Written answers
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Department of Social Protection
- Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her proposals for the future of sick pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44417/12] - One-Parent Family Payment Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering changing the inclusion of child support in the calculation of means in lone parents allowance applications; and if she will make a... - National Internship Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated the reason for the high drop-out rate from jobbridge by persons who have not secured employment; and if she will make a statement... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent supplement scheme caps in view of an increasing number of tenants being forced out of their homes and localities due to the... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to problems (details supplied) being experienced by those collecting social welfare payments at Lucan Village Post... - EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her discussions with the Troika on the social welfare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44394/12] - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the AA home insurance and Irish Times commissioned research which found that the average weekly cost of running a home... - Carer's Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources to ensure sufficient funding for carer's in the current and forthcoming year having... - Youth Guarantee
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail her plans for a youth guarantee to be discussed during Ireland's Presidency of the EU Council; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to confusion regarding the new process in respect of applying for rent supplement; her views on whether the change... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans with respect to including flexibility into the back to education allowance eligibility criteria; if she will consider in this context, the... - Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering reversing the increase in personal contributions to the mortgage interest supplement introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the domiciliary care allowance review group she established in July; the timeframe for its report; and if she will make a statement... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by the refusal rate on invalidity pension applications which is exceptionally high at 87% between January and July 2012. [44560/12] - Community Employment Schemes Review
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending participation in community employment schemes to persons under 25 years in view of the rise in long-term unemployment... - Social Welfare Code Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals, if any, she has to provide adequate social welfare supports to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44412/12] - Employment Support Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that she has made in the implementation of the pathways to work initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44406/12] - Household Benefits
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of rent supplement; the timeline for any changes; the legislative changes that are necessary; and if she will make a statement... - Gender Proofing of Policies
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will gender-proof Budget 2013 before publication to ensure that women will not be disproportionately affected by cuts; and if she will make a... - Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will overhaul the minimum funding standard for defined benefit pension schemes which is unfair and inequitable in its present form and operates as... - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update in the delivery of the bankable commitment to childcare that she promised would precede the lowering of the lone parent... - Free Travel Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fears caused by the proposal to cut the free travel scheme for older persons and those with disabilities; and her... - Social Welfare Offices
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for expansion and improvement works at the Newbridge Local Social Welfare Office, County Kildare, which is experiencing poor and cramped... - Social Welfare Fraud Cost
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims of a fraudulent nature that have been made to her Department in 2011; the number of incorrect payments made by her Department in... - Child Benefit Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Central Statistics Office figures published last month which indicated that the income of households with children... - Community Employment Schemes Review
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the decision to limit participation on community employment schemes to one year as the general rule in view of (details supplied)... - Redundancy Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include a stamped addressed postcard with all redundancy applications which will be sent back to the applicant confirming receipt of the... - Fuel Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make additional provision by way of the partial or whole restoration of the cuts made to the fuel allowance in view of the further price... - Social Insurance Fund Deficit
To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the revised estimates 2012 which provided for a deficit in the Social Insurance Fund of €1.82 billion in 2012 which her Department has... - Job Statistics
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated and sought to quantify the link between social welfare cuts and job losses in view of the fact that there has been a net loss of... - Redundancy Rebates
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a proposal (details supplied) to amend recent changes to the employer redundancy rebate provisions to make exception for small... - Back to Education Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend operational guidelines on the back to education allowance to allow consideration to be given to awarding the back to education... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the highest concentration of applications for rent assistance payments are found in areas where the... - Community Employment Schemes Review
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the report on the Labour Market Activation Programmes to ensure that all stakeholders have a fair opportunity to study its findings... - Back to Education Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for back to education allowance, third level option, in 2011 and 2012; the number of successful applications and the number of...
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