Written answers
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the Government's pledge to eliminate consistent poverty; the steps her Department has taken on same; and if... - Combat Poverty Agency
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected saving to the Exchequer from the announcement in Budget 2009 in relation to the Combat Poverty Agency. [35626/08] - Personal Advocacy Service
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding which has been allocated to date to the establishment of the Personal Advocacy Service for persons with disabilities... - Departmental Advertising
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expenditure by her Department on advertising and awareness activities since January 2008; the amount spent on same for the... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her view on the fact that the average debt of people attending the Money Advice and Budgeting Service has increased by 50% in the... - Fuel Poverty
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will develop and publish a national strategy to address energy poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications in respect of child benefit waiting to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reform the rent supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34806/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will index the social welfare payments to inflation in Budget 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31346/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether there is room in her Department's budget for cuts, that would not affect the most vulnerable in society.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether the back to school clothing and footwear allowance is sufficient to cover the cost of sending children to... - Pension Provisions
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assessment she has undertaken of the risk to defined benefit pension schemes of the actuarial funding standard; the... - Social Welfare Code
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the pilot studies in relation to support services and activation measures for lone parents. [34864/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will to take by way of rent or income support in respect of families who find themselves in a negative equity and... -
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of unauthorised payments made in respect of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit in each local area social... - Departmental Agencies
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the State agencies within her Department's remit which are under review; when same will be completed; and if she will make a... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her view of the Combat Poverty Agency Report entitled, Tackling Health Inequalities — An All-Ireland Approach to Social... - Departmental Agencies
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has made to Government to merge the employment services section of FÁS with her Department. [34859/08] - Live Register
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the work to improve information on the profile of existing and new entrants to the live register. [34879/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there has been an increase in the number of families applying for the family income supplement in the past six months; if her... - Data Protection
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions she has taken to ensure that the loss of sensitive data that occurred during an audit of her Department is never... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the instructions given by her or her officials to community welfare officers in respect of refusing mortgage interest supplement... - Budget Submissions
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the bodies that she has met to discuss their pre-Budget submissions in relation to her Department's expenditure. [34850/08] - Social Welfare Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to ensure that the definition of an orphan under social welfare legislation is amended in order that it includes the... - Pension Provisions
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to facilitate women, forced out of employment due to the marriage rule, to avail of contributory pensions;... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will use her discretion to make a favourable decision on an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied)... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures that prevent workers continuing to claim jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit, despite not being resident... - Social Welfare Code
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the qualifying criteria and the new payment scheme in respect of jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the effectiveness of policies in relation to the take-up of supplementary pensions. [34882/08] - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans regarding the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion and in particular the high level goals in relation to welfare... - Social Welfare Code
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way her Department has stress-tested the impact of each of the measures announced in Budget 2009 on individual social welfare... - Social Insurance
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on a review of the way in which the governing contribution year applies, particularly with regard to C2 workers, many of... - Employment Action Plan
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken since becoming Minister to respond to the needs of the growing number of people on the live register.... - Data Protection
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions taken by her Department to implement the recommendations of the data protection commissioner following his audit of... - Child Support
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to increase child specific welfare payments to reflect the higher cost to low income families of raising teenagers.... - Pension Provisions
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is she will review the average contribution test for the State contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the household benefits package to allow for the equitable treatment of people with oil-fired central... - Social Welfare Code
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which she will extend the qualification guidelines for carers who are benefiting the taxpayer to the extent of... - Household Surveys
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a study has been undertaken since Budget 2008 to ascertain if payments made by that Budget improved the quality of life for the...
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