Written answers
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans in relation to the elimination of poverty traps that exist in the welfare system. [21100/07] - Pension Provisions
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that pensioners who worked in semi-State companies do not qualify for the State pensions; if he plans to... - Social Welfare Policy
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the polices he will put in place in relation to improving conditions for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for tackling poverty, especially child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/07] - Social Welfare Code
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on allowing a contributory old age pension to people who volunteer as carers of people with disabilities and the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the back to school clothing and footwear payment in view of the fact that... - Social Welfare Code
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the back to school payment to single parents on a community employment scheme as they are currently excluded... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the decision to assess a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for entitlement to jobseeker's benefit; if their... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for the respite care grant for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20075/07] - Pension Provisions
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a pension at a reduced rate to those elderly people who contributed PRSI on the expectation of receiving a... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [20078/07] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the widower's non-contributory pension. [20091/07] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for the respite care grant for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20095/07] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 588: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an application for a retrospective survivor's pension in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 590: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for retrospective job seeker's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [20148/07] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 591: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the target time level for processing review applications of family income supplement; and the number of occasions on average the... - Departmental Advertising
Question 592: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the advertising his Department carried out in relation to family income supplement; and the amount of money spent on advertising... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 593: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applicants for family income supplement in 2007 who were refused assistance; the number of people who currently... - Family Support Services
Question 594: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of complaints logged to his Department in 2007 regarding the telephone service with the family income supplement... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 596: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was recently refused invalidity... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 602: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 603: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rate of PRSI paid by taxi drivers; the reason social welfare benefits are restricted for people who are self-employed in this... - Pension Provisions
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in County Meath who were or are in receipt of a contributory pension and a non-contributory pension for each... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 605: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the eligibility requirements for a claimant to be in receipt of deserted wifes benefit. [20628/07] - Social Welfare Code
Question 609: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the regulations signed by him or his predecessor in 2006 and 2007; and if in each case, they are available on his Department's... - Pension Provisions
Question 611: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to allow persons to continue to work and pay PRSI pension contributions beyond pension age to gain eligibility for an... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 612: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on making changes to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme whereby families who might meet the... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Galway to finalise their carer's allowance... - Social Welfare Code
Question 615: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend maternity leave for mothers of premature babies who are hospitalised after birth; and if he will make a... - Live Register
Question 621: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to meet with the his colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to discuss the figures...
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