Written answers
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date the long-term pension framework will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17066/09] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has to tackle the situation whereby people receiving family income supplement who suffer reduced hours at work... - Departmental Staff
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on increasing the number of facilitators in her Department in view of the growing numbers of unemployed; and if she will... - Pension Provisions
Question 14: 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 15: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on a national basis and by local social welfare office waiting for their application for jobseeker's... - Social Insurance
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on introducing a temporary holiday, either full or partial, on the payment of employers' PRSI as a means to create,... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will improve expenditure control measures by requiring nursing homes to notify her Department once a patient has been in... - Pension Provisions
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to introduce a pensions protection fund to provide protection for defined benefit scheme members in the event that a... - Social Insurance
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend legislation to allow a person who takes a career break during the recession to be credited with a full credit... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the changes in the jobseeker's allowance are discriminatory against younger people; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Offices
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to prevent the extensive queuing outside social welfare offices; and the way she proposes to tackle this... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the community welfare service are in some cases requiring fathers who are paying... - Social Welfare Code
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has to change the definition of casual and short-term working. [16975/09] - Employment Support Services
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she envisages profiling first time jobseeker claimants that incentivise people back to education or training; and if she... - Social Welfare Code
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has to tackle the significant disadvantages built into the welfare system if someone is put on short-time working... - Departmental Staff
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports which will be given to community welfare officers in view of the increasing demands on the supplementary... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to retrieve the €7 million that is lost each year by the non-retrieval of rent supplement deposits from... - Employment Support Services
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is considering alternatives or proposals for young people, who are unemployed, to avail of opportunities, in tandem with... - Child Support
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she has taken in the context of the EU Council of Ministers meetings to put the case that Ireland is disadvantaged under... - Departmental Staff
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff and the grades of same, who have been transferred either on a full time or part time basis from dealing with... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the hardship increasing the minimum contribution to the rent supplement by a recipient by a... - Social Welfare Payments
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the welfare payments currently under review with the objective of imposing reductions in Budget 2010; and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that there are sufficient resources with the habitual residence condition unit in her Department to allow for... - Social Welfare Code
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amend the benefit and privilege rule for under 25 year olds. [16981/09] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress in reviewing mortgage interest supplement; and her plans to amend this scheme and allow more people to qualify. [16986/09] - Social Insurance
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her estimate of the impact of the changes in the Social Welfare Bill 2009, on the likelihood of the Social Insurance Fund requiring... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding core social welfare payments following the supplementary budget of 7 April 2009; and if she will make a... - Employment Support Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures put in place by her to incentivise people in employment action plan areas, who received redundancy to take up the back... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she proposes to take in conjunction with the Minister for Finance, to ensure that cohabitating couples are treated... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the fraud rate among jobseekers who are claiming from abroad. [16974/09] - Departmental Investigations
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in the course of investigations into social welfare applications it is considered appropriate that copies of bank statements... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings on social welfare fraud that would have to be made in order to restore in full the Christmas bonus for welfare... - Departmental Estimates
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has reviewed the budgetary requirements of her Department for 2009 in view of increased levels of unemployment; if the level... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will instruct the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to collect statistics on waiting times in order that resources will be... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in each county availing of the rent income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16960/09]
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