Written answers
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Department of Social Protection
- Community Welfare Services
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the opening of the promised community welfare office for Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Family Income Supplement Payments
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that payments under the family income supplement scheme are not reckoned in any means testing within her... - Education and Training Provision
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the training courses available for unemployed persons who had been self-employed and now wish to upskill; her views that every... - Respite Care Grant Payments
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the respite needs of carers, despite the fact that the respite care grant was renamed as the carer's support... - Social Welfare Code
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that persons who are in receipt of family income supplement and the back to work dividend, and who are in work, are... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the requests her Department made for a person (details supplied) to be applying for 200 to 300 jobs a week; and... - Labour Activation Measures
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given a dispute involving workers on the Gateway scheme in the Ballymount depot in south Dublin, the protections in place for... - Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that only two of 40 social protection cuts have been restored in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Job Initiatives
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress made on the commitment in the Pathways to Work 2015 strategy to develop and evaluate actions to extend... - National Internship Scheme Administration
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why her Department has reversed the ban on 54 companies from participating in the JobBridge scheme, as recently reported by the... - JobsPlus Scheme
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of progress of the JobsPlus scheme; the number of positions, companies participating, by county; and the total numbers... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that changes in recent years to the State Pension (Contributory) Scheme have not disproportionately penalised... - Fuel Allowance Payments
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has factored in the increase to the cost of fuel due to the national ban on smoky coal in the increases to the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the situations where unemployed persons who do not qualify for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit can... - Farm Assist Scheme
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has analysed the impact the changes to income disregard in the farm assist scheme have had on farmers; if she will... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given the proposals for restrictions on rent increases, if she will implement an increase to rent supplement levels in order that... - Data Sharing Arrangements
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills, and with the... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the review of the methodology used in the calculation of contributions to determine eligibility for the State... - Youth Unemployment Measures
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to address the issue of youth unemployment, with particular reference to... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that current rent supplement limits are realistic in order to meet the needs of recipients in today's rental... - Departmental Contracts
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she will ensure that a private-for-profit company, that financially incentivises job placement, will remain free of... - Departmental Staff Redeployment
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to redeploy her departmental staff, at varying levels and grades, who are engaged in the national rents units, due to the... - Back to Education Allowance
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the implications of the Economic and Social Research Institute’s report evaluating the back to education allowance; and if... - Departmental Contracts
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 5 November 2015, if she will provide, copies of the detailed service statements which... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for appeals regarding payments of allowances and benefits to be processed and decided; and if she will... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow for an increase in payments under the jobseeker's allowance scheme for those under 25 years of age who may be at... - JobPath Implementation
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the operation of the JobPath scheme in assisting persons access employment. [40007/15] - Immigration Policy
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the operation of the habitual residence condition in relation to returning immigrants who had been resident in... - Unemployment Data
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the potential supply of labour statistics being a measure of the real extent of... - Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the uptake of the back to work family dividend scheme, by county; and if the scheme is subject to review to ascertain its... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given recently released figures from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government showing that the number of... - Child Poverty
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her assessment of child inequality and poverty; the action her Department is taking to address this problem; and if she will make... - Carer's Allowance Applications
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the number of refusals of applications for a carer's allowance has increased due to the changes in the Social Welfare Act 2014...
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