Written answers
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that companies who wish to establish in the State have to take in order to comply with the national pension policy; if they are obliged to... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently in deficit and the amount. [18761/14] - Education and Training Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if as outlined in the Irish Youth Guarantee Plan published on 29 January 2014, her plans to reduce the minimum duration of unemployment required for... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of rent supplement here; the number that have been in reciept of rent supplement for longer than 12... - Death Certificates Issues
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible for a person to apply for a modified version of the cause of death to be entered on a death certificate of a relative, for... - Community Services Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she is withdrawing support for a community services programme (details supplied). [18532/14] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delay in issuing arrears relating to social welfare payments granted on appeal. [18541/14] - Carer's Allowance Applications
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Household Budget Facility
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the position on section 290 and the concerns of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (details supplied); and if she will make... - Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will... - Disability Allowance Appeals
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved; and if a supplementary allowance will be approved in... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18637/14] - Community Welfare Services
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an arrangement exists whereby patients who require transport to attend a hospital appointment may apply to the community welfare officer for... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which invalidity pension was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement... - Household Benefits Scheme
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a payment and-or support is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support will be made available in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Appeals Issues
298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding her replies to previous parliamentary questions, the extent to which the deciding officer in her Department has had sight of the... - Guardian's Payment Appeals
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding her replies to previous Parliamentary Questions in the matter of entitlement to guardianship payment in the case of a person... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - EU Funding
301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will begin to administer the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; the forms of assistance that will be available; and if... - Mortgage Interest Supplement Data
302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form for the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, the number of persons in receipt of mortgage interest supplement... - Aftercare Services
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm (details supplied) if €14 million is being spent every year and if the 6,000 places available are actually being taken... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Child Benefit Eligibility
305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the children's allowance to cover all children up to and including 18 years of age who remain in full-time, second... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [18730/14] - Work Placement Programmes
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the Gateway programme; if it is envisaged that persons on disability allowance will gain work with local authorities as... - Social Welfare Appeals Delays
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, as same has been... - Departmental Expenditure
309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent on the State pension in 2013. [18764/14] - Disability Allowance Appeals
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance now under appeal will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [18789/14] - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision likely to be made for the payment of one-parent family allowance which has been discontinued in the case of a person (details... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum allowable rent and rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that their rent has... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the number of social welfare payments made through Lettermacaward Post Office; and if she will make a statement on... - Civil Registration Data
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of stillbirths recorded at the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths in each year since 1995 and the number of stillbirths recorded... - Disability Allowance Appeals
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific date when an oral hearing will be scheduled in respect of a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - National Internship Scheme Funding
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual budget of the JobBridge programme in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18846/14] - National Internship Scheme Data
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons aged 18-24 years who have participated in the JobBridge programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the... - National Internship Scheme Eligibility
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on jobBridge for disadvantaged youth referred to in the Irish youth guarantee plan published on 29 January 2014; the way... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [18871/14] - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if one parent family allowance or equivalent by way of basic social welfare payment will be approved in the interim in the case of a person (details... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make... - Departmental Bodies Establishment
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the Pension Charges Working Group, set up to initiate actions that followed up on the Report on Pension Charges will be... - Social Welfare Schemes
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the changes she has made to the means testing of the rural social scheme and farm assist schemes since coming in to... - State Pensions Reform
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving being achieved in 2014 arising from the reduction in payment of State pension to persons who do not have an average of 48... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Disability Allowance Applications
352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a long-standing disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file will be forwarded to the appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Appeals
354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Voluntary Work Option
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding facilitating volunteering (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19134/14] - Black Economy Issues
357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the issue of persons in the black economy undermining legitimate self-employed businesses; and if she will make a statement on... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a policy within the community welfare section of her Department that applicants for rent allowance must have been assessed as eligible... - Community Welfare Services
359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Appeals Issues
360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 27 March 2014, if she will accept a late appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19240/14] - Live Register Data
363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 62 and over currently on the live register who are exempt from activation measures; and if she will make a statement on... - Pension Provisions
364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for persons who take time out of the workforce to undertake caring duties of the plan to move to a total-contributions approach to... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's allowance who have had their allowance reduced as a result of penalties imposed by her Department; if she will... - Pension Provisions
366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she is not prepared to implement the LCR 19293 for the provision of a pension for community employment supervisors; if she will provide... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the new professional masters in education is excluded from the back to education allowance scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the... - Departmental Investigations
370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in relation to confidential files found on top of a litter bin (details supplied); and if any conclusions have been drawn; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals Issues
371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Pension Provisions
372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the current qualifying conditions (details supplied) for a State pension contributory do not discriminate against working... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19493/14] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make... - Pension Provisions
375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of deferred members in defined benefit pension schemes and defined contribution pension schemes in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the... - Private Rented Accommodation Provision
376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 15 April 2014, if she will be receiving a report from her Department regarding its engagements with... - Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme
377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos 324 and 325, if she has received a reply from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed under the back to work scheme in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [19530/14] - Community Employment Schemes Data
381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed under community employment schemes in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the number of persons employed as... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Applications
386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when disability allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Pension Provisions
387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that UK former employees of Aer Lingus and Aer Rianta, members of the IASS will have their pension entitlements fully protected... - Pensions Legislation
390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any implications on the Irish airlines superannuation scheme arising from the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2)... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will communicate with the appeals office to ensure that a decision is arrived at at an early date in respect of a person (details supplied)...
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