• Unemployment Data
  38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which economic and or unemployment black spots have been identified throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Job Creation
  39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects job creation efforts in the future to focus on the long term and youth unemployed; and if she will make a statement...
• Respite Care Grant Payments
  42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the €1.5 billion which the work of carers saves the Exchequer each year, and in view of the return to stability in the economy, her...
• Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
  43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether a refusal rate of 60% on applications made for the domiciliary care allowance is too high; the reason the refusal rate is so...
• Disability Support Services
  45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she shares the views of the Ombudsman for Children, that services and welfare entitlements for persons with disabilities should be ring-fenced and...
• Carer's Allowance Eligibility
  46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer's allowance may apply to work on a community employment scheme with reduced hours, or if there is any similar type...
• Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
  48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that are in place to address the issue of top-up payments currently being made by recipients of rent supplement to landlords (details...
• Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
  52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage repayments are taken into consideration when a means assessment is carried out for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a...
• Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
  53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for ongoing delay in restoration of a mortgage interest supplement in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
• Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
  55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Disability Allowance Applications
  56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when transfer from jobseeker's allowance to disability allowance may be effected in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
• Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
  57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any exemptions for persons who are on jobseeker's allowance and who find themselves in hospital for a number of weeks, with the result...
• Social Welfare Appeals Status
  58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal which is scheduled for an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the oral...

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