Written answers

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

  • Carer's Benefit Applications
    276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2533/17]
  • School Meals Programme
    277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he taking to ensure that food and beverages being served in schools here avoid being calorie-dense fried foods and processed food items;...
  • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
    279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a partial capacity benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
  • Youth Unemployment Data
    281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; how this figure compares with the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2566/17]
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of FIS; the number of households in receipt of the back-to-work family dividend; the number of households in...
  • Paternity Leave Scheme
    283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons to date who have applied for paternity benefit; the number of persons who have received paternity benefit in tabular form; and...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
    284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households by county in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households by county that have had rent supplement increased above...
  • Carer's Allowance Delays
    285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2570/17]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2603/17]
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims made for health and safety benefit in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the sectors of employment involved and the number of applicants from...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2641/17]
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
    290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application for a jobseekers' allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); his views on the fact that a bank account...
  • Rural Social Scheme
    291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make changes to the format of the rural social scheme and Tús schemes; his plans to amalgamate any of the community employment and...
  • Carer's Allowance Payments
    292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the current rates for half rate home carers; and his views on whether the current rate does not reflect the amount of time and...
  • Civil Registration Legislation
    293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration ( Amendment) Bill 2014; and when the bill likely to complete its passage through the House of the...
  • Social Welfare Code
    294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare sanctions applied to those persons receiving payment as lone parents, in tabular form. [2795/17]
  • Disability Allowance Eligibility
    295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
  • Rural Social Scheme
    296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the new entrant term limitations for the rural social scheme, which has up to now been an income support for small under employed...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of secretary generals in his department; the annual pay of each secretary general within his department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he expects a social welfare appeal will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied). [2964/17]
  • Youth Guarantee
    300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans in regard to the youth guarantee (details supplied) in Ballymun. [3062/17]
  • State Pensions
    303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the changes planned to come into effect in 2020 in the way the State pension (contributory) is calculated, taking total contributions into...
  • Invalidity Pension Payments
    304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for an invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • JobPath Data
    305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons given penalties while attending the services of jobpath in Coolock since the service began to date, by month, in tabular form....
  • Youth Guarantee
    306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a review of piloting a scheme similar to the youth guarantee for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/17]
  • Social Welfare Appeals Status
    308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will finalise a social welfare appeal for a person (details supplied). [3211/17]
  • Invalidity Pension Applications
    309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied). [3213/17]
  • Departmental Schemes
    310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources continue to be made available to his Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if he...
  • Youth Unemployment
    312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which his Department continues to be in the position to avail of European Union support to alleviate youth unemployment; and if he...
  • Live Register Data
    313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those persons on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary...
  • State Pensions
    314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has examined the ineligibility of entitlement to contributory old age pension for women who had to give up work in the public...
  • Social Welfare Schemes Data
    316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or an oral hearing; the...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will carry out an evaluation of the various social welfare payments that had to be reduced during the period of recession due to lack of...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons whose application for dental benefit have been approved in each of the past five years to date in 2017; and if he will make a...

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