Written answers

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Department of Social Protection

 
  • Free Travel Scheme Review
    8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proceedings of the interdepartmental working group set up to examine and report on the current and future...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the criticism of the changes to the one-parent family payment scheme by children's advocacy groups, if she will revise her plans to...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is in favour of extending social welfare entitlements to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24674/15]
  • Child Poverty
    13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the significant recent increases in the number of persons suffering deprivation and poverty, particularly child poverty and...
  • JobsPlus Scheme
    14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the JobsPlus scheme and other related schemes are reviewed annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24627/15]
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
    15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for changes in the rent allowance caps, in view of the continuing upward spiral in private rents, and the way this is contributing to...
  • Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
    16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons under 25 years of age are excluded from taking part in the part-time job incentive scheme, and her plans for expanding this scheme...
  • Sale of Aer Lingus
    17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether she has had any meetings or discussions with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to securing a percentage of the...
  • Ombudsman's Reports
    18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman 2014 regarding the cases involving her Department; and if she will make a statement...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts to the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24803/15]
  • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
    20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis of the impact of her changes to the farm assist scheme with respect to the effect of income disregards on farmers;...
  • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
    21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of any investigation by The Pension Authority into the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme. [24631/15]
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures the Government has in place to discourage persons coming into the country and falsely claiming benefit; the measures in place to stop...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that, in view of the housing crisis and the spiralling rents in many parts of Dublin, she should postpone the planned changes to the...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
    25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the rising numbers entering the private rented sector and the continued increasing of rents, if she will revise the cap on rent...
  • School Meals Programme
    27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has identified the problems of the school meals programme which has resulted in some schools being unable to avail of it; and her plans to...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise her plans to progress with the changes to the one-parent family payment scheme which is affecting lone parents with children over...
  • Child Care Services Provision
    29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the threshold for the ending of the one-parent family payment is being reduced to seven for the youngest child and is to...
  • Pension Provisions
    30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has introduced to provide greater clarity and transparency on pension charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/15]
  • Social Welfare Code
    31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons are financially better off in employment than they are on welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
    32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of tenancies that have been deemed terminated, where rent arrears of at least 28 days existed under section 37 of the Residential...
  • Water Conservation Grant
    33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all of her Department's costs in relation to the set up and administration of the water conservation grant will be recouped from the Department of...
  • National Carers Strategy
    34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to respond to the family carers’ scorecard report from the Carers Association regarding the national carers strategy, particularly...
  • Respite Care Grant Expenditure
    35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is her intention to restore the level of the respite grant to what it was in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24677/15]
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
    36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way a person's jobseeker status is determined when the person signs on for jobseeker's benefit, for example, the way her Department determines...
  • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
    37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes she made to the farm assist scheme with respect to income disregards, in view of the fact that it has had...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent call from the Irish Postmasters' Union for the withdrawal of revised Department of Social Protection forms which may...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
    39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate resources remain available to her Department to met rent support requirements, in view of the rapid increase in rents...
  • Departmental Functions
    40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills and with the Department of Children and...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents who were financially worse-off and the number who were better-off after they transitioned from the one-parent family...
  • Family Law Cases
    42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determination orders from the maintenance recovery unit that will be invalid after 2 July 2015; the annual loss to the State when these...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures or estimates on the number of lone parents who will be forced to give up part-time jobs when they transition to the...
  • Pension Fund Fees
    44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to reduce pension costs being charged on members of pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24626/15]
  • Pensions Levy
    45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she expects any call on the additional funds raised from the increased pension fund levy in 2014 and 2015, which in her budget statement she said,...
  • Social Insurance Rates
    46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a new employers’ rate of Pay Related Social Insurance of 15.75% on the...
  • Information and Communications Technology
    48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, her Department's guidelines on the use of such a system;...
  • Social Welfare Application Forms
    49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider withdrawing the newly designed payments application form for her Department and continuing to have the older design used, which...
  • Community Employment Schemes Data
    51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on a community employment scheme; the comparable figures in June 2012, June 2013 and June 2014; the associated costs...
  • Community Employment Schemes Places
    53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment places that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25201/15]
  • Pensions Issues
    54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of concerns raised by the Electricity Supply Board Retired Staff Association and its demands for a change in the social welfare and...
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance following a cancellation and reapplication in February 2015, in respect of a person (details supplied)...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
    57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
    59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of an application for Rent Supplement by a person (details supplied); the reason the person is being asked to...
  • Pre-Retirement Allowance
    60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the reinstatement of the pre-retirement allowance for persons over 55 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Living Wage
    61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under her...
  • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
    62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused a social welfare payment; the number of contributions the person has paid, or is...
  • One-Parent Family Payments
    63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which she has evaluated the impact of the reduced one-parent family payment on the recipients, in certain circumstances where the...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application, and referred to appeal and-or an oral hearing;...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason means are assessed against separated or divorced persons who receive a financial settlement in respect of their share in the family home,...
  • Youth Unemployment Measures
    69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to provide youth unemployment alleviation measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Community Welfare Services
    71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible, with particular reference to meeting out-of-hours and emergency needs,...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
    72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the cost of rent support has increased over the past six months; if adequate emphasis is being placed on the need to meet the...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
    75. 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...
  • Youth Unemployment Measures
    76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those on the live register continues to be monitored, with a view to making any adjustments necessary to...
  • Employment Support Services
    78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to focus on the long-term unemployed, with a view to identifying the extent to which an ongoing...
  • Unemployment Data
    79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of previously self-employed currently remaining unemployed and on the live register; the steps being taken to facilitate their return to...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the self-employed may qualify for various social welfare supports in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Post Office Network
    81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 220 of 31 March 2015 and 168 of 16 June 2015, if she will explain the contradiction regarding her issuing of...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...

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