Written answers

Tuesday, 9 October 2007

Department of Social and Family Affairs

 
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of rent supplement paid in County Meath for each of the years 1997 to 2007 with a breakdown for each community welfare...
  • Free Travel Scheme
    Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the free travel scheme to include the Airlink bus services to Dublin Airport; his views on whether there is an...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will clarify the circumstances in which people on community employment can retain rent supplement; and if these rules differ...
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason his Department is going the opposite way to the decentralisation trend by restricting the issuing of PPS numbers to one...
  • Private Rented Accommodation
    Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of notifications that have been received from local authorities of substandard accommodation in the private rental...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the child dependent allowance from €22 to €35 per child in Budget 2008; the estimated cost of such a...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 in relation to illness benefit will be decided. [22457/07]
  • Cross-Border Projects
    Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22600/07]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be held for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22688/07]
  • Family Support Services
    Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of funding allocated to the Family Support Agency each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average length of time of assessment for a carer's allowance application from the date of application to the date of payment;...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has provided the Government with a report on the future of the Reach initiative; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Carer's Strategy
    Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the work undertaken to date by his Department to contribute towards the development of a carer's strategy as committed to in...
  • Anti-Poverty Strategy
    Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment across all Departments; the Departments which have had it...
  • Memorandum of Understanding
    Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has concluded its MOU with the Revenue Commissioners; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children who were in receipt of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2007; the amount paid; and if...
  • Child Support
    Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a backlog in payment of the early child care supplement; the length of this backlog; if it relates to a particular...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the National Economic and Social Council is expected to report to him on examining the feasibility of merging the family...
  • Adult Education
    Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and names of the projects or initiatives that received grants towards the development and promotion of second chance...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when notification regarding carer's benefit will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22725/07]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when his Department hold oral hearings on appeals; the way the locations are determined; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the pre-retirement credits scheme was discontinued in July 2007; if his Department advertised the discontinuation of...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason people on community employment schemes are not eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; his...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the report, advice, or other research which currently informs his Department's policy on income adequacy for pensioners generally...

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