Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Department of Social Protection
- National Internship Scheme Administration
2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the companies which were banned from participating in JobBridge, and are now being permitted to take persons on, so that the persons who made formal... - Departmental Schemes
3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial cost of restoring the telephone allowance, based on changed demographics and age profile. [8478/16] - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to change the ruling where there is no entitlement to a companion pass under the carer's allowance scheme and the free travel scheme to allow the... - Disability Allowance Appeals
5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will be held on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a... - Invalidity Pension Applications
6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on... - Carer's Allowance Applications
7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 48 of 6 April 2016, the number of casual workers and part-time jobseekers who use bank accounts and the... - Labour Activation Measures
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were engaged in activation measures as a direct result of referrals from the Pathways to Work Strategy; the details and... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to alter the rules of the State pension (contributory) scheme to recognise J class pay related social insurance payments in certain circumstances... - Carer's Allowance Applications
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8094/16] - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the... - Illness Benefit Applications
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has finalised an application by a person (details supplied) and if the person is in receipt of benefit under the illness benefit scheme. [8139/16] - Scéimeanna Fostaíochta
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cad iad na socruithe atá déanta lena chinntiú go bhfuil sé ar chumas an chomhlachta “Seetec”, a bhfuil conradh aige... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will reach a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [8102/16] - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8107/16] - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8108/16] - Community Employment Schemes Operation
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to immediately address the ongoing recruitment problems of community employment schemes. [8171/16] - Departmental Staff Data
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff, vacancies, and new staff appointed, by grade, and the number of clients, by social protection offices, from 2008 to 2016 to... - Employment Support Services
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the roll-out of the Intreo service, since it commenced, by year, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a social protection deciding officer must be appointed by the Minister to a specific role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/16] - Social Welfare Eligibility
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that victims of domestic violence can access the appropriate social protection supports, including rent supplement;... - Pension Provisions
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to support a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8193/16] - Disability Allowance Appeals
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8195/16] - Social Welfare Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist, and under the rural social scheme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8199/16] - National Internship Scheme
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why companies which had been banned from the JobBridge scheme, have been readmitted to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Labour Activation Measures
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payment for refusing to take part in the Gateway scheme, by county.... - JobPath Implementation
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payments for refusing to take part in the JobPath scheme, by county;... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the Waterford Crystal Limited contributory pension scheme; and if she will make... - Disability Allowance Applications
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a... - Illness Benefit Appeals
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8246/16] - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a partial rent supplement payment is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8252/16] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8259/16] - Social Welfare Overpayments
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an overpayment to a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Appeals
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied) regarding a decision on a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8266/16] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8280/16] - Illness Benefit Appeals
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8281/16] - Illness Benefit Applications
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8282/16] - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the rent supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8283/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8285/16] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Applications
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement... - Community Employment Schemes Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why she cut funding for the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed community employment scheme; the nature of the cut; if she will reverse this... - Carer's Allowance Applications
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8307/16] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8334/16] - Invalidity Pension Applications
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8336/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Appeals
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8349/16] - Redundancy Payments
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to report on the management of the redundancy scheme fund for the period 1967 to 2015, during which time it was known as the redundancy fund, 1967 to... - Disability Allowance Applications
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme: and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8385/16] - Back to Work Allowance Applications
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will put forward for consideration, a project a person (details supplied) is proposing in respect of an application under the back to work... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when she will issue rent allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8399/16] - One-Parent Family Payment
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to monitor and evaluate the employment and education attainment of former recipients of the one parent family payment after... - Education and Training Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the access to job activation, training and education for jobseekers who do not qualify for the live register due to their... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details sullied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8417/16] - Dietary Allowance Administration
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the diet supplement, by primary social protection payment, and by county; and the cost of the supplement from... - Appointments to State Boards
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to appoint members to the Citizens Information Board to replace those members whose term finished in early 2015 given that not replacing these... - Rural Social Scheme Administration
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of her review of the rural social scheme including if she will consider the proposals put forward by representatives of the rural social... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will award the full rate of payment to new applicants for the State pension (contributory); the significance of the 6 April 2012 date in this... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why claimants under the disability allowance scheme receive the same rate of payment as claimants under the jobseeker's allowance scheme who are over... - Social Welfare Benefits
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits and supports available for carers and if she will extend these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8435/16] - Child Benefit Rates
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of child benefit paid in respect of children living in other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Dublin Airport Authority pension scheme and the cuts incurred by the deferred Irish aviation superannuation scheme pensioners... - Disability Allowance Appeals
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8484/16] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to enable a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a disability allowance to return to level five education; and if she... - Fuel Allowance Applications
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, she will issue a fuel allowance to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8497/16] - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to relax the criteria for applications under the back to education allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8501/16]
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