Written answers
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on applications for disability allowance; if she will provide a breakdown on a county basis in... - Departmental Staff
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the auditors currently employed by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15766/11] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [15779/11] - Pension Provisions
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to introduce a pension protection fund or a similar programme which would protect occupational pensions; and if she will make... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future of FÁS and, in particular, community employment schemes; the role she has in this matter; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive domiciliary care allowance. [15797/11] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the matter will be... - Departmental Schemes
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason unemployed single parents in receipt of one parent family allowance are ineligible to apply for any position on the new Tús... - Pension Provisions
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a requirement on pension fund managers to disclose their fees on a continual basis in order to encourage... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Staff
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action taken by her predecessor in response to calls from the Opposition at the time to provide, by way of redeployment, sufficient... - Redundancy Payments
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will process a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [15247/11] - Departmental Schemes
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the State calculates the average cost per person of providing free transport to the elderly and to the disabled... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [15654/11] - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional staff resources will be made available to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in County Meath as a result of the increase... - Registration of Births
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the illegal birth registrations which allegedly took place in 42 mother and baby homes which were closed in 1972.... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made regarding travel expenses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Pension Provisions
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 and 158 of 31 May 2011, if she will provide a monetary figure for the estimated Irish... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare appeals office will hold an oral hearing in relation to the appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Employment Support Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection what, if any, outreach measures exist to increase Traveller participation in the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Bodies
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the proposals to prohibit sitting public representatives form taking positions on certain State boards, if she is concerned at... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for supplementary allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a positive response relative to an appeal for disability allowance in respect f a person (details supplied) in County... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the costs that are borne by her Department relative to her constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the... - Departmental Staff
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policies in place in her Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the latest support she has given to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the concerns expressed by the organisation that it... - National Lottery Funding
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community groups can apply for national lottery funding through her Department to open a community centre; if application forms are... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total budget allocated to the free travel pass scheme nationally; the private operators' allocations per county; if she will provide... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15230/11] - Social Insurance
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all workers, including employees and the self-employed, will be on the same PRSI scheme, in view of the fact that any differential is a... - Social Welfare Code
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the winter free fuel allowance will be paid in a lump sum instead of a weekly basis. [15305/11] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for jobseeker's allowance, now under appeal, will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied). [15407/11] - Social Welfare Code
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes now available to part-time farmers who want to up-skill or simply boost their income by off-farm welfare schemes or... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for jobseeker's allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received rent allowance since February 2011; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Departmental Schemes
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider including persons on lone parents allowance for consideration on the Tús initiative scheme and other such employment... - Social Welfare Appeals (1 comment)
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a date for an oral hearing will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will expedite... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be granted supplementary welfare allowance on a once-off basis to rectify a problem in their home... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent, if any, to which cross referencing exists with the Revenue Commissioners to deter the possibility of persons in full time... - Social Welfare Code
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to review the operation of the rent supplement scheme with a view to introducing a code of conduct for rent supplement... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to a vetting system which can prevent fraud and at the same time ensure that hardship is not caused to the... - Training and Education Programmes
The Department of Social Protection funds the provision of work experience and work placements under a number of different programmes and through a number of different agencies. The work... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is committed in the next budget to reversing the cuts in payments to the blind, the disabled, home carers and widows and if she...
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