Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to improve the decision timeframes on all core social protection payments made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has assessed the impact on youth poverty of the lower rates of unemployment allowance; if so, the findings of such an assessment;... - Social Welfare Schemes
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the Millar report entitled Lone Parents and Activation, What Works and Why: A Review of the International Evidence in the Irish... - School Meals Programme
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he intends to allocate increased funds for school meals to schools following the recent increase in allocation in the budget; and if... - Direct Provision Data
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation of the recommendations in the 2015 McMahon report on direct provision that come under the remit of his Department,... - Disability Allowance
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a cost of disability top-up payment to recognise the additional costs of a disability; and if he will make a statement on the... - Paternity Leave Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the uptake of paternity leave since the date of commencement for fathers to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/16] - Child Maintenance Payments
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the way child maintenance is considered in means tested payments in view of the fact that often families can be worse off if in... - Social Welfare Fraud
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to identify welfare fraud nationally; and his plans to tackle welfare fraud nationally and in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency.... - Direct Provision Payments
66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the recommendations in the June 2015 McMahon report that the direct provision weekly allowance for adults be increased to €38.74 and to... - JobPath Implementation
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on complaints arising from the operation of JobPath. [36031/16] - One-Parent Family Payment
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will commission a report on the impact of the recent changes in social protection payments on lone parent families; and if he will make a... - Community Employment Schemes Administration
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for securing the future of community employment schemes; and if he will allow persons referred to JobPath to be able to apply for community... - Fuel Poverty
70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions he is taking to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36020/16] - JobPath Implementation
71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have engaged with a company (details supplied) as part of JobPath to date; the success levels of these placements; if staff... - Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness that a targeted use of mortgage interest supplement be... - Child Poverty
74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle child poverty. [36032/16] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the operation of the contributory State pension; if he will examine the difficulties being experienced with regard to the annual... - Legislative Reviews
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration he has given to a review of the provisions of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013, including single insolvencies and their... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans on cutting unemployment payments following reported comments (details supplied) made at a recent Pobal conference in Dublin City... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the hard means test of €100 over social protection payment to receive fuel allowance (details supplied). [36030/16] - Social Welfare Benefits
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has identified the various groups, such as the disability sector, carers, widows, pensioners and those dependent on... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will put in place to ensure the survival of the post office network, including the roll-out of further social protection services;... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been an increase in requests for review of means-assessed pensions and other incomes in response to the declining value of sterling; the... - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for carer’s allowance and benefit applications; the measures he will take to reduce these times; and if he will make a... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has reviewed the changes to the rent supplement limits and their impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36037/16] - State Pensions Reform
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a universal pension to tackle income inequality in the elderly population; the progress to date in facilitating a transition... - Income Inequality
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he plans to address inequality and social exclusion in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35934/16] - Pension Provisions
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is undertaking or will undertake monitoring of the Pensions Authority's achievement of its strategic objectives as laid out in its... - Youth Unemployment Measures
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he plans to address the issue of youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35933/16] - Fit for Work Programme
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the fit for work programme referenced in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/16] - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his future plans to support self-employed persons access jobseeker's benefit. [36035/16] - State Pension (Contributory)
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the average number of contributions per annum requirement for the State pension, contributory, in view of the difficulty it is... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he will improve waiting times in respect of the determination of appeals and access to oral hearings; and if he will make a... - Family Income Supplement
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will protect the family income supplement payment from all means testing across all Departments including for local authority rent; and if he... - Disability Services Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department plans to support persons with disabilities into employment in view of the recently published disability allowance... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the impact on recent retirees, who are qualified for the contributory State pension, of the way the homemaker scheme years are...
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