Written answers

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Department of Social Protection

 
  • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
    10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arising from the number of applications for back to education allowance disallowed on the basis of the applicant having completed a course at a...
  • National Internship Scheme Placements
    11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of her responsibility for youth unemployment, her views on whether it is appropriate for organisations (details supplied) to offer...
  • Work Placement Programmes
    12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that companies advertising job vacancies on the Intreo website are using loopholes in company law to lay...
  • Family Income Supplement
    13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to promote the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10336/14]
  • National Internship Scheme Placements
    14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of JobBridge participants that have been employed by her Department; the number of JobBridge participants that have gained full employment...
  • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
    15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact her changes to farm assist with respect to income disregards have had on farmers; and if she will...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
    16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on media reports that a family in Dublin have been forced out of their home due to a €400 monthly rent hike which they could not...
  • Student Travel Card
    19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow student travel passes for participants on specific education based community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement...
  • Job Initiatives
    21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the progress of JobsPlus; the number of businesses that have engaged with the initiative; the number of persons who have...
  • Child Benefit Data
    22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10337/14]
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
    23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change regulations so that the cost of child care is taken into account when calculating the amount of rent allowance payable to an...
  • Job Initiatives
    26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobPath tender process. [10345/14]
  • National Internship Scheme Administration
    27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any Department or statutory body has been banned from making use of the JobBridge scheme. [10477/14]
  • Social Welfare Appeals Data
    28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of appeals made by those refused the invalidity pension, the carer's allowance and the disability allowance for 2013 and to date in...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
    29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the payment of €100 to jobseeker's aged 18-24 years and €144 to 25 year olds is not discriminatory on grounds...
  • Food Poverty
    31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress in tackling food poverty in Ireland as part of the commitment to do so in the programme for Government;...
  • Job Initiatives
    33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of initiatives she has in mind to address the issue of long-term and youth unemployment; the number of short, medium and long-term places...
  • Labour Activation Measures
    34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the restriction whereby new jobseekers are disqualified from various labour activation schemes such as JobBridge on the grounds...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
    35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the low level of rent supplement being awarded, against the backdrop of rising rents, which is contributing to increased...
  • Rural Social Scheme Data
    36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments rates applicable on the rural social scheme taking income from farming into account; the changes she has made to the method of...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on her Department's commitment to ensuring that An Post can continue to deliver cash payment services on behalf of her Department to...
  • Job Initiatives
    39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list the companies that have tendered to be involved in the JobPath scheme; if she sees this scheme as having a negative impact on the...
  • Employment Support Services
    42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending some of the job search and training activation supports to categories of the unemployed who do not currently qualify for any...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
    43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) regarding reduced social welfare rates for homeless young persons; if she has...

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