Written answers
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Health Services
Question 968: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to the rent allowance; and if they will be... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 970: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost of the recent announcement of the extension of the free schemes on energy, electricity and so on to old age... - Health Services
Question 972: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons a person (details supplied) had their homeless benefit withdrawn by the then Northern Area Health Board in January... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 974: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the free travel scheme is available for Irish pensioners who worked in Ireland for years, emigrated to England, but are now... - Pension Provisions
Question 976: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to disregard minimal student work in relation to entry into insurable employment for the purposes of eligibility for... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 977: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs If a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is entitled to any form of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Code
Question 978: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the rule in relation to efforts to find work and availability for work must apply to part-time firemen in view of the fact that... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 981: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved and granted the bereavement grant. [28649/06] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 990: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a disability appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when will this payment be restored to... - Community Welfare Service
Question 991: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will meet staff representatives from those unions representing CWS staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 997: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted carer's benefit and the respite care grant. [28674/06] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 998: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which the estate of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was assessed, providing a detailed breakdown of the... - National Fuel Scheme
Question 999: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people qualified for the national fuel scheme in the 2005/2006 fuel period; the cost of this scheme annually for... - Waste Management
Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he would introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse services, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment,... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the respite care grant in respect of the two people... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average cost of holding oral hearings, giving details on a county-to-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made in the case of a spouse in receipt of carer's allowance who is also the adult dependant of the... - Social Welfare Schemes
Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the growing disincentive for applicants of the financial contribution scheme for senior... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to finalise their invalidity pension... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an application for rent allowance will be approved and back dated for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he... - Social Welfare Code
Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the eligibility criteria for computer training courses to allow people who are the qualified adult dependents... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the refusal of back to school allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he... - Census of Population
Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by his... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will bring unresolved complaints relating to State pensions under the auspices of the Pensions Ombudsman; and if he will... - Pension Provisions
Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 8 June 2006, if the Pensions Review Board has examined the issue of allowing persons... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will work with the Health Service Executive in supporting carers and their families and to investigate other options in... - Fiscal Policy
Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue which would be raised on an annual basis if the two per cent health contribution within PRSI was raised to... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral appeal will be heard for a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [29856/06] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has assessed the cost of revising disability benefit cover for self employed persons affected by a serious illness which... - Departmental Investigations
Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the second actuarial review of the social insurance fund, provided for under Section 17 of the Social Welfare Act 1998, will... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person in receipt of the carer's allowance; if the qualifying rules to allow people to work on FÁS... - Pension Provisions
Question 1045: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all phases of the review of qualifying contributions for old age contributory pensions have been fully completed; the... - Departmental Programmes
Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs with reference to his Department's sectoral plan and the development of a Sign Language Interpretation Service, when he received... - EU Directives
Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on European Court Opinion C-278/05 of 13 July 2006; the implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for the respite grant to date in 2006; the number of applications which have not been processed and... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to an application for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1056: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have received the carer's respite grant in 2006; if he has satisfied himself that all those entitled to... - Social Insurance
Question 1061: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedure in place where PRSI contributions have been deducted from employees but not submitted to his Department; and if he...
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