Written answers
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to elaborate on plans to extend social protection benefits to local councillors who are currently not entitled to claim social protection benefits... - Youth Unemployment Measures
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle youth unemployment in 2016 given that this group is experiencing approximately 15% unemployment; and if he will make a statement... - Social Welfare Schemes
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider further rolling out the gateway scheme in a non-compulsory capacity to offer placements to unemployed persons in schools,... - Employment Support Services
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is appropriate for his Department to insist persons who are unemployed are sent on training courses to an organisation... - Social Welfare Benefits
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the adequacy of social protection rates given that a recent report by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which found... - Rural Social Scheme
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand and improve the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18705/16] - Farm Assist Scheme
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the changes made to farm assist with respect to income disregards given that it has had a serious negative affect on the income... - One-Parent Family Payment
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the one-parent family payment scheme is adequate to meet the needs of recipients, particularly given recent figures from the... - Programme for Government Initiatives
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will implement the fit-to-work scheme contained in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18794/16] - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that persons applying for carer’s allowance are waiting 19 weeks before their application is examined; the measures he... - State Pension (Contributory)
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he might be in a position in the context of the programme for Government or otherwise, to examine the extent to which women for... - Community Services Programme
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to accept new proposals to the community services programme; the criteria that would be used to select new proposals; if he has a... - Live Register Data
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of live register figures for persons living the Castleisland area in respect of his Department's Office in Tralee, as... - Pension Provisions
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his priorities regarding pension payments for the remaining six months of 2016; if he is reviewing pension entitlements for women who worked in the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the lower social protection payment discrimination against young adults under 25 years of age given that those under 25 years of... - Exceptional Needs Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a payment to cover the additional costs for families in emergency accommodation such as travel and food; and if he will make a... - One-Parent Family Payment
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status issue of determination orders which were not catered for in the jobseeker's transition legislation; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce the working family payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18761/16] - Labour Activation Measures
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the contracts awarded to United Kingdom companies for labour market activation schemes, such as JobsPlus and other private schemes... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he is continuing to issue correspondence urging recipients under the jobseeker's benefit scheme to use financial institutions instead of using... - Community Services Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has increased the contribution to the community services programme in line with the increase in the national minimum wage; if the programmes... - Bereavement Grant
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the bereavement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/16] - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the ongoing delay in determining eligibility for some means-tested payments and appeals; if there has been a reduction in resources or... - One-Parent Family Payment
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the changes made in 2015 to the one-parent family payment scheme which have considerably increased the financial burden on... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide the details of recent developments at the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed community employment scheme including the efforts he... - Rent Supplement Scheme
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will raise the maximum rent supplement level to the levels recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness. [18773/16] - Child Poverty
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end child poverty as committed to by the Government under the national social target for poverty reduction now that the target has been... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the high cost of insurance for companies delivering community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Rates
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore social protection payments to pre-austerity levels adjusted for inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18804/16] - Carer's Allowance Payments
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will abolish means testing for the carer's allowance, increase the respite care grant and replace the mobility allowance that ceased in 2013;... - Work Placement Programmes
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to consider the possibility of introducing more flexibility to the Tús work placement initiative scheme, including considering extending the... - Pensions Reform
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to reform and improve pension governance, given several high profile pension scandals, including the abrupt winding up of the...
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