Written answers

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Department of Social Protection

 
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
    89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place to enable persons who are in danger of homelessness to access increased levels of rent supplement. [24228/14]
  • Departmental Schemes
    90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various employment incentive schemes have so far impacted on the numbers on the live register in respect of both long-term...
  • Work Placement Programmes
    91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been put on the Gateway initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/14]
  • Data Protection
    93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the data protection safeguards present in her Department; if she plans to improve these safeguards; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to enhance social welfare supports available for those persons who were self-employed and who now find themselves unemployed; and if she...
  • Community Employment Schemes Places
    97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide additional community employment places to a community organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17 regarding a proposed...
  • Ombudsman's Reports
    100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 491 complaints were made to the Ombudsman about her Department last year; and the steps she will...
  • Employment Rights
    101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the definition of insolvency under the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984, section 4, subsection 2 to...
  • School Meals Programme
    102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the funding for the school meals programme. [24113/14]
  • European Court of Justice Rulings
    104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has not yet acted on the Waterford Crystal decision in the Court of Justice of the European Union; and if she will make a statement...
  • Rural Social Scheme Administration
    105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24109/14]
  • Social Welfare Offices
    107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the tendering arrangements that have been put in place for the renting of offices for social welfare branch offices; and if she will make a...
  • National Internship Scheme Data
    108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies and State agencies who have utilised JobsBridge since the schemes foundation; if she is satisfied that this internship...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
    109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the time taken to process appeals for various means tested payments or claims based on a...
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
    110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to end the Lough payment scheme also known as MABSlink. [24200/14]
  • Homeless Accommodation Provision
    111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24231/14]
  • Employment Support Services
    112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the importance of increasing participation in employment for persons with a disability, if she will consider opening up all labour...
  • Community Welfare Services
    113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the operation of community welfare services, following the reorganisation with a new focus on telephone services and home visits has been...
  • Social Welfare Fraud Data
    115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of fraud-overpayment in child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24203/14]
  • Family Income Supplement Payments
    116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24202/14]
  • Household Benefits Scheme
    117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that where a spouse or partner is permanently resident in a nursing home and in receipt of the fair deal...
  • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
    118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding the farm assist scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24110/14]
  • Social Welfare Code
    119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the TD inquiry lines, when a Deputy puts a query into a social welfare section for example on carer's allowance and repeatedly checks...
  • Employment Support Services
    120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the initiatives her Department has undertaken since April 2011 to increase the participation in employment of persons with a disability; and if she...
  • Civil Registration Legislation
    122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration Bill 2014; when this Bill will be introduced; and if, in view of the regrettable delays at amending...
  • Employment Support Services
    124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobPath tender process; her views on whether the privatisation of social protection services proposed gives...

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