Written answers

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Department of Social and Family Affairs

 
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on an appeal for mortgage supplement submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and the reason...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the effect of the Budget 2009 statement on the earlier commitment to decentralise a section of her Department to Donegal Town; the...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on adjusting the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance in order that clients of residential...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a scheme (details supplied) is operated; the number of schools on a county basis which currently benefit form it; the...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the recently proposed reforms to assist lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when disability allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will increase the means test threshold for qualification for means tested payments with a view to alleviating hardship in...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to qualification for retirement or old age pension for those who gave up work to care for a person with...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ease the qualification criteria for the back to education allowance in view of the current factors; and if she will...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way the means were derived in the case of application for social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent on capital investment by her Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties. [35396/08]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to their appeal against the decision...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of a claim for jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.[b] [/b] [35431/08]
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has made an application for the school meals programme; and if their application...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual costs incurred by her Department in the implementation of the decentralisation scheme for each of the past four years,...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of the successful claimants of jobseeker's benefit and health and safety benefit in each of the years 2006, 2007 and...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 438: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that was granted in pensions in each of the past five years to individuals who retired early from her Department; and...
  • Data Protection
    Question 440: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures or policies that have been implemented to prevent loss of private data from laptops, blackberries and other hand-held...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are in receipt of a pre-1953 old age contributory pension; if the payments for this pension are less than...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average level of absenteeism within her Department for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average level of staff absenteeism within each of the agencies within her Department's remit for each of the past five years;...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff within her Department who have availed of early retirement schemes in each of the past three years; the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 451: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff within agencies within the remit of her Department who have availed of early retirement schemes in each of the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason self-employed people who have just lost their jobs must wait for up to 12 months for social welfare payments; if this...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for carer's allowance will be dealt with in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35950/08]
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time for unemployment benefit applications; the reason for these delays; the steps she is taking to address the...

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