Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Social Protection
- Proposed Legislation
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the advice or recommendations advanced in the formulation of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014; if she is satisfied that the proposed removal of a... - One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the implications of cuts to the one-parent payment for persons (details supplied); her plans to address this... - Invalidity Pension Payments
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an invalidity pension; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a... - Illness Benefit Appeals
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement... - Ministerial Meetings
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on all public and private official and unofficial engagements and meetings with a person (details supplied) and senior executives... - Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 was awarded a rent supplement payment that was €123 lower than the person had received... - Post Office Network
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to withdraw the new social protection forms which recommend payment through banks and discourage use of the post office, in view of the... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has sufficient contributions to qualify for an invalidity pension; the reason for the decision... - Disability Allowance Applications
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive disability allowance arrears; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time for processing appeals in respect of carer's allowance; in view of the undue waiting time for many applicants, her plans to review... - Invalidity Pension Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a review of carer's allowance; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was refused disability allowance; the grounds on which the person was deemed to be not... - Disability Allowance Appeals
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of refusal of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility of school bus drivers to social welfare payments during the periods when they are unemployed, namely, school holidays; the... - Parliamentary Questions
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will conduct a study on the number of staff hours in her Department that are spent on requesting Members of Dáil Éireann to... - Social Welfare Appeals
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal regarding a social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will issue; and if she... - Disability Allowance
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who has secured a paid internship, will be cut, given that... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an increase of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Redundancy Payments
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy repayment request in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason this money has been... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when disability allowance or illness benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make... - Back to Education Allowance Payments
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a Bbck to education allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
189. 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... - Work Placement Programmes
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have the Gateway programme independently evaluated; if such an evaluation has already occurred; if so, the findings of same; and if she... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office, in... - Disability Allowance Payments
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the reason for the... - EU Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on funding available to food banks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23382/15] - Social Welfare Schemes
194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the impact of the various social protection measures on poverty and income inequality (details supplied), from 2008... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in her Department currently on a sabbatical or a career break, broken down by zero to six... - Departmental Expenditure
196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, broken down by year, the total photography costs for her Department since coming into office, inclusive of... - Consultancy Contracts
197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, broken down by year, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming into... - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external information and technology consultants by her Department in each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date;... - Parliamentary Questions
199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the protocols in place, since March 2011, to set standards in parliamentary replies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23506/15] - State Bodies
202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the number of appointments to State boards; the... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of an Invalidity Pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Legislative Process
205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number, name and date of Bills initiated in her Department, that have been subject to the pre-legislative... - Departmental Staff Expenses
207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent in each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date on staff subsistence payments, staff... - Consultancy Contracts Data
208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, for each year, all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per... - Respite Care Grant Eligibility
209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a respite grant for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23709/15] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the six-monthly scale and polish entitlement under the dental treatment benefit scheme. [23766/15] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a... - Community Employment Schemes Data
218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment supervisors and assistant## supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23851/15] - Pension Provisions
219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Labour Court recommendation of 22 July 2008 by a person (details supplied), that stated that an agreed pension scheme should be... - Disability Allowance Data
221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on a disability allowance, by county for counties Wicklow, Wexford, Louth, Tipperary and Mayo. [23865/15] - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to and notwithstanding Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 9 June 2015, if rent support for two outstanding weeks can be authorised in the... - Disability Allowance Payments
224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears in relation to a claim for a disability allowance in respect a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be paid; if same will... - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23928/15]
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