Written answers

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

  • Intestate Estates
    119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that are in place to meet the funeral-burial costs of a person who dies intestate and who does not have any family members with the...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a means test in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be reviewed to take account of taxation and other expenses not...
  • Illness Benefit Payments
    121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include persons (details supplied) who are on illness benefit long term in the social welfare Christmas bonus payment; and if she will...
  • Household Benefits Scheme
    122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, after moving from jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance to a carer's allowance, a person becomes ineligible for the telephone and fuel...
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a supermarket chain (details supplied) seeking job applicants to supply personal public service numbers before...
  • Labour Activation Measures
    124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details regarding a company (details supplied) in their provision of job placements; if she will provide in tabular form the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data (1 comment)
    125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of recipients by scheme in tabular form who have received the Christmas bonus in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; and if she...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make arrangements whereby the Social Welfare Appeals Office will deal with appeals regarding the recovery of overpayments especially...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
  • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
    129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out her views on making arrangements to allow payments of wages due under the Payment of Wages Act 1991 to be paid from the Social Insurance...
  • Employment Support Services
    130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline her views on whether counselling may be useful as an activation tool; if her attention has been drawn to programmes incorporating these...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a pending carer's allowance...
  • Invalidity Pension Appeals
    132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
    133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that community employment participants who commenced prior to 16 January 2012 and have had continuous service may retain their...
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the assessment for the half rate of carer's allowance the reason contribution-based payments such as the contributory pension are...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
    138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
  • Illness Benefit Applications
    139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46980/14]
  • Social Welfare Code
    140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend social welfare regulations to address the anomaly where a married couple (details supplied) in receipt of carer's allowance and...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
    142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
    143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's backdated payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
  • Diet Supplement Payments
    144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the standing of the independent appeals officer decision where in August 2014 they decided to overturn the previous decision in...
  • Pension Provisions
    145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the most recent LCP Ireland pensions accounting briefing (details supplied) which estimated the current deficit in the 29 largest...
  • Family Income Supplement Payments
    146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is claiming family income supplement where their circumstances have changed substantially may make changes to their claim within the...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be expedited for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
    149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [47128/14]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who lodged an appeal 12 months ago will receive an outcome to their case; and if she will make a...
  • Invalidity Pension Appeals
    151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason outgoings such as the property tax, bin charges and water charges are not taken into account when assessing a person’s means when...
  • National Internship Scheme Administration
    155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent downgrading of the STEP Enterprises service run by St. John of God's; the relationship between the JobBridge scheme and this...
  • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
    157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest supplement ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it will be restored in view of the...
  • Exceptional Needs Payments
    158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to obtain an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received, rejected and restored in each of the past six months to date in 2014; the extent to which...
  • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
    160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 20 November 2014 if and when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details...
  • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
    161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the circumstances surrounding the refusal of mortgage support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed in...
  • Scéim Shóisialta na Tuaithe
    162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an bhfuil sé i gceist aici rialacha Scéim Shóisialta na Tuaithe a athrú trí riail a chur i bhfeidhm go gcaithfidh an...
  • Gender Recognition
    163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the revised general scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 is amended, to remove the fact that the proposed criteria for...
  • An Fhoireann Rannach
    164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on a BASIC appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...

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