Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have been overpaid in social welfare as a result of misunderstandings regarding the number of part time... - Pension Provisions
Question 1272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to review the State pension and living alone allowance with a view to addressing the issue of poverty among... - National Carers Strategy
Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has received correspondence from the Carers Association regarding the Government's National Agreement Towards 2016 to... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - Departmental Transport
Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by her Department for each of the past... - Departmental Staff
Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the staffing consequences within her Department, and in particular in local employment exchanges, due to rising unemployment... - Social Insurance
Question 1280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will advise on a query in respect of a person (details supplied). [29648/08] - Pension Provisions
Question 1281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under social welfare rules persons who were self-employed in 1988 can have their... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to increase the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29678/08] - Data Protection
Question 1283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances that led to the loss of files containing sensitive personal information regarding social welfare recipients;... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 1284: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by her Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of... - Departmental Agencies
Question 1285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her intentions towards the Combat Poverty Agency; and the reason she countenanced its abolition. [29768/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to an application for social welfare payment in the case of persons (details supplied) in County... - Departmental Staff
Question 1287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff sent from her Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number in receipt of rental allowance who are Irish nationals, UK nationals, other EU or EEA and non-EEA nationals; and if... - Data Protection
Question 1291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by her Department is secure. [30135/08] - Social Insurance
Question 1293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if target time limits for the processing of applications in respect of a refund of social insurance payments have been set in... - Pension Provisions
Question 1295: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to facilitate women who ceased employment due to the marriage rule to avail of contributory pensions;... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to introduce a system in which persons entitled to free travel who cannot avail of public transport for... - Departmental Offices
Question 1297: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to locate a social welfare office in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if sufferers of thyroid disorder/disease qualify for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ... - Departmental Advertising
Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by her Department and by agencies under the aegis of her Department since... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the plans for the decentralisation of posts from her Department to Carrickmacross and Monaghan; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in County Monaghan in receipt of jobseekers benefit and allowance in September 2008; the corresponding... - Social Welfare Code
Question 1307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reconsider the time frame for the carers benefit in order to allow persons to continue receiving the payment for as... - Data Protection
Question 1308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to pay compensation to persons affected by the loss of the laptop containing their personal and social welfare... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded jobseekers allowance. [30453/08] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when half rate carer's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30457/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if unemployment benefit will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a refund or arrears in relation to their disability allowance... - Departmental Funding
Question 1313: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding available to persons who suffered property as well as personal losses due to the recent floods; if so, the mechanism... - Pension Provisions
Question 1314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to her recent announcement regarding the eligibility of people who work with their spouses in a... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has had their rent supplement reduced; if it is due to this person... - Pension Provisions
Question 1318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made following the recommendations by the Irish Human Rights Commission regarding a special pension for the self... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 1319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding the refusal of an application for... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted disability allowance. [30566/08] - Social Welfare Code
Question 1323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on making changes to the eligibility criteria for disability allowance, specifically a situation when a person... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that was given to applicants under the mortgage allowance scheme as operated by community welfare officers around the... - Departmental Agencies
Question 1326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of... - Departmental Staff
Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual cost of child benefit. [30654/08] - Registration of Births
Question 1334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances under which a father's name on a birth certificate may be altered or deleted and the procedure for doing so.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted jobseeker's allowance. [30715/08] - Departmental Offices
Question 1336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans in relation to an office (details supplied) in County Mayo to upgrade or renovate this facility; if her attention has... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the qualifying criteria for the respite care grant in order to include carers who provided care for part or... - Family Support Services
Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding is available from her Department for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who provide advice on all aspects... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the waiting period for processing of applications for jobseeker's allowance and jobseekers benefit; and if she will make a... - Family Support Services
Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on the pilot scheme currently operating for lone parents including any evaluation carried out into the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum income the spouse of a person receiving jobseeker's benefit may earn for the jobseeker to retain entitlement to the... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 1358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that was spent by her Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31651/08]
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