Written answers

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

  • After-School Support Services
    431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Ballymun, Dublin, was not chosen as an area in respect of new after-school child care scheme; and if it will be included in future plans....
  • Social Welfare Offices
    432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for a delay in delivering new intreo offices for the Department of Social Protection; if she will list those completed to date; those on...
  • Job Initiatives
    433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobbridge contract will be reinstated to its original finish date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the...
  • Departmental Staff Redeployment
    434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the publication of the European Commission’s Winter 2012 Review of Ireland’s Economic Adjustment Programme in April...
  • Free Travel Scheme Administration
    435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she anticipates that the review being undertaken by an interdepartmental working group made up of officials from her Department, the Department...
  • EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
    436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recently published European Commission country specific recommendations for Ireland under the Europe 2020 Strategy which...
  • Community Employment Schemes Places
    437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the additional places she allocated for community employment that have been taken; and the number of vacancies on CE in the Dublin...
  • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
    438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the rates of youth unemployment and the increase in the numbers of under 18 year olds presenting with addiction, she will consider...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
    439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects legislation that allows retained firefighters to receive full jobseeker's allowance or benefit payments to be enacted; her policy...
  • Disability Allowance Payments
    440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Invalidity Pension Appeals
    441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
    442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on entitlement of a qualified adult payment for the duration of a community employment scheme...
  • Departmental Staff Rehiring
    443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of temporary clerical officers that have been employed by her Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have...
  • Citizen Information Services
    444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has advocated that the Citizens Information Board provide independent prevention advice on gambling addiction especially in young...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
    446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) and if she will expedite...
  • Departmental Staff Training
    447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the training frontline officials in her Department receive so as to recognise cases where long-term and short-term unemployed persons require access...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Status
    448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a partial capacity benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be expedited on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Invalidity Pension Applications
    450. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an invalidity pension application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Invalidity Pension Appeals
    451. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
    453. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of mortgage interest relief in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the history of the amounts payable to...
  • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
    454. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications that are currently awaiting to be processed for carer's allowance; the timescale it will take in order to process these...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    455. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 18 June 2013, if a decision on an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance will be expedited; and if...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    456. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to implement a system whereby maintenance orders which are awarded to social welfare recipients would be deducted from their social...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
    457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown for all applicants for basic supplementary welfare allowance of the way the means test is calculated; if...
  • Community Employment Schemes Funding
    459. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for the processing of a claim for payment of wages to participants on a community employment scheme by a sponsor to her...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
    460. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and when a decision...
  • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
    461. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and children who will receive the back to school clothing and footwear allowance automatically in 2013; the amount of money...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
    462. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Social Insurance Rates
    463. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the different rates of PRSI which apply to those recruited to the public sector prior to 1995; if she has any plans to review...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
    464. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
  • Live Register Statistics
    466. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of males and females in the following age groups that are on the live register, 18-20, 21-24; 25-39, 40-54, 55-66. [32080/13]
  • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
    467. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that one of her Department offices in Portlaoise, County Laois, is used for the safe registration process to facilitate social...
  • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
    468. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the one parent family payment who stand to lose or have lost their payment as a result of the changes in eligibility...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
    469. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if her Department can administer the rent supplement payment directly to landlords should the recipient of the payment wish for...

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