Written answers
Thursday, 9 February 2006
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Homeless Persons
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the definition of homeless or homelessness his Department uses for social welfare purposes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected increase in take-up of the back to work allowance in 2006 since the qualifying period was reduced in budget 2006; and if... - Social Welfare Code
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to his discussions with the European Commission regarding the Government's implementation of the two-year... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in regard to the planned introduction of the early child care supplement, his Department has any estimate or assessment of the... - Social Welfare Code
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when it is intended to update means test thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4727/06] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is any State scheme for elderly people that will enable them to make their homes more fuel efficient; and if he will make a... - Social Welfare Code
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on removing the rule where people in receipt of the one-parent family payment may not cohabit with their partners or... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends introducing the advocacy service for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4661/06] - Departmental Investigations
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department's investigation into the circumstances in which a number of civil servants are reported to have accessed the... - Departmental Programmes
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the take-up rate of the school meals programme operated by his Department; and if he intends to offer more incentives to increase... -
Employment Support Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the range of options identified by his Department to assist people with disabilities who are in receipt of social welfare payments... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the EU survey on income and living conditions published by the Central Statistics Office on 12... - Social Welfare Code
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the parameters of the living alone allowance will be changed to enable people living alone who qualify for the household benefits... - Social Welfare Expenditure.
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent figures from the EU showing that Ireland spent just 16% of its GDP on social benefits... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the latest discussions he has had on this issue; the... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether NAPS has lived up to its potential as an instrument to identify and remove, in a systematic way, barriers to... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends to introduce the new measures for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4644/06] - Public Service Cards
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on progress being made in his Department on the introduction of new travel pass cards that will facilitate the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being placed on parents who are in receipt of single parent allowance from their... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the statistical breakdown in respect of each Health Service Executive area on the outcome of appeals to the designated officer for... - Pension Provisions
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to address continuing concerns regarding reported large scale abuse of the construction industry pension... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the child dependant allowance has not been increased for the past 11 years in view of the fact that he has identified... - Emigrant Support Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent visit to the United States and his discussions with Irish emigrant groups there; and if he... - Identity Fraud
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps which have been taken to establish a multi-agency taskforce to deal with identity fraud in view of increased levels of... - Social Welfare Agency
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans, announced in an interview with a paper (details supplied) of 2 August 2005, for the establishment of a new agency to take... - Pension Provisions
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take arising from the recent report from the European Commission which claimed that the Government was not... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on reports that his Department has discovered a significant level of fraud involving the use of bogus PPS numbers; if his... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered or will consider the extension of the fuel allowance scheme to all older people who are in receipt of the old... - Employment Policy
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views of the recent report from the OECD that suggests that the current statutory retirement age should be scrapped and that... - Child Care Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has statistics on the level of child care entitlements similar to the new child care supplement for under sixes... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of new families in receipt of the family income supplement since the increase in the family income supplement income... - Social Insurance
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of exemptions from payment of social insurance employment contributions, for a period not exceeding 52 weeks, granted in... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in active age groups and who are dependent on State income supports that have had their case managed in... - Pension Provisions
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the means test for farmers applying for the old age non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 22 November 2005, the steps a one-parent family payment claimant must take to satisfy the... - Emigrant Support Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the services his Department offers to support Irish emigrant groups abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4718/06] - Social Welfare Code
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by organisations offering support for lone parents regarding the decision to...
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