Written answers
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Back to Education Allowance
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the back to education allowance available to postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rural Social Scheme
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of an additional 500 places on the rural social scheme. [12233/16] - Disability Allowance Appeals
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine the disallowance of a disability allowance and free travel pass in the case of a person (details supplied) and grant same... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme will be held for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11908/16] - State Pension (Contributory)
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [11911/16] - State Pensions
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had pension credits ceased from September 2015 to January 2016. [11973/16] - Employment Support Services
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to release the Indecon report which was commissioned by his Department over a year ago (details supplied). [12006/16] - Youth Unemployment Measures
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in addressing the issue of youth unemployment; the extent to which he expects to meet targets in this regard in the course of... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the sections of his Department currently affected by longer than average appeal waiting times; the extent to which he expects to address this issue... - Live Register Data
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those persons on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of women or men who have failed to qualify for contributory old age pension due to insufficient contributions throughout their working... - Youth Unemployment Measures
191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which his Department continues to be in the position to avail of European Union support to alleviate youth unemployment; and if he... - Exceptional Needs Payments
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources continue to be made available to his Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if he... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by his Department; and if he will make a... - Back to Work Allowance Data
194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which back to work applications have been approved in each of the past four years to date; the extent to which those previously... - Live Register Data
195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of previously self-employed persons currently remaining unemployed and on the live register; the steps taken to facilitate their return... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for contributory old age pension received in each of the past five years to date; where eligibility was determined on the... - State Pension (Contributory) Applications
197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in respect of applicants for contributory old age pension under the provisions of self-employed contributions provided for under the... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he might examine the ineligibility of entitlement to contributory old age pension for women who had to give up work in the... - Family Income Supplement Data
199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection #the total number of family income supplement payments currently in place; the extent to which the number has fluctuated over the past five years to... - Maternity Benefit
200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending maternity benefit by six weeks. [12056/16] - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for an estimated cost of increasing the back to school allowance by €50. [12060/16] - Jobseeker's Allowance
203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost for restoring jobseeker's allowance to €188 for persons under 26 years of age for 2017. [12068/16] - Jobs Initiative
204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of abolishing the JobBridge and Gateway schemes. [12070/16] - Social Welfare Schemes
205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which overpayments, culminating in a recovery, may exist in respect of cases whereby the recipient of the alleged overpayment may have... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if priority will be given to An Post in regard to the distribution of social protection payments, as it is critical to the survival of the rural... - Employment Rights
207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the inequality faced by self-employed persons who receive no supports in the event of sickness, accident or unemployment,... - Disability Allowance Data
208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the weekly disability allowance by €20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12144/16] - Disability Support Services Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to the reasonable accommodation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12146/16] - School Meals Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the school meals programme by 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12211/16] - Farm Assist Scheme
213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring farm assist to pre-2013 conditions of payment based on current numbers and allowances. [12229/16]
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