Written answers
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Unemployment Levels
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on addressing the problem of under-employment across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18954/13] - Money Advice and Budgeting Service Remit
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role of the Money Advisory Bureau under the new personal insolvency regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18939/13] - Employment Support Services
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff within her Department committed to employer engagement as part of the pathways to work strategy, the use of private contractors... - Social Welfare Appeals Administration
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on allowing persons to avail of civil legal aid when making appeals either written or oral or both to the Social Welfare Appeals Office;... - Departmental Staff Numbers
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors currently employed by her Department; if the new panel of medical assessors has now been created; the number of... - Community Employment Schemes Places
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the introduction of a community employment programme for those who wish to become childcare providers; the number of... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for finalisation of cases in the SWAO; the number of applicants during each of the years between 2008 and 2012 who waited... - Proposed Legislation
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will introduce the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18845/13] - Social Welfare Eligibility
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures for the number of persons who have had their unemployment assistance and unemployment benefit cut because her Department... - Child Care Services
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether a Scandinavian model of childcare could be adapted to an Irish context; her plans to develop same; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Rates
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to meet the budgetary requirements of her Department without the imposition of extra curtailments... - Rural Social Scheme
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the maximum duration that a participant can stay in rural social scheme employment; her views on situations that have now... - National Internship Scheme Placements
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will publish the evaluation report on the JobBridge scheme. [18827/13] - Child Benefit Rates
22. 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. [18958/13] - Departmental Reports
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 March 2013, the date on which the social impact assessment of the taxation and welfare changes... - Parliamentary Questions Numbers
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has instructed staff in her Department to routinely request the withdrawal of Parliamentary Questions before they are officially responded to;... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to allow self employed persons who are seeking work but ineligible for a social assistance payment to be eligible for schemes... - Youth Guarantee
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress she has made on implementing a youth guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18946/13] - Social Welfare Code Issues
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will use the opportunity of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill later this year to provide for the reimbursement to her Department by... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will take property tax rates into considerations when means testing income to determine if an individual is eligible for... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will state for each payment issued by the schemes administered by her Department the processing time that it is currently taking to process... - National Internship Scheme Administration
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council owned Ballyogan Recycling Depot, aat which a number of... - Departmental Staff Numbers
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of unfilled positions within her Department and their titles; and the dates on which she expects to fill these positions. [18838/13] - Departmental Properties
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and locations through which her Department operates; the amount being paid in rent for each unit for each of the past three years; and if... - Redundancy Payments
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 March 2013, in which she stated that a person must be employed for 104 weeks before they have a... - Gender Recognition Issues
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will introduce gender recognition legislation. [18834/13] - Anti-Poverty Strategy
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016; and if she will make a statement on... - Redundancy Payments
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which her Department’s website will reinstate the practice of showing a statistical breakdown of redundancy figures based on... - Community Employment Schemes Places
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the operation of the proposed local authority community employment scheme; if she will provide the timetable for its... - Social Welfare Offices
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her discussions in relation to the Office of Public Works and the advancing of her commitment to open a social welfare office in... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regards to young homeless persons on the half rate social welfare payment who are trapped in emergency accommodation if she will consider... - Exceptional Needs Payments
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average payment made under the exceptional needs payment scheme during each of the first three months of 2013. [18825/13] - Social Welfare Code Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Court of Justice of the EU, in the case of Servet Kamberaj v Servet Kamberaj v Istituto per... - Social Welfare Appeals Administration
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2011, almost one in five decisions in social welfare appeals was overturned by getting the... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification on the situation concerning those mothers working in the home and their ability to receive a token social welfare... - Departmental Reports
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted any research on identifying a minimum essential standard of living; if she will provide the results of this research...
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