Written answers
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Poverty Data
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recently published survey on income and living conditions by the Central Statistics Office, which showed a consistent poverty rate... - Community Services Programme
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a programme provider (details supplied) in County Donegal has been informed by Pobal that its previous funding levels, which had provided... - School Meals Programme
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/17] - Work Placement Programmes
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Gateway participants in Kilkenny County Council for each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number... - Free Travel Scheme Administration
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if private bus operators can now request a review of their existing free travel pass allocation relative to their current fare structure; and if he... - Social Insurance
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the purpose of reckonable credits if they are not taken into account when calculating eligibility for various social welfare payments. [6671/17] - Disability Allowance Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines regarding the circumstances considered by his Department when a person on disability allowance applies to work for a number of hours... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2017 of all schemes under the remit of his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Schemes
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted any recent analysis of traps, such as poverty traps and unemployment traps, within the social welfare system; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when his Department expects to complete the review of changes to the one-parent family payment, as committed to during passage of the Social Welfare... - Poverty Data
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recently published survey on income and living conditions data; his further views on the fact that there has been a considerable... - Departmental Websites
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website is the only online vacancy and job matching service available to local... - Carer's Allowance Payments
283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6779/17] - Rural Social Scheme Data
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of participants in the rural social scheme, RSS, over the period 2014 to 2016 by county in tabular form; the total number of new... - Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the new duration limits introduced for new participants in the rural social scheme in 2017 in the interest of equity... - Cyber Security Policy
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the National Treasury Management Agency website was temporarily down... - JobPath Implementation
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on concerns regarding a service provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6896/17] - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision not to award financial assistance for cost of flooring under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme in the case... - Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the eligibility requirements and conditions that apply to participate on the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is putting any protections in place for employees on a defined benefit pension scheme whose employers are trying to move to a defined... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement, with a breakdown according to the reason for the reduction in the numbers on rent supplement... - National Internship Scheme
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance he will provide in a circumstance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/17] - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the plans to regionalise the MABS services; if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out on this proposal; his... - Maternity Benefit
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision on the application for maternity benefit by a person (details supplied) could be reviewed in view of their long-term employment... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
295. 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. [7312/17] - Youth Unemployment
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the progress report of the Limerick regeneration framework published in December 2016 that, of... - Labour Activation Measures
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any other schemes to replace the Gateway scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7409/17] - Jobseeker's Benefit
298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's benefit in Dublin and specifically in Dublin South West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7425/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7455/17]
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