Written answers
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Maternity Benefit
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of maternity benefit in 2011 and 2012; the total amount spent in 2011 and 2012; her plans for this benefit; and if she... - National Internship Scheme Placements
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobbridge interns in each Department and subsidiary bodies. [11370/13] - Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare contract, currently held by An Post, will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9979/13] - Social Welfare Schemes
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of households affected by changes to the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11098/13] - Child Poverty
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to child poverty proofing Budget 2014 in view of the contents of a report (details supplied) from the Children's Rights Alliance; and... - Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social impact assessment of the main taxation and welfare changes announced in Budget 2013 is complete; and when she will publish same. [11375/13] - Social Welfare Code Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to assist unemployed persons who are unable to avail of social assistance payments; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code Reform
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the future of the one parent family payment; the progress that has been made to reform childcare provision before implementing changes to... - Departmental Schemes
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide detail of the jobs plus initiative and if she will specify the length of the contracts of the jobs involved. [11378/13] - Pensions Reform
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discussions, if any, she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to align the State pension age with the typical ages that... - Job Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that she has made in the implementation of the pathways to work plan; the use of private contractors in its implementation; and if she will... - Jobseekers' Benefit Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure the threshold to access community employment and other job activation schemes and qualification for additional social protection... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she can put a cap on illness benefit of 12 months in cases when there is on-going treatment such as chemotherapy involved. [11380/13] - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the time taken to determine appeals against decisions in respect of various payments provided by her Department continues to be... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the rent supplement limits in Dublin Fingal for two and three bedroomed houses due to the rise of rent in Dublin, its proximity to... - Job Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her role in the development and roll out of Intreo in view of the fact that its key remit is to act as a one stop shop to tailor employment services for... - Redundancy Statistics
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department no longer shows redundancy figures as detailed previously with statistical breakdown by industry, county and gender on its... - Redundancy Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person must be in continuous employment for 104 weeks to qualify for a redundancy payment. [11384/13] - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10956/13] - Youth Enterprise Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will develop a dedicated youth entrepreneur fund along the lines of the proposal submitted to her by a youth council (details supplied); if she... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the domiciliary care allowance; the number of refusals of DCA in each of the years since the payment was transferred from the... - Free Travel Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision being made for persons who had been availing of the free travel scheme under Bus Éireann, but because of the removal of these routes... - Community Employment Schemes Review
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future of community employment schemes; the way the CE schemes and the Tús programme are being integrated in communities alongside each other... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 29 January 2013, in relation to 68 unfilled positions which she prioritised as critical, if she will list... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the one-parent family payment scheme; and the number that will be affected when this change comes into effect in July 2013. [11381/13] - Community Employment Schemes Cessation
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide further clarification on the way the announced local authority community employment scheme will work; the reason for not extending... - Social Insurance Fund
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current deficit in the Social Insurance Fund; her plans to ensure that this fund is fully funded for 2013; and if she will make a statement on the... - National Internship Scheme Placements
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobbridge interns that have gone on to employment directly related to the internships in which they had been involved. [11387/13] - Departmental Staff Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the backlog of social welfare appeals, if she has sought an exemption from the public service embargo to recruit additional staff to address... - National Internship Scheme Funding
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to encourage a contribution from the benefitting employer / host in lieu of the free labour they get under the jobbridge...
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