Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
280. 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. [19165/16] - Social Welfare Rates
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the State pension payments by €10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19342/16] - Carer's Support Grant
283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of carer's support grants paid during June 2016; if all of the automatic renewals have been paid; and if not, the number which remain... - Child Benefit Data
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of restoring child benefit to families with children in full-time second level education but who have reached 18... - Artists' Remuneration
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the supports for working artists in the social protection system; and if he will relax activation rules for working artists to... - Jobseeker's Benefit
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has had their jobseeker's payment stopped; and if he will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for processing carer's allowance appeals in the social protection appeals office; the assistance available to persons who... - Carer's Allowance Applications
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/16] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of a supplementary welfare allowance can receive up to €20 per week for helping to feed their dogs; and if he will make... - State Pensions
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons resident here in receipt of a United Kingdom pension; the number of persons resident in the United Kingdom, by area in... - Community Services Programme
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the minimum wage support fund by a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19198/16] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19209/16] - Invalidity Pension Applications
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the invalidity allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
296. 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. [19255/16] - Redundancy Payments
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the redundancy payments scheme in tabular form in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date. [19259/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
298. 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. [19260/16] - Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 23 June 2016, if it was the fraud section of his Department that investigated this matter; if payment... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why spinal injuries are excluded from the list of long-term illnesses in the awarding of benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Training Support Grant
301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been approved for funding for an educational course by their local Intreo office;... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the range of reforms of community employment eligibility recently proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Community Employment Schemes Places
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending the community employment programme for participants over the age of 60 by increasing the number of places allocated... - Social Welfare Code
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which investments in shares, annuities, AVCs, insurance policies, including mortgage protection policies on a person's primary... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused disability allowance. [19532/16] - Community Services Programme
306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to prevent cuts to funding at a location (details supplied); the reason such cuts are being implemented; and if he will make a... - Family Income Supplement Applications
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income support allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rent Supplement Scheme
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he has increased the maximum rent limits at a lower rate in Fingal than in other areas in County Dublin under the rent supplement scheme, given... - Departmental Records
309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this... - Community Work Initiatives
310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow an increase in the self referral percentage for Tús work placement initiative participants in Cork from the current 20%... - Carer's Allowance Applications
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/16] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to compensate social protection recipients who receive sterling payments with top-up payments from his Department in view of... - Credit Availability
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the pilot microfinance scheme, which was launched in November 2015 and operated by 30 credit unions, to the other 300 credit... - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring means testing rules to pre-budget 2012 levels under the farm assist scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rural Social Scheme Expenditure
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the rural social scheme to 3,000, 3,500, 4,000, 4,500, 5,000, 5,500 and 6,000 places; and if he will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Data
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications his Department has received under the carer's allowance scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2016 to date; the number of... - Farm Assist Scheme Administration
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the cuts the previous Government imposed on persons under the farm assist scheme as promised in the programme for Government; and... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide the waiting times experienced by those applying for domiciliary care allowance in 2015 and in 2016 to date; the number of applicants for... - Departmental Staff Data
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years...
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