Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Department of Social Protection
- Child Benefit Rates
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee the current rates of child benefit as a universal payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33251/13] - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at the case of a person (details supplied) who is three years homeless and seven months pregnant with one daughter in school in Bray... - Social Welfare Fraud Cost
66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of prosecutions taken for fraud against her Department; the cost of taking the cases and the full sum of moneys recovered for each of the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there can be some leeway in the rent caps in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33192/13] - Unfair Dismissals
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no attempt has been made to recover from employers the full sum of social welfare appeals or other social protection payments paid to... - State Pensions Reform
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to double the rate of the State pension which she has recently been quoted as proposing. [33258/13] - Youth Unemployment Measures
70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her priorities for areas within her Department which she will be recommending for no further cuts in budget 2014; her views on her Department's plans... - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review current qualifying criteria for farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32895/13] - Youth Guarantee
72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of funding allocated from the European Union for the youth guarantee scheme here; her views on the adequacy of this funding; and if... - Social Welfare Offices
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening a temporary social welfare office in the Lucan area, County Dublin, until an adequate premises is located by the Office... - Pension Provisions
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned at the failure by a number of companies to submit to the Pensions Board plans for the way they intend to return their defined... - Illness Benefit Reform
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the application documentation which is necessary to apply for illness-related social welfare benefits which has... - Departmental Budgets
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied regarding the availability to her Department of the necessary resources to meet the widest possible scale of eventualities... - Social Welfare Offices
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 and the Bishop's Square social protection offices will be upgraded to Intreo offices; the... - Social Welfare Schemes
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of each social protection scheme; the annual cost of each scheme; and the numbers availing of the payment for each of the... - One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (1 comment)
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who will be affected by the proposed changes to the lone parent's allowance which will commence on 4 July; the savings she... - Youth Guarantee
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who have received an offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship... - Social Welfare Code Issues
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring in legislation to deduct maintenance orders from social welfare payments where the court order is ignored. [32892/13] - Job Creation Issues
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow private contractors provide employment activation services for the long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Offices
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of a social welfare office in Balbriggan, County Dublin, for local community welfare services in view... - Community Employment Scheme Numbers
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on special community employment allowance and their locations; if the full allocation of CE allowance positions has been... - Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at the case of a person (details supplied) whose son has a disability who has been issued with a notice to quit in her current... - Social Welfare Appeals Delays
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she can streamline and/or accelerate the process for the determination of appeals in respect of disability payments, invalidity... - Unemployment Statistics
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a 60% unemployment rate in Cherry Orchard, Dublin; and her plans to address the needs of... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 which had gone to appeal and which... - Gender Recognition Issues
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the Gender Recognition Bill 2013; the date on which she will publish her own Bill on gender recognition; and if she will make a... - Community Employment Scheme Numbers
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the local authority community employment scheme announced in budget 2013; the number of persons who are currently... - Pension Provisions
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the Government proposes to respond to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 25 April 2013 which found that the... - Social Welfare Code Issues
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the level of information required to be provided by claimants who are returning Irish emigrants to satisfy the habitual residence... - Departmental Staff Training
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the courses that staff in her Department have had funded for them; the cost of each of those courses through the learning and development strategy;... - Respite Care Grant Payments
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the Budget 2013 cuts to respite carers' grant. [33253/13] - Fuel Prices
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any figures are available which demonstrates the extent of fuel poverty here; if she is planning a strategy to address fuel poverty; and if she... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for back to education allowance in 2014; her plans to ensure back to education allowance will cover postgraduate courses in the future; and... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the issue of rent allowance caps in the case of a person (details supplied) a young woman, homeless for three months who cannot... - Property Taxation Collection
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no arrangements have been made to allow the property tax to be deducted in weekly instalments for those in receipt of job-seeker's... - Departmental Staff Numbers
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers employed by her Department; the number of these officers who have undergone any training in disability or equality... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare allowance applications received in 2012; the number refused by community welfare officers; and the numbers appealed and... - Marriages of Convenience
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she intends to close off the sham marriage loop hole in the interim; and if she will make a... - Topical Issue Debate
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to be present for more Topical Issues debates relevant to her ministerial brief in the future; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that there will be no cuts to rent supplement or increases to rental contribution required of tenants in the next budget; and... - Youth Guarantee
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation by the National Youth Council that her Department develop a strand within the youth guarantee... - Social Welfare Offices
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's progress to date in the roll out of Intreo offices across Ireland, in particular across north Dublin; and if...
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