regulations for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30866/05] - Family Support Services
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has calculated the number of persons who would be eligible for the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a... - Social Inclusion
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the finding of the report by the National Council on Ageing and Older People, The Social Inclusion of Older People at... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to reduce family income poverty. [30998/05] - Family Support Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he supports the One Family, formerly Cherish, recommendation to increase the one parent family allowance by €18.50 to €165... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to address measures being proposed by Barnardos Seven Steps to End Child Poverty campaign. [30969/05] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for the establishment of a new agency to take over responsibility for the administration and payment of welfare benefits... - Social Welfare Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that the time spent by applicants on supplementary welfare allowance count as part of the... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he is making to prevent the situation where many vulnerable persons are being forced to use the services of money... - Information Provision
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has carried out research into the barriers older persons encounter when trying to access information; if not, the reason... - Citizens Information Service
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to increase funding for the citizens information service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30972/05] - Social Welfare Code
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the rules and rates governing secondary benefits can, at times, result in severe poverty traps; his plans to... - Child Support
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to increase child care support for low income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30836/05] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of social welfare recipients who are in receipt of each of the three rates of child dependant allowance for each year... - Computerisation Programme
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 in the development of its new information technology systems; the estimated and actual cost of each... - Advocacy Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will introduce the advocacy service for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30867/05] - Consultancy Contracts
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by his Department on the hiring or use of outside consultants in each year since 2000; if he is satisfied that this... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take steps to reinstate the universal entitlement of all children resident here in Ireland to receive the child benefit... - Family Support Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions he will take to respond to the recommendations in the One Family pre-budget submission, Achieving Equality and Social...
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