Written answers
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Applications
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to improve her Department's application processing times and overall customer service performance; and if... - Pension Provisions
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has assessed the impact of stock market losses on the robustness of pension provision; and if there are implications for... - Social Welfare Code
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the lone parent reforms proposed by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18713/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for not paying child benefit and early childcare supplement to foster parents from the commencement of their foster... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her intention to provide statutory independence to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. [18611/08] - Pension Provisions
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for applying the formula used to assess entitlement to a pre-1953 State pension where credits from a country with... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether the top rate of maternity benefit, currently €280, is an amount that new mothers, during perhaps the most... - National Carers Strategy
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date on the national carers strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18695/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions she has taken on foot of the commitments in the programme for Government to examine urgently the introduction of free... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she proposes to introduce new guidelines for the habitual residence rule in view of the inconsistencies identified in... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the community and voluntary sector advocacy programme funded through the Citizens Information Board; her plans to... - Personal Advocacy Service
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons for the ongoing delay with introducing a personal advocacy service; the month in 2008 when she expects it to be... - Social Welfare Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the developments in the area of child care since she proposed the upcoming lone parent's Bill,... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extra language or translation resources she will provide to the Social Welfare Appeals Office to overcome interpretation... - Tax Collection
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she proposes to comply with the provisions of the Finance Act, 2007 in relation to the collection and transfer of landlord... - Social Welfare Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the qualifying criteria for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in order that low income... - Community Welfare Service
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions that have taken place between herself and the Health Service Executive in relation to the moving of community... - Social Welfare Schemes
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the Central Statistics Office's consumer price index detailed sub-indices report of March, 2008... - Social Welfare Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the recent report on One Family's New Futures Project Increasing Labour Market Outcomes for Lone Parents; and if she... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Social Welfare Appeals Office of the actions of deciding officers in... - Pension Provisions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on offering social welfare contribution credits for old age pension purposes to carers who have spent a major proportion... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions she has taken to explore the possibility of including in the household benefits package, a national waste services... - Pension Provisions
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures in place to deal with personal queries submitted as part of the public consultation process for the Green Paper on... - Social Insurance
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to withdraw funds from the social insurance fund to pay for rising unemployment costs; and if so, the amount... - Homeless Persons
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consultation she has had with the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive in regard to... - International Agreements
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of countries with which Ireland has bilateral social welfare agreements thereby enabling some citizens to qualify for... - Social Welfare Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she proposes to expand the free telephone rental scheme by providing for free broadband for older people as promised in the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to improve entitlements in relation to the backdating of welfare payments; and if she will bring it into line with the... - Social Insurance
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she proposes to deal with the anomalous position of the social insurance status of company directors as outlined in the... - Personal Advocacy Service
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to raise awareness and understanding of advocacy among people with disabilities and service providers, in... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the guidelines in place for recipients of invalidity pension are sufficient; and if she will make a... - Departmental Audits
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the audit by the Data Protection Commissioner of her Department's procedures for processing personal data is finalised; the...
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