Written answers
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the inequality in the provision of social protection to those under 25 years of age as opposed to those over that age; and if he... - Back to Education Allowance Payments
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the decision to means test persons receiving the back to education allowance, BTEA, which was implemented in April 2016 with no... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the increase in the rent allowance limit recently announced for County Kerry; the revised limit set for Kerry (details supplied);... - State Pension (Contributory)
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his proposals to amend the legislation and regulations pertaining to eligibility for the State contributory pension in relation to the calculation of... - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy waiting times for carer's allowance applications; the current waiting time on a standard application;... - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the legislation in relation to liable relatives who have moved from the one parent family payment to jobseeker's transition; and... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on reviewing the rules regarding the back to education allowance to allow persons to pursue courses that represent a development in their... - Departmental Agencies
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the work of an agency (details supplied) on behalf of his Department; if he has studied the equivalent role this agency plays in the... - Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to increase participation in the rural social scheme, RSS, to 4,000 participants given that when the rural social scheme was set up in... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason means testing by his Department is done on gross pay and not take home net pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28756/16] - Departmental Websites
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobseekers and local development groups find the Jobs Ireland website cumbersome and difficult to... - Family Income Supplement Payments
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the 52-week basis of family income supplement allocation as it does not take into account changes in a person's working... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when his Department will publish the Millar report on the situation of lone parents; his views on reported leaks of the report which indicate that... - Pension Provisions
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the national pensions framework, which commits to sustain the value of the State pension at 35% of average weekly earnings to prevent... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions in place to ensure that persons living in this State and in receipt of a British social security payment are compensated when the... - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, further to the finding of the Millar report, he will reverse lone parent allowance cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28755/16] - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the conditionalities introduced regarding working lone parents that have resulted in an up to 18% cut in their weekly income.... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which evaluation has been done as to the number of women in both the public and private sectors who for family or other reasons retired... - Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payment applications are being assessed to take account of the actual family circumstances, with a view to... - Community Services Programme
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his recent meeting with Moate Action Group if he will approve its application for a community worker. [28795/16] - National Internship Scheme Review (1 comment)
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection regarding the evaluation of JobBridge, promised in September 2016, his plans for replacing JobBridge with more targeted schemes aimed at specific... - Pensions Legislation
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is appropriate that corporate trustees and trustees can withhold additional benefits to members of occupational pension... - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reversing the changes made to farm assist with respect to income disregards, in view of the fact it has had a serious negative... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the rule whereby jobseekers need to have been signing on for three years to qualify for more than 12 months on a community... - State Pensions
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the establishment of a universal single-tier State pension rather than the existing two-tier structure, which gives a lower rate for... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the processing times and criteria for persons availing of community employment schemes and Tús as a matter of urgency. [28796/16] - Child Benefit Payments
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the impact on the income of families of the policy of stopping child benefit payments for schoolgoing children aged between 16 to 18... - Social Welfare Rates
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the discriminatory cuts to social protection payments to young adults under 25 years of age; and if he will make a statement on...
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