Written answers

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

  • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
    220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant is entitled to social welfare in the event that the course is full-time but...
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability benefit submitted on 21 January 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied)in County...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a social welfare pension appeal, which was acknowledged by the appeals office in January 2015, has yet to be decided upon; if she will...
  • State Pensions Payments
    223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money that has been saved by abolishing the transition pension; the average amount that was being paid to persons; her views on...
  • State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
    224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of claimants for all State pension payments; the associated total estimated cost for the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will...
  • Live Register Data
    225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Government projections for the estimated number of persons on the live register in the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
  • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
    226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a result in respect of a one-parent family payment that is currently under review....
  • Jobs Initiative
    227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the proposal that the upcoming budget should provide incentives to the private sector to employ those on the live register and to...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
    228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 against the recent reduction in that person's rent...
  • Invalidity Pension Appeals
    229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to a claim for invalidly...
  • Departmental Schemes
    230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of elderly supports, schemes or grants that are currently funded in her Department; if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons in receipt of a carer's allowance, a carer's benefit, a respite care grant, a...
  • Disability Allowance Payments
    232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will issue; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulties suffered by agency workers on casual dockets, who must wait weeks for the employer to sign the dockets, and the...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18281/15]
  • Job Losses
    235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide assistance to families affected by the recent loss of 72 jobs with the sudden closure over the bank holiday weekend of the...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
    236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence regarding social welfare assistance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Allowance Eligibility
    237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
  • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
    238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the back to school allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18312/15]
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
    239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review has been conducted of the maximum rate of rent allowance available by area; if so, when these new rates will become active; the criteria...
  • Disability Allowance Eligibility
    240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement for disability allowance, clearly citing the relevant legislation and statutory instruments; the reason a person...
  • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
    241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the proposed changes to the one-parent family payment; and if she will meet the representatives from the organisation, One...
  • Disability Allowance Payments
    242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is currently awaiting back-payments of disability allowance; and the...
  • Departmental Bodies Abolition
    243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department, funded by or established by her Department which have been scrapped, merged...
  • Personal Public Service Numbers
    244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 25 February 2015, the reason, for issuing a new personal public service number card, deed poll...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
  • Vacancies on State Boards
    246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
    249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the indicative cost of each €1 change in the personal rates of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance, maternity and...
  • Work Placement Programmes
    250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when self-referral will be introduced by her Department in respect of participants in the Tús – work placement initiative. [18547/15]
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
    251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the availability of jobseeker's allowance upon retirement at 65 years of age applies in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Invalidity Pension Applications
    252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Invalidity Pension Appeals
    253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
    255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps the Pension Authority has taken to ensure that the resolution to the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme pension...
  • Aftercare Services
    256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of cases where young persons leaving...
  • School Meals Programme
    257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration of or stipulation given to the providers of school meals, in respect of the nutritional value and calorie content of the foods...
  • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
    258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a timeframe for the review of the insolvency payments scheme, specifically the promised review into the eligibility of former...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding back payment of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [18691/15]
  • Pension Provisions
    263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown, by year, from 2016 to 2021, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of...

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