Written answers
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Payments
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will maintain disability allowance at its current rate in Budget 2014. [25723/13] - Work Placement Programme
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's work in introducing a work placement initiative to allow the unemployed to work within local... - Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's spending in 2012 and to date in 2013 on rent supplement; the number of persons currently in receipt of the... - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reducing the income thresholds used to assess qualification for family income supplement. [25715/13] - Social Welfare Code Review
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits of the jobseeker's transition payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25870/13] - Maternity Benefit Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on maternity benefit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/13] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans she has for changes to the domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance; and the date on which she intends to make any changes.... - Habitual Residency Conditions
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct her Department to catalogue information on the number of returning Irish emigrants who applied for but were refused a social... - European Court of Justice Rulings
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she proposes to respond to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 25 April 2013 which found that the State is liable... - Property Taxation Collection
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the event of money being deducted from social welfare payments for the local property tax as provided for in the Act, the maximum amount that... - Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the numbers of persons who applied for invalidity pension in each county for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the... - Youth Guarantee
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in implementing the youth guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25807/13] - Departmental Staff Remuneration
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of savings that would be made if salaries to personnel in her Department were capped at €100,000. [25727/13] - Public Sector Staff Retirements
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she expects pesons who are forced to retire from the civil service at 65 to claim jobseeker's benefit or allowance until they can receive the... - Departmental Agencies Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to Citizens Information Centres during each of the past five years; the amount of this funding which was allocated to... - Child Benefit Rates
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding potential changes to child benefit payments. [25717/13] - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently receiving rent supplement; the length of time for which the rent supplement is intended to be supplied; the number of... - Gender Recognition Issues
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce gender recognition legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25720/13] - Farm Assist Scheme Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the urgent need to review changes made in the Budget to the farm assist payment due to the difficult weather conditions and fodder... - Ready to Work Programme
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that funding is continued for the ready for work programme supported by business in the community to enable them to continue their... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the actions that she has taken to reduce waiting times for social welfare payments. [25721/13] - National Internship Scheme Administration
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views of the abuse of JobBridge scheme by employers who are seeking interns to cover menial tasks; her views on whether interning and gaining... - Student Support Schemes Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider engagement with the Department of Education and Skills and with the Northern Ireland Executive in respect of supports for... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time for processing social welfare appeals broken down by division and type of appeal; and if she will make a statement on the... - Mortgage Interest Supplement Application Numbers
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for mortgage interest supplement for each of theplast five years; the numbers in receipt of payment in the same period;... - Youth Unemployment Measures
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to address the issue of youth unemployment with particular reference to the setting of precise... - Child Poverty
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the number of children living in poverty or at risk of poverty. [25728/13] - Social Welfare Fraud Cost
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that were made in fraud detection in 2012; the way this figure compares with 2011; the savings that were made through fraud detection in... - Social Welfare Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of information required to be provided for a claimant to satisfy the habitual residence condition; if decisions are made on a purely... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at the case of a family (details supplied) in County Wexford which have been on the social housing list for a total of nine years;... - Job Initiatives
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the paper entitled Ticket to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25641/13] - Pensions Reform
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the apparent disproportionate impact on women following changes to eligibility criteria for pensions, particularly the increase in the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will run a public information campaign to highlight to landlords, whose tenants are in receipt of rent supplement, that it is illegal to... - Services for People with Disabilities
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all transport services which are co-funded by her Department in respect of persons with disabilities for each of the...
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