Written answers
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Free Travel Scheme
529. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a surcharge on the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41083/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
530. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [41011/16] - Family Income Supplement Appeals
531. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement or supplementary welfare will be paid to a person (details supplied). [41012/16] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
532. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not awarded a Christmas bonus; and if this decision will be reviewed. [41016/16] - Personal Public Service Numbers
533. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed and criteria applicable when processing applications for personal public service, PPS, numbers; and if he will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
534. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [41020/16] - Invalidity Pension Applications
535. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41025/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
536. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41034/16] - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
537. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process by which the Pensions Authority considers whether to make a direction to the trustees of a pension scheme to wind up a scheme. [41042/16] - Disability Allowance Payments
543. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are owed arrears of a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41072/16] - Social Welfare Appeals
544. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
545. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on three separate occasions since 2007, a person (details supplied) had tried unsuccessfully to... - Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
546. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a reduction in a jobseeker's transitional payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Labour Activation Measures
547. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that private companies that participate in job activation schemes such as JobPath comply with data protection laws... - Jobs Initiative
548. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is within the remit of Seetec's services to his Department to seek information on a jobseeker's family house mortgage; and... - Labour Activation Measures
550. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current and future status of the Tús initiative which is managed by local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if... - Invalidity Pension Applications
551. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/16] - State Pensions
552. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum number of social insurance contributions payable in any one year and in the context of a person working in two separate employments; if... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
553. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will bring forward legislation requiring that the services to wind up a pension scheme would be put out to tender rather than awarded to the... - State Pension (Contributory)
554. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the terms and conditions of the agreement reached which facilitated a group (details supplied) to receive the State pension; and if he will make a... - Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
555. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants to date to the Abhaile scheme; the number of persons who have been accepted into the scheme; the number of participants who... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
556. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41390/16] - Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
557. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment from the insolvency fund run by his Department can issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
558. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of moneys allocated to the clothing grant in each year since 2012 to date in 2017; the number of recipients of the grant each year since... - Community Employment Schemes Funding
559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the substantial increases in insurance premiums for community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement... - Labour Activation Measures
561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department is now not referring persons to community employment schemes; and if he will make a... - State Pensions
563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the restoration of the State transitory pension; and if he will make a statement on the... - Free Travel Scheme
564. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to indicating on a disabled person's free travel companion pass that they are allowed to be accompanied by more than... - Departmental Surveys
565. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the results of the independent customer satisfaction survey for JobPath will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41527/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
566. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/16] - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
567. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the reason a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced lone parents payment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Labour Activation Measures
568. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact that the privatisation of JobPath has had on the local employment services in view of the possible anti-competition implications... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
570. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures taken to ensure that women experiencing homelessness due to domestic violence are not adversely affected by the right to reside test... - Respite Care Grant Applications
572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a respite care grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41624/16] - Community Employment Schemes Operation
573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the length of time a person can remain on a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41625/16] - Dietary Allowance Applications
574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a dietary supplement allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/16] - Labour Activation Measures
575. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has just completed a work scheme is now being forced onto JobPath, namely, through Turas Nua, noting that... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
576. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to assist a person (details supplied) to have their assessment for disability allowance recalculated in order that the person... - Community Services Programme
577. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his view on the case or a person (details supplied) regarding their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41651/16] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
578. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the qualifying contributions which are necessary to avail of the contributory pension; when these will be implemented; and if he... - Social Insurance Payments
579. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the correct PRSI is being deducted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41678/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
581. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41699/16] - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
583. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
584. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41702/16] - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
588. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41706/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
589. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/16] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
590. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41708/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
592. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41710/16] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
593. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41711/16] - Carer's Allowance Applications
595. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41715/16] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
596. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/16] - Disability Allowance Eligibility
597. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41717/16] - Disability Allowance Appeals
598. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41718/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
600. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41720/16] - Disability Allowance Appeals
601. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41721/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
602. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41722/16] - Disability Allowance Payments
604. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41724/16] - Disability Allowance Appeals
607. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41727/16] - Disability Allowance Payments
609. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/16] - Disability Allowance Applications
610. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/16] - Disability Allowance Appeals
612. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41733/16] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
615. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41736/16] - Social Insurance
616. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason farmers who were in receipt of farm assist and who paid an annual self-employed stamp are not receiving the benefit of that stamp in... - Carer's Benefit Eligibility
617. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41748/16] - Departmental Funding
619. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department for County Wexford; and if he will make a... - State Pensions Reform
620. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow persons to work up to 66 years of age (details supplied). [41881/16] - State Pension (Contributory)
621. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the situation in relation to persons who were self-employed and paid their taxes to the Revenue Commissioners each year, which... - Pension Provisions
622. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce emergency legislation to prevent solvent companies reneging on their pension obligations (details supplied). [1009/17] - Departmental Funding
623. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the... - Departmental Records
625. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party... - Disability Allowance Applications
626. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
627. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting period at 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016 for social protection appeals, under each different payment heading;... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
628. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his policy in relation to part-time retained firefighters and their eligibility for jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
629. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person is employed on a part-time basis but does not have entitlement for jobseeker's allowance due to the fact they are working four days per... - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
630. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
631. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1238/17] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
632. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason social protection payments to persons (details supplied) were reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1242/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
634. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his Department's policy in relation to the payment to a person of a weekly State pension to which they are entitled in circumstances whereby the... - Maternity Benefit Applications
635. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for maternity benefit was refused; and if he will make a statement on the... - Child Benefit Payments
636. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a child benefit payment will resume in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1317/17] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
637. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
638. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can claim for jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1379/17] - Social Welfare Overpayments
639. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection overpayment to a person (details supplied); the way in which this overpayment came about; the way in... - Social Welfare Appeals
640. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection overpayment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1381/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
641. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct entitlement of widower's pension or OAP in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
642. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review can be undertaken of a recent refusal of application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Social Welfare Overpayments
643. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recovery of debt accrued by way of overpayment can be deferred in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
644. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [1438/17] - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
645. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for the carer's allowance and carer's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1463/17] - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
646. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1471/17] - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
647. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address concerns regarding persons who slip through the social protection safety net; his further plans regarding closing loopholes... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
648. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of a person on a community employment scheme if he or she becomes ill or is injured short term and does not have enough PRSI... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
649. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal of a domiciliary care application will be processed and decided upon for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he... - Invalidity Pension Applications
650. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1498/17] - Social Welfare Appeals Data
651. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2016 in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
652. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of jobseeker's allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1540/17] - Social Insurance
653. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the voluntary development worker scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1545/17] - Social Welfare Fraud Data
654. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to counter social welfare fraud; if he will provide, by payment type, the amounts recovered from 2011 to 2016,... - Personal Public Service Numbers Data
655. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of foreign nationals assigned public personal public service numbers, PPSNs, from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, in tabular form; the numbers... - Jobseeker's Allowance
656. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason switching from back-to-work enterprise allowance to jobseeker's allowance allows a person (details supplied) to receive the Christmas... - Pensions Reform
657. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 9 June 2015, the status of the work being carried out as a result of the meetings of the group in... - Carer's Allowance Applications
658. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in resect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1581/17] - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
660. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times, from the point of application to a decision being made, in respect of each social protection payment. [1601/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
661. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1624/17] - Social Welfare Appeals
662. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of putting the social welfare appeals office on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1686/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
663. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [1766/17] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
665. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused domiciliary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1790/17] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
666. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full investigation can be undertaken into the entitlement for parallel payment for the same period as an alleged overpayment in the case of a... - Community Employment Schemes Data
667. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in the community employment schemes, Tús and the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Invalidity Pension Applications Data
669. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will release the 2015 figures for the number of applications made for invalidity pension and domiciliary care allowance and the number of... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
670. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for domiciliary care allowance that was submitted on... - Data Protection
671. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he will ensure that information given to Seetec, the company registered in the UK which runs the JobPath programme, will continue to adhere... - Social Welfare Overpayments
672. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied). [1873/17] - Jobseeker's Allowance Reviews
673. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1887/17] - Labour Activation Projects
674. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Tús scheme is limited to one year placements; if there is any grounds for an extension whereby both the scheme and participant... - Carer's Allowance Applications
675. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
676. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability benefit will be approved and expedited for a person (details supplied). [1972/17]
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