Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Paternity Leave
241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the payments retrospective to anyone who would qualify on or after 1 September 2016 in relation to the Paternity Leave and Benefit... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that supervisors working on community employment schemes reaching 66 years of age are being forced to retire from their jobs as... - Local Employment Service
243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the gap in provision for essential equipment for a person (details supplied) on a training course who is expected to pay €500... - Jobseeker's Allowance
244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in regard to a finding that a person who is one of a couple has no entitlement following an assessment of household means, if it is unfair that this... - Carer's Allowance Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will process an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code
247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a query (details supplied) regarding persons wanting to receive their social welfare payments through their local post offices instead... - Social Welfare Appeals
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct rate of payment due to a person (details supplied) whose appeal has been allowed under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person selected for JobPath is prohibited from applying for a community employment scheme. [17971/16] - Carer's Support Grant
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an entitlement to a carer's support grant for a person (details supplied). [17985/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will prioritise and grant an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; the reason for the delay; and if... - Free Travel Scheme Administration
252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing applications for the free travel pass at the Bishop Street office of Intreo in Dublin; and if he will make a... - Family Income Supplement
253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the family income supplement regulations for a person accessing a higher paying job that surpasses the income limit... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the rules whereby persons who are third level students and are not in college, are fully available for work, seeking... - Social Welfare Offices
255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a new Intreo office (details supplied) will open to the public; the services which will be available at the office; the amount spent to date on... - Carer's Allowance Applications
256. 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. [18027/16] - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the threshold of savings considered under the State pension (non-contributory) scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Rent Supplement Scheme
258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is assessing payments under the disability allowance scheme and the family income... - Disability Allowance
259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18049/16] - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to indicate eligibility for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18062/16] - Means Assessments
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a sum is taken into account for subsequent social protection allowances, if a person receives a €100,000 redundancy payment after in... - State Pension (Contributory)
262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been means tested for a State pension (dontributory), despite the fact that the person concerned is a... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/16] - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the numbers in receipt of rent supplement fell from 71,533 in January 2015 to 61,247 at the end of 2015 and 57,605 at the end of March... - Farm Assist Scheme Data
265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to simplify the farm assist scheme and in particular to remove the requirement for audited accounts; his further plans to restore income... - Social Welfare Overpayments
266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify his response to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 17 May 2016 (details supplied). [18127/16] - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes in deficit. [18149/16] - Civil Registration Documentation
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role a registrar plays in the removal of presumption of paternity and in respect of legally recognising a marriage nullity for the purposes of... - Family Income Supplement Data
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of legislation which changed family income supplement, FIS, to be means tested for rent allowance by local authorities and social... - Community Employment Schemes Data
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that funding is being withdrawn from community employment schemes for supervisors reaching 66 years of age and thereby forcing... - Community Employment Schemes Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that currently the financial viability of a large number of community employment schemes is at stake and may face closure due to the... - JobPath Implementation
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been selected for JobPath since its inception. [18189/16] - Illness Benefit Appeals
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a social protection appeal. [18206/16] - Social Insurance
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 7 July 2015, why officeholders who pay under the pay-related social insurance payment class of K do not... - Carer's Allowance Applications
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18235/16] - Social Welfare Offices
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts he is making to reduce the holding times for persons ringing various sections in his Department; if he is aware that claimants sometimes... - Rural Social Scheme
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the enhancement of the rural social scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18376/16] - Farm Assist Scheme
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the amendment of the farm assist scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/16] - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the same or similar reductions would apply in a given situation (details supplied); the changes in social protection payment rates that would... - Work Placement Programmes
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the time a person can remain with a community and voluntary organisation under the Tús-work placement initiative where this... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will process a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a... - Family Income Supplement Applications
292. 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... - Redundancy Payments
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the redundancy payments scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Work Placement Programmes
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide a further list of the 50 applicants under the Tús-work placement initiative in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, in... - Jobseeker's Benefit
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the average weekly earnings thresholds under the jobseeker's benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18426/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will reach a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [18444/16] - One-Parent Family Payment Data
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the net cost in 2016 of setting the eligible age at which the parent's youngest child is eligible at ten, 12 and 14 years of age under the... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the child benefit scheme by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme for the age groups... - Treatment Benefit Scheme
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits that have been withdrawn under the treatment benefits package since 2010; the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring each of these... - Household Benefits Scheme
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring the entitlement under the telephone allowance scheme to the rate it was at in 2010 and in 2013; and if he... - Fuel Allowance Data
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of extending the number of weeks the entitlement is paid under the fuel allowance scheme by one, two, three and four... - Disability Allowance Applications
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; if he will expedite it; and if he will make a...
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