Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Department of Social Protection
- Disability Activation Projects
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the Disability Activation Project and Training Options Programme, providing training and skills upgrades to... - Social Welfare Appeals
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will favourably examine an appeal by persons (details supplied), and allow for various costs such as mortgage interest... - Registration of Births
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to alter the section of the Civil Registration Act 2004 dealing with the registration of births (details supplied); if... - Household Benefits Scheme
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding electricity cuts in budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the... - Legislative Measures
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason determination orders issued by the maintenance recovery unit were not catered for in the legislation for the... - Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the policy and procedure for accessing emergency financial support for rental payments in private rental accommodation, while... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of a jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) ceased. [37231/15] - Disability Allowance Applications
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that this... - Departmental Budgets
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total estimated expenditure of her Department in 2015 in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the... - Lansdowne Road Agreement
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the allocation for her Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary... - Child Benefit Eligibility
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans on extending child benefit to be paid to 18 year olds who are still in full time education. [37208/15] - Personal Public Service Numbers
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will clearly outline the process for getting a personal public service number on her Department's website. [37330/15] - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to continue to receive a carer's allowance for a period of time after the care recipient enters a nursing home or... - Farm Assist Scheme
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department will facilitate the transfer of a farm assist payment for a farming couple; the issues involved in transferring... - Appointments to State Boards
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011... - Carer's Allowance Payments
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment on submission of medical certificates is not being made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - Illness Benefit Payments
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in paying illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the decision to remove the disability allowance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make... - Water Conservation Grant
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify a matter in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if her Department has received an... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who has been out of work since mid-August 2015 and who... - Social Welfare Benefits
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus still applies to the same social welfare payments as in 2014; and if she will provide a list of the... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons who have completed a six year term on a community employment scheme and who are approaching... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the reduction in a State pension to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a decision on an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be finalised for a person in (details supplied) County Tipperary; and if she... - Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cause of the delay into the investigation of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has sought to have a spousal... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a disability allowance or other relevant payments; and if she will make a... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why her Department refused to grant a supplementary welfare allowancea to a person (details supplied) for the purpose of clothing... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for details of any groups which no longer qualify for the fuel allowance and the Christmas bonus announced in budget 2016. [37585/15] - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to providing a service that will facilitate a social welfare payment to be made into the personal bank account... - Back to Education Allowance
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the rules related to progression in the back to education allowance, to allow those persons undertaking... - Carer's Allowance Applications
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if... - Carer's Allowance Applications
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has considered postponing three-monthly and six-monthly community welfare reviews of rent supplement entitlements for... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, given the person's rent has... - Pension Provisions
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has sought legal advice in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is 67 years of age, living... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is permitted to insist that Community Employment Scheme workers work on Sundays against their will; and if not, the recourse... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures that will be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 receives a higher level of rent supplement... - Family Income Supplement Payments
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is fair that persons who have been forced to switch from a lone parent payment to a family income supplement due to age... - Family Income Supplement
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the family income supplement to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been decreased by €300; if her... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Pension Applications
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for a disability pension by a person (details supplied) in County Longford, whose application... - Private Security Authority Remit
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a Private Security Authority licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if... - State Pension (Contributory)
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the changes made to the State Pension (Contributory) in the past five years; and the changes intended to take effect in the next... - One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2016 of increasing the maximum child age of the one-parent family payment from its current threshold of seven years to... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cohabitating couples and income thresholds; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Payments
212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated; and if she will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated ; and if she will... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of review of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Question No. 22 of 13 October 2015, if she will review whether the full amount of disability allowance is payable to a... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 33 of 13 October 2015, if all assistance possible has been provided to a person (details... - Social Welfare Code
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views, that it is problematic for recipients of social welfare payments to provide proof to her Department of their actively... - Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will request the Appeals Office to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3, given that the person's... - Community Employment Schemes Data
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of Community Employment Projects that are sponsored by local authorities, Údarás Na Gaeltachta, citizen... - Invalidity Pension Applications
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who is working full-time, but who is at risk of becoming homeless due... - Guardian's Payment Appeals
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a guardian's payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she... - Disability Allowance Appeals
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on an appeal in respect of a disability allowance.... - Jobseeker's Allowance
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not receiving the full jobseeker's allowance payment rate. [37919/15] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo against the refusal of an application for an invalidity... - Social Welfare Code
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a couple who are not married but living together and where one person of the couple is working, and when it... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for a disability allowance and a carer's allowance; and if she will... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a change to local community employment schemes to permit persons to continue participating in the schemes... - Disability Allowance Applications
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision regarding an application for a disability allowance; and if she will make... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied). [37980/15] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position of persons who are receiving the back to education allowance, and how this affects their contribution record and... - Water Conservation Grant
233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late application for a water conservation grant from a person (details supplied) in County Galway, given that... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rent supplement. [38047/15] - Invalidity Pension Applications
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Youth Unemployment Measures
237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the latest European Union labour force survey, which shows Ireland's youth unemployment level at 20%, which is twice... - Social Welfare Rates
238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the disability allowance; the blind pension; the invalidity pension; and the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [38063/15] - Illness Benefit Applications
240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason illness benefit and exceptional needs payments were not approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is in receipt of an invalidity pension and who wishes to... - One-Parent Family Payment Applications
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current position regarding an application for lone parents' allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and when the person... - Disability Allowance
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the suspension of a person's (details supplied) disability allowance will be rescinded; and if she will make a statement on... - Parliamentary Questions
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a recent parliamentary question submitted by this Deputy was not answered (details supplied), given that the content of... - Carer's Allowance Applications
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied), as all relevant... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for eye care; and if she will make a... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person in County Mayo has not been able to receive an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Back to Education Allowance Appeals
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider an application for a back to education allowance from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - State Pensions Reform
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for details of reform measures in respect of the State pension introduced since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that women who spent a lengthy period of time on home duties, and subsequently worked for up to 25 years and... - Departmental Offices
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to a previous response, the level of liaison that has taken place regarding a case in Kerry (details supplied); if her... - Carer's Allowance Applications
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38184/15] - Disability Allowance Applications
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a decision was made not to grant a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she is aware that... - Labour Activation Measures
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will take steps to ensure that all job activation measures are available to all unemployed persons, regardless of their... - Exceptional Needs Payments
259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the budget that has been allocated for exceptional needs payments in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38209/15] - Disability Allowance Applications
260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for a disability allowance; the reason... - Dietary Allowance Applications
261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will have an adult diet supplement allowance reinstated; and if she will make a... - Illness Benefit Applications
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for sick pay by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited due to financial... - Respite Care Grant Applications
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on an application for a respite care grant for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38285/15] - Social Welfare Code
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider revisiting the rule whereby persons who are in receipt of the widow's pension, and who work and pay PRSI,... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make... - Carer's Allowance Payments
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of a carer's allowance is proposed to be suspended with effect from 5 November 2015, without an explanation to... - Disability Allowance Applications
267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Personal Public Service Numbers
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the system of acquiring personal public service numbers for non-Irish citizens was changed recently, whereby such persons now... - Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 66 years of age who are in receipt of the carer's allowance in 2015; and if she will make a statement... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been informed by a sector employer adviser that the person is unable to... - Carer's Allowance Applications
271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection If she will expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will... - Family Income Supplement Data
272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of family income supplement, by the number of children, by single parent households and by two-parent... - Departmental Advertising Campaigns
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has plans to run an advertising campaign to promote the uptake of the family income supplement in 2016; the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38337/15] - Disability Allowance Appeals
276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a disability allowance, as a matter of urgency, in view of... - Invalidity Pension Applications
277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she... - Registration of Marriages
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the provisions of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 apply to US citizens residing here on a Stamp 4 basis, who wish... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to disregard maintenance as means for rent allowance for lone parents, given that the purpose of maintenance is to make provision... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servants under her remit who have been re-instated in recent years after taking a career break; and if she...
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