Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Social and Family Affairs

 
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of interaction between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local...
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated fraud rate within each scheme and the target savings she is setting for each scheme in 2010. [1793/10]
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time for each individual social welfare office to deal with a claim for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make...
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
    Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the waiting times to access the Money Advice and Budgeting Service money advisers; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to improve processing times for all social welfare claims. [1801/10]
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding fraud control measures put in place by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1677/10]
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 62 of 11 November 2009, if a final decision has been taken as to the appropriate response; and...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on a national, county and local social welfare office basis awaiting for their application for jobseeker's...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to change the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1647/10]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications received for domiciliary care allowance from April to December 2009, inclusive; the number refused; the...
  • Job Facilitators
    Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if she will make a...
  • Carer's Strategy
    Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the future plans she has for carers following the decision not to publish the national carer's strategy; and if she will make a...
  • Affordable Energy
    Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the involvement of her Department on the inter-departmental group on affordable energy. [1785/10]
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the method of recording and calculating fraud control savings; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding made available to the humanitarian assistance scheme for flood claims; the number of applications for support; the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will publish the outcome of the review of mortgage interest supplement. [1788/10]
  • Social Insurance
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will provide legislation for the planned PRSI exemption for employers who take on a person who has been on the live...
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
    Question 107: 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 persons' behalf with financial...
  • Departmental Schemes
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason back to work education allowance scheme is available to persons who are pursing higher diploma courses but not Masters...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to progress the introduction of a unified means test. [1811/10]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time it takes to process social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1684/10]
  • Fuel Poverty
    Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to develop a national fuel poverty strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1775/10]
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will publish the national pensions framework. [1791/10]
  • Social Insurance
    Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to deal with the eight month delaying in processing PRSI refund applications. [1781/10]
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken or proposes to take to streamline and speed up the process of applications for various social welfare...
  • Public Service Identity Cards
    Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details on the public service card with photo ID to be rolled out from 2010; 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 estimated number of families eligible for the family income supplement; the number of families in receipt of the family income...
  • Social Welfare Code
    Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the methodology used to determine whether partnership exists or is established to qualify for widows, widowers or old age pension...
  • Job Facilitators
    Question 123: 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 Code
    Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the back to education allowance does not cover participants in the labour market activation programme; if her attention...
  • Social Insurance
    Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to improve the recovery rate of employer PRSI arrears. [1783/10]
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to temporarily increase the rate of fuel allowance to offset the significant increase in fuel costs during the recent...
  • Commission on Taxation
    Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has completed her deliberations and her conclusions on the Commission on Taxation report. [1810/10]

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