Written answers

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

  • Disability Allowance Payments
    287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has received a sum of £836.39 sterling from the UK Department for Work and Pensions in respect of a payment due to a person...
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8119/17]
  • Carer's Allowance Payments
    289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrears due are being retained by his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) who was recently awarded carer's allowance....
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8177/17]
  • State Pensions
    291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons, broken down by gender, who were awarded a contributory State pension in 2015 and 2016; the total number of lifetime...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by gender and age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8257/17]
  • JobPath Implementation
    294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the referral of persons on jobseeker's allowance to An Turas Nua is automatic or if a selection process is undertaken; and if he will make a...
  • Poverty Data
    295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the latest CSO survey on income and living conditions, SILC, data which showed a rise in the rates of deprivation and consistent...
  • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
    298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when access to the treatment benefit scheme will be extended to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8475/17]
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be facilitated in respect of an appeal against alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social protections that are available to a person (details supplied); if the action the person has been requested to take is correct; the social...
  • Labour Activation Measures
    301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on recent reports in the media that his Department is considering ending the labour activation schemes, including Tús and gateway; if...
  • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
    302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
    303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria and eligibility conditions for a person who wishes to participate in a community employment scheme and who is over 50 years...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme
    304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Kildare who are in receipt of rent support; the number of those persons that have received an uplift in their rent...
  • Gender Recognition
    305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the precise legal basis on which persons applying for a gender recognition certificate and wishing to use a name different from that on their...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [8620/17]
  • Information and Communications Technology
    307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of upgrading information technology systems and or databases to incorporate the use of Eircode; if the use of Eircode is mandatory in his...
  • Paternity Leave
    308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans his Department has to incentivise expectant fathers to apply for paid paternity leave; if he will consider a mandatory system of paid...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Data
    310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual figures since 2005 for appeals lodged with the social welfare appeals office querying a refusal based on the habitual residence...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
    311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8748/17]
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8749/17]
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8751/17]
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8753/17]
  • One-Parent Family Payment Data
    315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for one-parent family payment refused on whatever grounds, on a monthly basis over the past 12 months; and if he will...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Data
    316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social protection payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or oral hearing; the...
  • Youth Unemployment Measures
    317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various youth unemployment alleviation measures have resulted in successful full-time job placements; and if he will make a...
  • Community Welfare Services Provision
    318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare with particular reference to meeting...
  • Unemployment Benefits Data
    319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit in County Kildare; the extent to which such numbers...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
    320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he can continue to improve the time taken to process appeals in respect of various social protection payments; and if he will...
  • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
    321. 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...
  • Employment Support Services
    322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he and his Department have examined issues preventing or discouraging unemployed persons from obtaining employment; if he has...
  • Live Register Data
    323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the age profile of those on the live register long term with a view to initiating...
  • EU Funding
    324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will...
  • Departmental Funding
    325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the public funding supplied to trade unions and representative bodies in 2015 and 2016 from his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

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