Written answers
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on both the large number of persons in receipt of rent supplement and the large sums of money being paid by his... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to expand the free telephone rental scheme to providing free... - Departmental Schemes
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the ongoing action he will take to ensure that there is a high level of awareness among the public of all schemes administered by... - Social Welfare Code
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the review process regarding new guidelines which was to be completed by 10 March 2008 on people... - Proposed Legislation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce legislation to enable transgendered persons to obtain new birth certificates reflecting their new sexual... - Socio-Economic Review
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the figures published by CORI Justice in the Socio Economic Review for 2008, entitled Planning for Progress and... - Private Rented Accommodation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Central Statistics Office's consumer price index detailed sub-indices report of February... - Employment Support Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements in place to assist carers to re-engage with the workforce or training or education after the death of the person... - Private Rented Accommodation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on his Department putting in place a system to ensure that landlords to which his Department makes payments provide their... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm a current investigation by his Department which found that 2% of non-contributory State pensions were improperly... - Child Support
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes he will make to child income supports in view of the National Economic and Social Council report, Child Income... - Industrial Relations Issues
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the current industrial relations issues affecting the transfer of staff from the Health Service Executive to his Department; and if... - Social Welfare Reviews
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of welfare reviews of individuals carried out in the past five years; if these reviews are carried out on a regular and... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in respect of the commitment in the programme for Government to examine the possibility of introducing a... - Private Rented Accommodation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the very slow impact of the rental accommodation scheme on the number of households in private rented accommodation... - Social Welfare Budget
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received a projection of the amount that may be needed to cope with rising unemployment. [12087/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who received jobseeker's benefit since January 2008; the number of people who received the payment for the... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when his Department will undertake fraud and error surveys for 2008; the number of same that will take place; and if he will make... - National Carers Strategy
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date on the new national carers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12102/08] - Social Insurance
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that will be lost from the social insurance fund if PRSI is cut to the levels promised in the programme for Government.... - Social Welfare Code
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to complete his Department's technical review of the entire social welfare code to examine its compatibility with... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of fraudulent claims made by social welfare recipients over the past five years; if measures are in place in his... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Inclusion 2010. [12092/08] - Social Welfare Forms
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that adequate stocks of important State benefit application forms, such as the... - Employment Laws
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cooperation between social welfare inspectors and other agencies in relation to employers found in breach of employment laws;... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm a current investigation by his Department which found that 4.7% of disability allowance paid to Irish... - PPS Numbers
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action his Department has taken to improve the allocation of PPS numbers and any further proposals he may have in this area.... - Social Welfare Offices
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the opening times of his Department's front-line services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ... - Family Support Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will outline the work of the Family Support Agency; the voluntary organisations that received counselling grants from the... - Socio-Economic Review
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recommendations published by CORI Justice in the Socio Economic Review for 2008, entitled Planning for Progress... - Social Welfare Code
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department are not operating the habitual residence condition in an over-rigid fashion;... - Combat Poverty Agency Reviews
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding each of the reviews of the Combat Poverty Agency; and the outcome and main conclusions of those that are... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress that has been made in relation to the programme for Government promise to integrate the tax and social welfare... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm the length of time social welfare payments will be valid for under the proposed new payment type scheme; and if... - Advocacy Service
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied with the pace of delivery of the personal advocacy service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Code
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to improve the income disregard available to claimants on jobseeker's allowance to bring it in line with the... - Pension Provisions
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the timescale proposed for the Green Paper process in relation to pension reform; and when he expects to be in a position to bring... - Customer Service Performance
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to improve his Department's application processing times and overall customer service performance; and if...
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