Written answers
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to findings of The Poor Can't Pay Coalition that identified that the social welfare payments of... - Employment Support Services
Question 75: 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... - National Carer's Strategy
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans for carers following the decision not to publish the National Carer's Strategy. [9012/10] - Social Insurance
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to improve social security for self-employed persons. [8901/10] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time it takes in respect of a claim for jobseeker's benefit to be dealt with. [9007/10] - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 80: 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... - Public Services Card
Question 82: 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 Code
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to update guidelines regarding the habitual residency rule to ensure a consistent approach by all deciding officers.... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 85: 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. [8978/10] - Pension Provisions
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the contributory pension of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2693/10] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make a statement on the delays in processing applications for habitual residency, job seeker's allowance, medical cards... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the money advice and budgetary service to negotiate on person's behalf with financial... - Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to formalise the system of allocating financial support resulting from extreme weather events. [8927/10] - Pensions Provisions
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the continued delay in arriving at a decision on the national pensions framework. [8919/10] - Social Welfare Code
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to reform family income supplement to ensure that all low income families... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families eligible for the family income supplement; the number of families in receipt of the family income... - Employment Support Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding amalgamating parts of FÁS activation... - Social Welfare Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reform the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8948/10] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the cumulative effects of cuts to social welfare payments for families that have more than one... - Social Insurance
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on reviewing the changes made in the treatment benefit scheme in budget 2010 to ascertain whether savings will be made... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to reduce the cost of the one parent family payment by ensuring that all parents capable of making... - Social Welfare Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have been refused a social welfare payment on means test grounds in each of the past three years; the... - Employment Support Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports that have been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a faster transfer of... - Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
Question 111: 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... - Proposed Legislation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to ensure the cost of illness benefit and other disability payments can be... - Departmental Staff
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that services to the public are not affected by the work to rule in her Department. [8911/10] - Civil Registration
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to permit the registration or recording of deaths here as it is considered by... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the waiting times to access Money Advice and Budgeting Service money advisers; and if she will make a... - Social Insurance
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the balance of the social insurance fund; the balance in 2008 and 2009; the estimated balances for the next three years; the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the new maximum rent supplement amounts. [8926/10] - Social Welfare Code
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to ease restrictions on the unemployed in accessing temporary work and returning to jobseeker payments once that work... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on increasing the payments given to persons who are caring for the sick and disabled due to the increase in cost... - Civil Registration
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to change legislation to provide for the compulsory registration of fathers on... - Social Insurance
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to deal with the excessive waiting times for PRSI refunds. [8916/10] - Social Welfare Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for not awarding child benefit directly to fathers when that is the expressed wish of both parents. [8917/10] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there was no fuel allowance made available to social welfare recipients in winter 2009 in view of the recent weather... - Social Welfare Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on increasing the payments given for guardians payment in view of the additional costs incurred by relatives who have... - Maintenance Payments
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that maintenance orders are not being enforced by the courts; and the estimated costs... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to shorten waiting times in respect of child benefit applications. [8915/10]
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