Written answers
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Expenditure
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted a cost analysis of the additional 20 gardaí seconded to her Department to tackle social welfare fraud; the... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that community employment schemes are now means tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46999/14] - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the changes she made to farm assist with respect to income disregards in view of the fact that it has had a serious negative... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research on the impact the reduction in rent supplement levels has had on the level of homelessness in the State; and... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that current levels of rent supplement are adequate to meet the housing needs of recipients, particularly in view of increasing... - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact her changes to farm assist with respect to income disregards have had on farmers; if she will... - Community Welfare Services
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for re-opening the nine community welfare clinics, including those closed in Clogheen, Ardfinnan, Newcastle and New Inn, County Tipperary... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the current application process for carer's allowance being unsuitable with respect to those looking after persons with learning... - Social Welfare Code Reform
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that where a young person who is having a domiciliary care allowance payment awarded in respect of them... - Community Employment Schemes Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's commitment to the future of the community employment schemes; and if she will review a matter (details supplied) regarding community... - Exchequer Savings
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the reported budgetary savings made in her Department throughout her time as Minister that have had... - Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the welcomed partial return of the Christmas bonus for social welfare recipients if she will acknowledge the need for a similar gesture by... - Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will liaise with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to initiate an investigation into the sale of commercial property in 2013-14... - Personal Insolvency Practitioners
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explore with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Finance the possibility of putting together a financial assistance programme for... - Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views to review the monitoring mechanisms employed to reduce fraudulent payment of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Employment Support Services
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update in respect of her Department's plans to require jobseekers to upload a copy of their CV to continue receiving social... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the rent supplement levels; her views that such an increase will have an immediate effect on the reduction of homelessness; and... - Labour Court Recommendations
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to put a mechanism in place to implement the Labour Court recommendation of 2008 in regard to an agreed pension scheme proviso for... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti-social behaviour; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance and-or carer's allowance received in the past six months in respect of children whose parents... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons she has ruled out the raising of the caps on rent assistance when they are well below the market rents for houses and contributing to the... - Exceptional Needs Payment Application Numbers
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the capacity of the emergency needs payment scheme to meet the growing and future demands on it, from persons who are struggling due to cuts made to... - Pensions Legislation
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to increase pension coverage here; if she will provide an update on the operation of the provisions contained in the Social... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase rent supplement levels by 25% in the areas which have experienced the sharpest rise in homelessness as a result of rising rents.... - Child Poverty
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to address the increasing child poverty rates here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47005/14] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending the period where a family can claim domiciliary care allowance for a child to 18 years rather than them going onto disability... - Departmental Schemes
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted an analysis of the cost and number of staff that will be required to administer the €100 water conservation grant; and if... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide Threshold further power and resources to prevent homelessness, including in cases of repossessions. [47078/14] - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for granting the carers' allowance for persons who care for children with severe autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Strategies
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to transfer payments from her Department to an electronic system; if she has discussed this proposed change with the Department of... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will determine a formula whereby tenants whose rent has increases substantially over the past 12 months may be offered partial rent support... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance, ophthalmic benefit or dental benefit, invalidity pension and disability allowance received... - Unemployment Data
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which unemployment alleviation measures continue to make a positive impact in respect of long-term and youth unemployment; and if she... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which measures to alleviate poverty arising budget 2015 continue to make positive impact; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she may continue to improve the time taken to process appeals in respect of various social protection payments; and if she will... - Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which back to work applications have been approved in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which those previously... - Work Placement Programmes
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for various unemployment reliefs such as JobBridge that continue to be awarded; the extent to which the schemes are... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children whose parents heretofore were in receipt of domiciliary care allowance who are reaching 16 years of age qualified for... - Exceptional Needs Payments
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources continue to be made available to her Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and if she will make a... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the names of the persons or groups who lobbied her Department to cease rent supplement in the Ballymun, Dublin 11 area as she... - Work Placement Programmes
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make changes to the TÚS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47372/14] - Pension Provisions
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who have worked up their contribution pensions over numerous years will be effected by the new pension system coming into effect; if she... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that long term sick claimants of illness benefit supports are not permitted to avail of the Christmas... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter regarding employment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Insurance
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social welfare scope section in the period 2000 to date made decisions whereby family members employed in the particular family company were...
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