Written answers
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Department of Social Protection
- Labour Court Recommendations
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be advanced the funds owed to them for the enhanced redundancy scheme from... - Redundancy Payments Waiting Times
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a specific payment issuing to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the... - Youth Unemployment Measures
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects emphasis to be placed on efforts to reduce the numbers on the live register in the current year with particular... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the huge saving carers make for the State, her views on the making the carer's allowance exempt from means assessment; and if she will... - Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17329/14] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she... - Departmental Legal Costs
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17362/14] - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total external public relation costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17378/14] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Overpayments
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if agreement can be reached in respect of an overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since 4 March 2013 for a decision on the review on their application for jobseeker's... - Pension Provisions
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the way a resolution can be found to the ongoing difficulties in the Irish aviation superannuation scheme; and if she is examining ways... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the decision to substantially reduce a weekly personal rate of jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied)... - Work Placement Programmes
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons availing of community work placements under the Tús scheme since its establishment in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to... - JobsPlus Scheme
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed under the JobsPlus scheme since its establishment; and the amount of expenditure incurred on the scheme to date.... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision can be expected in respect of eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and... - Personal Public Service Numbers
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 1 April 2014, if there are facilities for Irish citizens who are living permanently or temporarily in... - Disability Allowance Appeals
334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - National Internship Scheme Data
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed on the JobBridge scheme in County Longford over the past three years; and the number of persons who participated on... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for coeliacs to receive dietary allowance. [17530/14] - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on an oral hearing held on 3 March 2014 for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details... - Social Welfare Complaints Procedures
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints made regarding treatment of clients by front-line staff in social welfare offices during each of the past four years; and... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement in Dublin; the number of persons in the rental accommodation scheme in Dublin; and the cost of... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on his disability allowance claim; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent supplement allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on... - Public Services Card
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the purpose and the cost to date of development and roll-out of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17614/14] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an oral appeal hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Appeals
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a review of the decision to refuse the application for disability allowance in respect of a person... - Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the monitoring mechanisms employed to reduce fraudulent payment of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers
348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused domiciliary care allowance during 2012, 2013 and 2014; if she will be reviewing policies regarding this allowance in... - Child Care Qualifications
349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide funding for training for community employment staff in County Laois to train in child care up to level 5; and if she will make a... - Industrial Relations Issues
352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reforming the anomaly in the industrial relations system where workers who go through the full third-party system of rights... - Constitutional Convention Recommendations
353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the proposal made by the Constitutional Convention to include social and economic rights in the Constitution, including specific... - Unemployment Levels
354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the latest employment figures, that long-term unemployment is much higher here than it is in the Nordic countries such as Sweden... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circular or legislative provision that governs the administration of social welfare payments for persons who continue to engage in subsidiary... - Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the total number of persons in financial difficulty who have benefited from the Mortgage Arrears Information and... - Public Procurement Regulations
362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the public procurement criteria used when tenders are issued by her Department; if there is a restriction on the turnover of companies who can... - Farm Assist Scheme Applications
363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a farm assist review which has been ongoing since May 2013 will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [17889/14] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding part-time work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17916/14] - Rural Social Scheme Administration
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the future of the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17930/14] - Invalidity Pension Payments
367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision regarding their invalidity pension arrears; if these arrears will be... - Social Welfare Overpayments
368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason €28.20 is being deducted from the one-parent family allowance payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she... - Disability Allowance Appeals
369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been reached in respect of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance following an oral hearing in the case of a person (details...
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