Written answers
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Employment Support Services
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on the design and roll out of Intreo the new public service brand for the one stop shop for employment services and welfare... - Farm Assist Scheme Application Numbers
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers in County Kerry claiming farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2938/13] - Social Welfare Rates
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to work with the National Consumer Agency, the State agency under its remit, to provide assistance to older citizens in selecting energy... - Disability Allowance Appeals
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration given to relapsing or recurring illnesses such as cystic fibrosis when assessing a persons capacity under the partial capacity... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Contributory)
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualification requirements in respect of self-employed contributions for contributory old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for invalidity and if she will expedite a reply. [2402/13] - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will elaborate on the changes to the means test for farm assist which commences in April 2013; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for an application for State pension contributory; the number of applications currently waiting to be processed; and if... - Social Welfare Code
334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the social welfare entitlements for small businesses who have to close down; the social welfare payment that is available; is... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an entitlement to an invalidity pension is being questioned in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the fact... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who made... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for basic supplementary welfare in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, when this... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2539/13] - Child Benefit Appeals
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a child benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension that are currently waiting to be processed; the timescale for same; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance that are currently waiting to be processed; the timescale for same; and if she will make a... - State Pension
348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an assurance that the age of retirement will not be increased to 67 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2559/13] - Carer's Allowance Delays
349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2562/13] - Disability Allowance Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Places
355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the additional 2,000 community employment scheme places announced in Budget 2013 will be rolled out; and which sectors will be given priority.... - Disability Allowance Appeals
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on jobseeker's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Benefit Appeals
361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a child benefit appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Farm Assist Scheme Applications
363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 16 October 2012, the reason a person with a horticulture enterprise is not categorised as a farmer for... - National Internship Scheme
364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which four persons who are on jobbridge in the housing section of Galway County Council and would like to remain may be... - Carer's Allowance Applications
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2736/13] - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare failed to prove that their means did snot exceed the statutory limit in respect of... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments
370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and number of people living in Waterford City and County who are in receipt of a social welfare payment; and if he will list each... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the way it was concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been overpaid by the Department in respect of... - Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseekers benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she could expedite a decision... - Invalidity Pension Applications
373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; and if she will make a statement... - National Internship Scheme
375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of the jobbridge scheme to date; and the number of persons known to have moved from jobbridge into full-time... - Ministerial Staff
376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of immediate or extended family members employed by her Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if she will make a... - Pension Provisions
377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for non contributory old age pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Disability Allowance Appeals
379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Fuel Allowance Applications
382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when all arrears in respect of an application for fuel allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of a determination of entitlement to illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Disability Allowance Appeals
384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - Social Welfare Appeals
385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the current backlog of appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals Officer; the measures being taken to address this backlog; and if... - Departmental Funding
386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the feasibility of extending the service Vantastic, which is currently part funded by her Department under the Community Service... - One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers
388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of one parent family payment who are currently on community employment; the numbers at 31 December 2011; and if she... - Social Welfare Code
389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of persons currently in employment who will be affected by the proposed abolition of the State pension... - Pension Provisions
392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were entitled to claim the State pension transition in 2012; and the number who actually claimed the payment. [2990/13] - Social Welfare Code
393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who will continue to receive the State pension transition in 20914 subsequent to the abolition date for new claimants from 1... - Qualified Adult Payments
394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in the population on social welfare payments who are currently in receipt of a qualified adult payment and would have... - Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify if workers retiring at 65 years who cannot access the State pension transition from 1 January 2014 and who are eligible for... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the entitlement to medical appliance benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Applications
397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals for backdating of entitlement to disability allowance; the number of such that were late appeals; the number of requests for... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the means test relative to the claim for a jobseekers allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will... - State Pension (Contributory)
402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 16 January 2013, if she will review the application for contributory pension in the case of a person... - Redundancy Payments
403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of recent examples of companies entering receivership or examinership, if further consideration can be given to introducing a tiered... - Child Benefit Payments
405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, and from the available data held by her Department and the Revenue Commissioners, the percentage of households... - Appointments to State Boards
406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3579/13]
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