Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the restriction to just one annual examination for persons on the PRSI scheme under the dental treatment benefit scheme.... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the number of years of participation on community employment schemes that applies to persons under the age of 55... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the possibility of reinstating the scale and polish treatments formerly available to PRSI contributors under the dental... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the situation in relation to the instruction given by SIPTU in recent months to the operators of community employment... - Jobs Initiative
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has been able to support under the jobs initiative scheme a project (details supplied) which is working closely with many networks... - Redundancy Payments
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in 100% redundancy payments over the past year; the amount recouped by the Exchequer in terms of rebate; and if she... - Departmental Schemes
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the important work done in the sector, if she will give assurances on the future funding of the return to education programme;... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an assurance that carer's allowance will not be cut further in the upcoming budget. [30079/11] - Redundancy Payments
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be dealt with; the waiting time for the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that used the text message service to request back to education allowance forms; if all requests were dealt with and... - Redundancy Payments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if all relevant information is... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent subsidy in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 14 September 2011, the position regarding an application in respect of persons (details... - Social Welfare Fraud
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 6 October 2011, the number of times in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 she has invoked... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community work places that have been allocated under the Tús scheme to a specific geographic area (details supplied); the... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29548/11] - Community Employment Schemes
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the community employment schemes available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29552/11] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance from the Health Service Executive in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is scope to extend community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.. [29581/11] - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their rent supplement reduced; and if she will make a statement on the... - Employment Support Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection about the funding provided nationally to support local employment services each year; the breakdown of the funding by region; and if she... - Croke Park Agreement
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Croke Park agreement; if he has received implementation plans for the agreement from her Department and each... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for financial assistance towards travel costs to attend hospital will be granted in the case of a person (details... - Employment Support Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection how community employment places in an area (details supplied) have been divided up between community organisations; the rationale for the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 27 September 2011, the reasons a supplementary welfare allowance mortgage interest... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for a clothing allowance in respect of a person (details... - Pension Provisions
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection what the saving to the Exchequer would be if all existing public service pension payments to former employees of State agencies under the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 4 October 2011, when an appeal will be heard in respect of an application for carer's... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their arrears of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total departmental expenditure as a percentage of GDP for each of the years 2006 to 2009, inclusive; her estimate for same for 2011;... - School Meals Programme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the school meals programme operated by her; and the cost of same for each of the past five years. [29929/11] - Community Welfare Service
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the legal status of any circulars issued from her to the community welfare service; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Code
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if endometriosis is recognised as a disability; and the extent to which it is recognised for the purpose of assessing a person's... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Live Register
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the live register at the end of September 2011 who are categorised as teachers; if teachers, when registering,... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare may take part in a community employment scheme for a position that has come up in their... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of rent allowance that has been paid out by the State for each of the years from 2000 to 2010 in tabular form; and if she will... - Social Welfare Code
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the criteria for the approval of mortgage interest supplement in order to include relief for those who have been... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children between the ages of two and four years in respect of whom the back to school clothing and footwear allowance is... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a reply in respect of their carer's allowance appeal; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a decision on their application for mortgage interest relief; and if she... - Departmental Schemes
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the targets or benchmarks agreed at the outset of the JobBridge scheme in order to assess its ultimate success; if there have been any... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the saving to the State if all State agency board members' annual payments were rescinded and instead board membership was awarded...
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