Written answers
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Youth Guarantee
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to Focus Ireland's proposal to introduce a Youth Guarantee; if she will provide education, training and support for... - Home Care Packages
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a home care package payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Respite Care Grant
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the 19% cut to the respite care grant and actively support the campaign by carers to give carer's a break [19487/13] - Child Benefit Policy
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of child benefit;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19154/13] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the situation regarding a carers allowance application in respect of a person (details provided) details supplied in County Cork; and if she will... - Ministerial Travel
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her visit to Chicago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18695/13] - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a jobseeker's allowance granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - One-Parent Family Payment Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for social welfare in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a... - Homeless Persons Supports
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action is being taken by her Department to provide assistance to young persons who are homeless to ensure they do not become trapped in... - Mortgage Resolution Processes
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider widening the pool of reference related to social welfare recipients in mortgage arrears to include experienced financial... - Departmental Expenditure
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any of her Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this... - International Agreements
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a mutual tax/social welfare agreement between Ireland and Canada which would allow a returning emigrant to have a disability payment... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement was suspended in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all documentation has been received in... - Disability Allowance Appeals
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that was made on a persons disability allowance appeal (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum rent allowance to avail of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all arrears of rent support are... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 17 April 2013, if she will clarify a person's eligibility for rent allowance in a situation in which... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension (details supplied) [19377/13] - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for various social welfare payments such as disability benefit, disability allowance, invalidity pension or other... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 16 April 2013 if she will indicate if in the determination of means, specific regard was had for... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for disability allowance/invalidity pension approved on application, refused on application and/or subsequently... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time taken to process appeals for means-tested or health-related social welfare payments in each of the past three years to... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for health-related social welfare payments approved on application or referred to appeal in each of the past three years... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received in each of the past five years to date; the number approved, rejected or pending;... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for rent allowance refused or reduced in each of the past two years to date; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider increasing rent support for recipients living in areas affected by higher rent markets; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons who have given up employment to care for a relative and who have subsequently been awarded State pension-related credits... - Social Welfare Overpayments
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of overpayments of a social welfare payment and or allowance wherein the overpayment that occurred was not the fault of the applicant;... - Employment Support Services
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons currently on community related training, employment or education schemes and supported by her Department in each of the... - Youth Unemployment Measures
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific arrangements she has put in place to address the issue of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19401/13] - Unemployment Levels
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements she has put in place to address the issue of long-term unemployment; the extent to which she expects such measures to impact on the... - Youth Unemployment Numbers
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which youth unemployment currently reflected in the live register is likely to be affected by her proposals to address the issue of... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which previously the self-employed have been facilitated by way of social welfare payment and support; and if she will make a... - National Internship Scheme Placements
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the time frame a person has to be in receipt of a job seeker's payment prior to being eligible for placement on an internship through the jobBridge... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [19418/13] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork may expect a decision on their claim for domiciliary care allowance which is on appeal; and if she... - Illness Benefit Appeals
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for illness benefit will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied ) and if there are plans to bring the State contributory pension within the... - National Internship Scheme Administration
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the continuation of the JobBridge scheme for the remainder of 2013 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Appeals
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the medical referee decision on disability benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
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