Written answers
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time for a claim for jobseeker's benefit to be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Pensions Board
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure greater efficiencies at the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman; and the amount of savings or the... - Departmental Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports which have been provided to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time for one parent family payments in each social welfare office; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of job facilitators; the average waiting times to access support from a job facilitator; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the current methods employed by her Department to detect fraud and error on welfare payments is... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has assessed the number of farmers who may qualify for farm assist payments, following the closure of REP scheme four; and... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to negotiate on people's behalf with financial... - Departmental Staff
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures in place to replace social welfare inspectors in view of the delay in processing applications for social welfare... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is she is satisfied with the average time it takes to process social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reduce the child benefit payment. [34386/09] - National Carers Strategy
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her future plans for carers following the decision not to publish the National Carers Strategy; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to provide better clarity for deciding officers in the case of applications for social welfare payments... - Departmental Reports
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will cut social welfare payments across the board; and if so, the amount in relation to same. [34379/09] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the current means-testing for self-employed people seeking jobseeker's allowance is operating to... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure greater efficiencies at the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; and the amount of savings or the... - Social Welfare Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in introducing legislation to provide for changes to the law in relation to social welfare benefits for... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for carer's allowance, respite care, respite grant, unemployment benefit and jobseeker's allowances... - Civil Registrations
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason birth certificates for adopted persons are not available from Joyce House in Dublin on the same basis as all other... - Asylum Applications
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to review the habitual residency condition rules in view of the recent decisions of the appeals office concerning cases... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to allow self-employed persons pay additional social insurance in order that they are covered for jobseeker's benefit in... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her projection of the amount that will be saved from anti-fraud and control work by her Department; and if she expects that these... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to abolish the family income supplement. [34384/09] - Departmental Reports
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the recommendations in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes in... - Departmental Schemes
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will undertake to amend the private investment profit system scheme in order that contributors to an organisation's pension... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she proposes to take to alleviate hardship in cases in which social welfare payments have been terminated without...
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