Written answers
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of incentives to address the issue of children living in consistent poverty; and if she will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will provide for a personal advocacy service in respect of people with disabilities; the specific target date she is... - Departmental Agencies
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projected savings arising from her proposal to place the Money Advice and Budgeting Service under the control of the Citizens... - Social Welfare Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 25 June 2008, the involvement her Department has had with the Office of the Minister... - Pension Provisions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for a State transition pension, contributory State pension and a non-contributory State pension being... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the way the household benefits package to allow for the equitable treatment of people with oil fired... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the most recent figures for the number of recipients and the cost to the Exchequer, of mortgage payment assistance; the budgeted... - Child Support
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress that has been made in the development of a second tier payment for children in low income families and in the... - Departmental Agencies
Question 112: 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. [39512/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the way fuel allowance is paid; and her views on paying it in two lumps sums to people with oil fired... - Departmental Staff
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to augment staffing levels in her Department to deal with the increased demand from the growing number of... - Fuel Poverty
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will develop and publish a national strategy to address fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures she will take in the next 12 months to increase the take-up of family income supplement. [39488/08] - National Carers Strategy
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the National Carers Strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39374/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for illness benefit being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being processed... - Social Welfare Code
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on altering the eligibility criteria for the household benefits package in relation to medical grounds; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for invalidity pension being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being... - Child Support
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on the welfare reforms for child income supports that were outlined in the programme for Government; and if she... - Pension Provisions
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the claims from the pension industry that the regulatory regime is putting pressure on the sustainability of defined... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has issued instructions throughout her Department to introduce economies, notwithstanding the public perception that no... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for her decision not to increase the maximum rents allowed under rent supplement following the recent review. [39511/08] - Social Welfare Code
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of jobseeker's benefit affected by the budget 2009 announcement in relation to the changes to the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 130: 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. [39514/08] - Social Welfare Code
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her future intentions in relation to the age thresholds for disability allowance. [39501/08] - Pension Provisions
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the adequacy of provision for pension liabilities in the private sector; and the policy options open to her. [38747/08] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to improve access to the back to education allowance having particular regard to the downturn in the economy and... - Family Support Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on the welfare reforms outlined in the programme for Government for family supports; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 141: 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... - Pension Provisions
Question 143: 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. [39557/08] - Child Support
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans in relation to the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion and in particular the high level goals in relation to... - Social Welfare Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the review by her Department in relation to the equal treatment of men and women in the social welfare code; and if... - Social Insurance
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, as suggested by recent media reports and as set out in the programme for Government, she considered removing the cap on PRSI... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for back to education allowance being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being... - Telecommunications Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to provide free broadband to older people; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for one parent family payment being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being... - Pension Provisions
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the continuing problems experienced by former workers of Tara mines in relation to their... - Social Welfare Code
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to ensure that the definition of an orphan under social welfare legislation is amended in order that it... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her intentions to increase child specific welfare payments to reflect the higher cost to low income families of raising teenagers.... - Pension Provisions
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will take the necessary steps to bring to the notice of members of the public, who may be unaware of their rights, to... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the research project, commissioned by her Department to examine the factors behind the level of take up on... - Attendance Management
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her target to reduce the number of hours lost through absenteeism in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for respite care grant being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being...
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