Written answers
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's benefit is an eligible payment under the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/16] - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused permission to accept a position within a community employment scheme while participating in... - Redundancy Payments
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 28 January 2016, to review the decision announced in budget 2013 to abolish the redundancy rebate, given... - Disability Allowance Payments
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how his Department assessed the means of persons (details supplied); and if he will review this case. [11204/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department declined an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; if the will review the case;... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if students availing of the back to education allowance are permitted to work during the summer period when not in college; if, by doing so, they... - Family Income Supplement Appeals
275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review for a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme, including if he will consider the clarification in... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance is not allowed for victims of domestic violence who have had to leave their private home because of a crime on their... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of any social protection payment and as a result does not receive a medical card. [11304/16] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will make a decision in respect of a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [11306/16] - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a half-rate payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [11310/16] - State Pensions Payments
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to clarify that there were 53 weekly payments of the State (contributory) pension for the tax year 2015 and not 52 as previously indicated by his... - Carer's Allowance Delays
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme, given that the person originally applied for a payment... - Social Welfare Application Forms
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering measures to provide financial assistance to applicants for social welfare payments who are currently required to provide a... - State Pensions
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider lowering the starting age for the State pension to 65 years of age to bring it in line with the general age of retirement; if... - National Internship Scheme
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will abolish the JobBridge scheme and replace it with targeted programmes aimed at specific groups, as advocated for by groups such as Impact;... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow casual workers to receive their social welfare payments at a post office, following changes to the way payments will be made; and... - Community Services Programme
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to link allocation amounts paid to community groups through the community services programme to the minimum wage rate in order to subvent... - Social Welfare Code
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the family income supplement scheme by 10% for 2017 in tabular form. [11498/16] - One-Parent Family Payment Data
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of raising the allowance cut-off under the one-parent family scheme to 12 years of age for the child and of increasing the earnings... - Disability Support Services Funding
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the EmployAbility services to support an extra 1,000 persons in tabular form. [11502/16] - Back to Education Allowance Data
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to education allowance scheme for persons under 26 years of age to €188 per month for 2017 in tabular form.... - Fuel Allowance Data
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance by three weeks for 2017 in tabular form. [11505/16] - Disability Support Services
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the spend in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date under the reasonable accommodation fund scheme in tabular form. [11507/16] - Disability Activation Projects
301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of securing and replicating the WALK PEER programme for 2017 in tabular form. [11509/16] - Farm Assist Scheme
302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the farm assist scheme for 2017 in tabular form. [11510/16] - Rural Social Scheme
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of providing an additional 500 places for 2017 under the rural social scheme in tabular form. [11511/16] - Disability Allowance
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing funding under the national disability allowance scheme for 2017 in tabular form. [11513/16] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for persons under 26 years of age in 2017 in tabular form. [11516/16] - State Pensions
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the pension band rates to pre-September 2012 rates in 2017 in tabular form. [11517/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will make a decision on an application submitted in September 2015 under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Family Income Supplement
312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of making the family income supplement payable with the jobseekers transitional payment to eligible persons; and if he will... - One-Parent Family Payment
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of increasing the earnings disregard under the one-parent family payment scheme to €146.50 per week; and if he will... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of increasing the earnings disregard under the jobseekers transitional payment scheme to €146.50 per week; and if he... - One-Parent Family Payment
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of paying the one-parent family payment until the youngest child in a family reaches 14 years of age; and if he will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of making jobseeker's transitional payment and the Student Universal Support Ireland maintenance grant payable to eligible lone parents who... - Back to Education Allowance
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of making the Student Universal Support Ireland maintenance grant payable with the back to education allowance for lone parents; and if he... - Invalidity Pension Applications
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11627/16] - Social Welfare Appeals Status
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [11691/16] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Applications
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme. [11704/16] - Household Benefits Scheme
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to permit older persons who accommodate immediate family members who would otherwise be homeless to retain the household benefits package given the... - Illness Benefit Payments
325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to back pay for a certain period under the illness benefit scheme; why this person's payment was recently... - Invalidity Pension Applications
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has received an application from a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; when he will make a decision on it; and if... - Social Welfare Rates
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to examine the adequacy of social protection rates, given that the deprivation rate for those who are unemployed is 53.4% while the consistent... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when he will consolidate all means-testing under a single national body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11755/16] - JobPath Participants
331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to assure those in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme or any other payment who are eligible for supported... - Social Welfare Offices
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how he is alleviating the difficulties facing persons in west County Wicklow accessing his Department's services, officials and payments since the... - Proposed Legislation
334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislation he will introduce in this term of Dáil Éireann. [11822/16] - Departmental Reports
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reports his Department has commissioned at present; the stage they are at; and when he will complete and publish them. [11823/16] - Public Services Card
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his progress in completing the roll-out of the social security card. [11824/16] - National Internship Scheme Eligibility
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the position of first whipper in of an association (details supplied) is suitable as an internship for JobBridge. [11825/16] - JobsPlus Scheme
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the JobsPlus scheme since its initiation. [11827/16] - JobPath Implementation
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the contract to outsource jobseeker's to private JobPath contractors is causing problems for local employment services and to... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for processing applications by social protection payment. [11829/16] - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for social protection appeals to date in 2016 in comparison with each of the years 2011 to 2015. [11830/16] - Departmental Staff
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has addressed the issue of medical assessors for social protection applications or appeals; and, if not, the reason. [11831/16] - Family Income Supplement Applications
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Payments
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a backdated payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and to issue the payment... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) who was in receipt of disability allowance cannot access any other form of payment or a medical card and if the... - Disability Allowance Payments
347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will complete the review of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a...
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