Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Department of Social Protection
- Exceptional Needs Payments
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a specific clothing allowance payment available to pensioners or those on a disability related payment; or if such cases are covered... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make... - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform family income supplement to ensure that more low income self-employed families can qualify; and if she will make a statement on... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform the rent and mortgage interest supplement to pay the owner rather than the tenant; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an increase in rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [25385/14] - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is in receipt of casual jobseeker's allowance is ineligible to qualify for a FÁS... - Unemployment Data
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has an area specific breakdown of unemployment figures in Galway city in order to ascertain which areas are suffering most from... - Carer's Allowance Payments
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will protect carer's allowance from further cuts in the forthcoming budget; if she is committed to helping carers in the community of... - Pensions Reform
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the removal of the transition pension, where a 65-year-old having to retire is forced to sign on for jobseeker's benefit for the... - Child Benefit Reform
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of administering the child benefit scheme; the estimated administration cost of a means-tested child benefit scheme; and if she will make a... - Community Employment Schemes Data
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if existing participants of a community employment scheme who are no longer eligible to participate in the scheme will continue to receive their... - Carer's Allowance Payments
325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the carer's allowance payment in the forthcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25502/14] - Respite Care Grant Payments
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding respite care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25504/14] - Capital Programme Expenditure
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by her Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of her... - Pensions Reform
329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations for the Report on Pension Charges 2012; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal against the disallowance of invalidity pension will be dealt with in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25586/14] - Community Employment Schemes Review
331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to transfer community employment to Pobal from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25611/14] - Carer's Allowance Applications
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a review/appeal will be activated in respect of carer's allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) ion County... - Dental Benefit Scheme
333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any financial assistance available to persons who are in receipt of social welfare and require extensive dental work at a high cost; and... - Disability Allowance Appeals
334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If she will expedite a disability allowance appeal that is pending over two months in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Industrial Relations
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against her Department; and if... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the number of decisions of a deciding officer of the Social Welfare Appeals Office to... - Jobs Initiative
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update, on a county basis and in tabular form, of the number of jobs supported under the JobsPlus scheme since its inception;... - Family Income Supplement Expenditure
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the increased spend in her Department, year on year, on the family income supplement measure; if she will provide... - Labour Market
341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of the Labour Market Council; if she will outline its key successes since its inception; the Council's key... - Disability Allowance Appeals
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if permission for a late appeal will be accepted in the case of refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on the review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo,... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff Expenses
349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who submitted their appeal in... - Disability Allowance Appeals
353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Departmental Offices (1 comment)
355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the lack of a public toilet facility available to customers at the Finglas Social Welfare Office; and if she will make a statement on... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/14] - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their farm assist review; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for increase in supplementary welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Disability Allowance Applications
359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their application for disability; and if she will expedite same. [25892/14] - Black Economy
360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 10 June 2014, if she will provide further details of the results of inspections and operations... - Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 27 May 2014, if an exceptional needs payment can be facilitated at local level in the case of a person... - One-Parent Family Payments
362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 27 May 2014, if the payment amount will remain the same in the case of a person (details supplied)... - Family Income Supplement Applications
363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the family income support section are only carrying out full yearly reviews on applicants when requested from the applicant in writing to... - Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 10 June 2014, the number of persons investigated for cross-jurisdictional fraud as part of the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25927/14] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25972/14] - Social Welfare Overpayments
369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which overpayment was deemed to have been paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review this... - National Internship Scheme Data
371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the jobBridge programme aged 18-25 who are in receipt of each of the following weekly payment of €150,... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged 18-25 years currently in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Community Employment Schemes Data
373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged between 18 and 25 who commenced a community employment scheme in each of the following years: 2011, 2012, 2013 and... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing on for credits for less than... - Social Welfare Code Reform
386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department representatives, formerly community welfare officers, have access to information such as bank statements and other documentation...
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