Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10631/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Department will acknowledge receipt of an application for household benefits package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if this application will be processed. [10639/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10642/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons with PRSI class S contributions who have applied for or inquired about seeking jobseeker's allowance in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the number who did not qualify due to the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10649/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The department does not maintain statistics on persons who make general enquiries as to possible entitlements to its schemes. While it would be possible to extract some information in relation to customers who applied for jobseeker's allowance but failed to satisfy the means test, it would not be possible to say with certainty how many of these were self-employed persons.