Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a self-employed person may choose to pay the minimum contribution in order to put on a Class S PRSI contribution, even if his or her income is... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 who is pursuing a National Qualifications Authority of Ireland level 5 course and... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a domiciliary care application will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22310/15] - Carer's Allowance Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive a decision on a claim for a carer's allowance and a domiciliary care allowance. [21236/15] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal regarding a carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Payments
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a payment and arrears will issue regarding an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal regarding a carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21274/15] - Disability Allowance Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a Department inspector will review payments under the disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is... - Invalidity Pension Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive arrears of payments under the disability allowance, from 21 November 2014 onwards; and... - Social Welfare Overpayments
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding arrears due to her Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who is not entitled to a payment under the jobseeker's allowance due to spousal income is not entitled to sign on; the reason... - Family Income Supplement Data
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children currently covered by the family income supplement payment. [21426/15] - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is deemed no longer eligible for invalidity pension, given that the person's circumstances... - Disability Allowance Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if a review of this decision has... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Application Forms
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulties being encountered by teachers working on a casual basis in a number of schools in getting social welfare forms... - Community Employment Schemes Data
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the child care employment and training support programme for community employment scheme participants; the number... - Carer's Allowance Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be reviewed; and if she will make a... - Social Insurance Data (1 comment)
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings and costs to the Exchequer in 2013 and 2014, and in 2015 to date, arising from the changes to the banding system of the State Pension... - Social Insurance Rates
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the financial impact the changes to the average contribution bands have made to persons who were approaching retirement and who... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a free travel companion pass will be provided for a person under 16 years of age where the parent, who is entitled to a free travel pass and a... - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance who have never made any pay related social insurance contributions, by... - Interdepartmental Working Groups
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings of the interdepartmental working and retirement group that have taken place since its inception; the recommendations the... - One-Parent Family Payments
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is currently in receipt of a one-parent family payment, which... - Carer's Allowance Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision regarding the backdating of an application for a carer's allowance; and if... - Seirbhísi trí Ghaeilge
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cé na bearta atá á ndéanamh ag a Roinn chun an pobal a chur ar an eolas faoi na seirbhísí i nGaeilge atá ar... - Disability Allowance Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will... - Invalidity Pension Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement... - Community Employment Schemes Data
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the costs of the community employment schemes for each year from 2009 to 2014; the projected costs and actual... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's approach to applications for jobseeker's holiday entitlement, in particular to the fact that applicants for the entitlement will... - Disability Allowance Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - One-Parent Family Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in Dublin whose one-parent family payment will be reduced in July 2015; and if she will provide details per post code. [21560/15] - Disability Allowance Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for a fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Carer's Allowance Applications
197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a decision on an application for a carer's allowance. [21565/15] - Social Insurance Payments
198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) and provide an explanation for the circumstances of the historical confusion over that... - Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data
199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of persons in receipt of the back to work family dividend; and if she will make a... - Widow's Pension Eligibility
200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if contributions accruing from employment from 1974 to 1976 have been taken into consideration when deciding eligibility for a widow’s,... - Respite Care Grant Administration
201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the 20% reduction to the respite care grant; if she will increase the grant in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a... - Dietary Allowance Administration
202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to re-introduce the dietary allowance for coeliac food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21634/15] - Household Benefits Scheme
203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of compensation for free television licences... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection pursuant to changes made under the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013 with regard to retained fire fighters accessing jobseeker's allowance and... - Family Income Supplement Appeals
207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal in respect of a family income supplement; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason all applications for social protection payments have electronic bank transfer as the preferred payment option; if she considers this to... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for farm assist will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make... - Disability Allowance Appeals
212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal regarding a disability allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21719/15] - Disability Allowance Applications
214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress, to date, in the determining an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Social Welfare Overpayments
215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has a debt registered against her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21777/15] - Social Welfare Appeals
216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if she will... - Carer's Allowance Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a late appeal will be accepted in respect of an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who submitted a... - Social Welfare Rates
219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is receiving €138 per week, who has no other source of... - Community Employment Schemes Data
220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, in five year blocks, the length of service accrued by currently employed community employment scheme... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a companion free travel pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement... - Free Travel Scheme Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the free travel pass to include pensioners from other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Water Conservation Grant
223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name of the successful tenderer for the information technology development, via an existing framework agreement, for the online application and... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding an entitlement to a disability allowance; if this allowance... - Carer's Allowance Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy in relation to the audit procedure to be carried out by community employment schemes on an annual basis; the separate audit procedures... - Carer's Allowance Applications
228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment of the back to work family dividend scheme will be backdated to January 2015, when the form was first submitted, as opposed to March 2015... - Pension Provisions
230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will conduct public hearings along the lines of those under way at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament... - Carer's Allowance Applications
231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a decision remains with an inspector since March 2015 pertaining to a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of claims under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2014; the annual... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Administration
234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate cost of restoring the range of treatments and qualifying criteria which applied for the dental treatment services scheme prior to... - One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cut to the one-parent family payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22002/15] - Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22005/15] - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10, who is a claimant under the jobseeker's allowance scheme, can be granted a place on a momentum course... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a payment under the carer's allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will... - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any person who was previously self-employed, and who was refused a jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test, is included in her... - Pension Provisions
240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a scheme to address cases (details attached); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22051/15] - One-Parent Family Payments
241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the child care supports will be put in place to ensure that those receiving payment under the one-parent family payment can avail of returning... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the various changes in eligibility criteria for persons applying for the State pension (contributory), introduced since budget 2012 to date in 2015;... - Maternity Benefit Applications
243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress, to date, in determining an appeal for maternity benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, in relation to that person's application for a carer's allowance; the... - Disability Allowance Payments
246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a positive outcome will... - Grant Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the requirement and procedure whereby a householder who has registered with Irish Water may obtain the water conservation grant; and if she will... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Administration
251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is assistance available for a person needing replacement glasses; if there is a maximum contribution paid; and if she will make a statement... - Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Household Benefits Scheme
253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the electricity allowance for pensioners, in view of the significant reduction in this allowance over the past number of... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an increase in rent allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose rent has been increased from... - One-Parent Family Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the phased nature of changes to the lone parent's allowance since 2012, that the full impact of the changes has been considered with... - Child Care Services Data
256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the additional child care facilities and subvention that have been put in place for single parents, since the phased changes to the qualification... - Disability Allowance Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for disability allowance submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that the... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payment available for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a carer's allowance for a daughter who is away for three months from 24... - Free Travel Scheme Administration
260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact the Government’s privatisation of public transport services will have on the free travels scheme; if she will carry out an... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to ensure that the senior citizens and disabled travellers who use the free travel scheme do not suffer a reduced public... - Carer's Allowance Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22350/15] - Community Services Programme
264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a recommendation by Pobal concerning a community association (details supplied) in County Cork which applied... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the age eligibility parameter for participation in community employment schemes, from 25 to 21; her views on the progress that... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that people who have reached 60 years of age are allowed unlimited participation in community employment schemes, when both the... - Departmental Staff Data
267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 26 May 2015, if she will outline the number of case officer vacancies in each region; and the estimated... - Back to Work Allowance
268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide, in tabular form, the number of relevant contract tax contractors on the back-to-work scheme in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when Rent Support will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will complete a review of the case of a person (details supplied) who has sought access to the insolvency payment scheme. [22443/15] - Disability Allowance Applications
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position and eligibility in respect of disability allowance and invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - National Internship Scheme Placements
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of any social work positions being advertised under the JobBridge scheme; and her views on whether this is appropriate in the... - Fuel Allowance Applications
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a fuel allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, in view of the circumstances outlined; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change to the long-standing custom and practice whereby the social welfare appeals system would be exhausted before the State... - Child Poverty
275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the United Nations Children's Fund report Innocenti Report Card 12 (details supplied); the responsibility of her... - Pay Related Social Insurance
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of eliminating the Pay Related Social Insurance step effect, as it impacts on employees. [22514/15] - Commissions of Investigation
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Commissions of Investigation established under the aegis of her Department, in tabular form, since the Commissions of Investigation...
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