Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Community Work Initiatives
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that 350 Tús supervisors are affected by the removal of an additional job assist tax credit which in the past has been... - Post Office Network
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the 400 post offices around the country who are fearing for their futures because of the possible changes to the way pensions and... - Employment Rights Issues
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the successful European Court case taken by former Waterford Crystal workers in respect of their pension rights, if she will ensure... - Respite Care Grant Administration
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the major collective effect of the cuts to respite care allowance and the disability allowance for children and... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, broken down by administrative division and by age group, currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance that have not, to... - Social Welfare Appeals Delays
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22204/13] - Rural Social Scheme Statistics
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are proposals to increase the number of places on the rural social schem on a national basis, and if so the degree to which we can hope to... - Respite Care Grant Applications
329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a respite care grant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22247/13] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the social welfare services office forwarding documentation sought by the appeals office regarding a carer's allowance... - Homeless Persons Supports
331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the Moving On proposal from Focus Ireland to address unnecessary youth homelessness; if her Department will lead a network of... - Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the prolonged processing time of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying conditions that a person must meet in order to be eligible to apply for participation in a community employment scheme; and if she... - School Meals Programme
341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will furnish a list of the new schools that were placed on the programme for school meals and the schools that received additional funding... - National Carers Strategy Consultation
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding a submission on carer's (details supplied); her plans to address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [22447/13] - Carer's Allowance Applications
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [22448/13] - Free Travel Scheme Applications
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a companion pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all taxi drivers are refused rent supplement as a matter of Departmental policy; if so, the basis for this policy; and if she will make a... - Job Initiatives
348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the terms of the jobBridge scheme as they apply to the education sector and specifically if and when educational institutions... - Invalidity Pension Applications
349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Applications
351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a PPS number will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Family Support Services
353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken, or intends to take, to address the fact, now confirmed in her Department's report, that households with children, and in... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22695/13] - Disability Allowance Appeals
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance which has been awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be granted; and if she will... - Illness Benefit Appeals
357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be allowed to appeal their illness benefit application decision by way of oral hearing; and... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine entitlement to social welfare assistance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who wishes to take up... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason retained fire fighters are not allowed to claim jobseeker's benefit; her plans to change the criteria of same; and if she will make a... - Departmental Offices
360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to close the Community Welfare Office in Tramore, County Waterford; if this is the case, the way she can justify this closure; her plans... - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in her Department and in bodies under the aegis of her Department in each of the following... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service Remit
363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contents of the new service level agreement that has been issued to the money advice and budgeting service companies and in particularly the... - Departmental Expenditure
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the individual amount of overtime paid in the case of each political/Ministerial appointee for the period 2007 to date in 2013 relative to her... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a State non contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the payment of a scholarship to a recipient of a one parent family benefit is considered as cash income and deducted from their weekly... - Job Activation Measures
369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who have been called to interviews as part of her Department's strategy of having more regular and on-going engagement with... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has carried out a review of the decision to cease payment of a carer's allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied)... - Live Register Numbers
372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the live register at Bandon, County Cork for each of the past five years. [23028/13] - Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of person's on full time benefits that are not recorded on the live register at Bandon County Cork for each of the past five years.... - Community Work Initiatives
374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the services that will be rolled out in the Cork area under the Intreo scheme. [23030/13] - Pensions Reform
375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take steps to review the rules applicable to pension payments, whereby in a pension fund wind up situation, existing pensioners retain... - European Court of Justice Rulings
376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the recent ECJ Judgement in the Waterford Crystal Workers pension entitlements, she will take steps to put in place an appropriate... - Child Benefit Payments
378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make her intentions clear regarding the future of child benefit; if child benefit will be cut in order to fund additional free...
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