Written answers
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Respite Care Grant
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the respite grant, now known as the carer's support grant, for adult care ceased, despite the needs of the caring families being the same... - Respite Care Grant Payments
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the carers of a person (details supplied) are eligible for the carer's support grant. [14710/16] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the system in place whereby women who entered the workforce,took time out to care for their children and later re-entered the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has lost entitlement to rent allowance upon being placed on a low paid temporary work scheme by a local Intreo... - Cross-Border Co-operation
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the... - Free Travel Scheme Review
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the age of eligibility for the free travel scheme to 67 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14331/16] - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the decision of review in respect of an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive the full SWA payment of €186 per week, rather than the reduced rate of €100 per week,... - Work Placement Programmes
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding part-time jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/16] - Departmental Correspondence
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he is continuing to send letters requesting recipients of jobseeker's benefit to use financial institutions instead of using the post office to... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/16] - Cross-Border Co-operation
298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any form of funding available through his Department, apart from the back-to-education allowance, for a person who has secured a place... - Carer's Allowance Applications
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) and when the person can expect a decision on their case. [14533/16] - Employment Support Services
302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason long-term unemployed persons who are engaging at his request with a company (details supplied) and have not managed to obtain employment... - Social Welfare Overpayments
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of an overpayment can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14634/16] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a basic social protection payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a rent allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14654/16] - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been assessed with earnings on a family income supplement claim of €171 per week; and if he will... - Departmental Expenditure
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for 2017 of increasing by €40 the weekly payments received by recipients of an age-related lower rate of jobseeker's... - Community Employment Schemes Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated net cost of an additional 1,000 places on the community employment scheme for 2017. [14667/16] - Departmental Expenditure
310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the numbers of hours worked required to access family income support from 19 to 15. [14669/16] - Community Services Programme
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the community services programme in each of the past ten years; and the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding through... - Social Welfare Code
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the proposed new working family payment scheme for the family income supplement scheme, the back-to-work family dividend and the... - National Internship Scheme
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated saving in 2017 and a full year from closing the JobBridge scheme to new applicants. [14674/16] - Work Placement Programmes
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year saving from abolishing the gateway scheme. [14675/16] - JobsPlus Scheme
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate fully year net saving from moving 1,000 jobseekers who have been unemployed for longer than 24 months into work via the JobsPlus... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14681/16] - Departmental Expenditure
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending child benefit to the estimated 37,300 pupils who are due to sit the leaving certificate for the first time in 2016 and are... - JobPath Implementation
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been selected for participation in the JobPath scheme in each geographical area where it is in operation; the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - JobPath Implementation
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [14731/16] - Community Employment Schemes Data
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending community employment schemes to 18 months and two years in duration respectively; his views on providing greater flexibility... - Labour Activation Projects
325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of labour activation participants in County Cork in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date by scheme in tabular form; and if he will make... - Disability Allowance Applications
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Insurance
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to recognise the work that family carers do and afford them a full stamp in order that persons in receipt of the carer's allowance are eligible for... - Carer's Allowance Payments
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of carer's allowance is seen as an extra income for carers when, in many situations, it enables a loved one to stay in their home... - Disability Allowance Applications
329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14780/16] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason he no longer provides back to education allowance payments for students studying outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on... - Maternity Benefit Applications
334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will pay maternity benefit to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14807/16] - Fuel Allowance Applications
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status in determination of an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will instruct his officials to clearly include the post office network as an option for payments from his Department; and if he will make a... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to immediately review provisions of community employment scheme workers. [15009/16] - Ministerial Correspondence
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive reply... - Carer's Allowance Applications
341. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [15046/16] - Community Employment Schemes Operation
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recent changes to the community employment schemes as a result of outcomes; for example, a married man with a dependent spouse and...
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