Written answers

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Department of Social Protection

 
  • Youth Guarantee
    31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation of the Youth Guarantee. [7086/17]
  • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
    39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review being carried out on the effects that cuts to relevant social protection payments have had on seasonal workers in counties...
  • State Pensions Payments
    41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reversing the changes to PRSI pension bands from 2012; the cost of backdating this change to the 36,000 plus recipients of the State...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
    42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will take steps to ensure that persons applying for means-tested social protection payments following family law settlement in respect of the...
  • Labour Activation Projects
    46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce funding for labour activation schemes as recently reported in the context of the review of Government expenditure; his plans to...
  • Free Travel Scheme Administration
    47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to charge an annual fee to persons who avail of the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8362/17]
  • Community Employment Schemes Administration
    48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow the Tús scheme and the community employment schemes to retain current participants even if their term is complete, in view of...
  • Pension Provisions
    49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will consider the institution of a unified State-wide defined benefit occupational pension scheme as a means of addressing the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the refusal rates for those applying for carer’s allowance and disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8417/17]
  • Free Travel Scheme Administration
    51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make any changes to the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8361/17]
  • Social Welfare Rates
    53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recognise the additional costs faced by those persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8358/17]
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration
    54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will be proceeding with plans to abolish the local boards of 51 Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, companies and 42 citizens information...
  • Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
    55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available to his Department to deal with the fallout from the housing crisis, with...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of casual part-time employees in receipt of social welfare payments, such as jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit and family income...
  • State Pensions
    58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the cost of backdating the homemaker’s scheme to encompass periods before 1994 has been estimated by his Department at €290 million;...
  • Child Poverty
    59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/17]
  • Paternity Leave Scheme
    60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the take up of the paid paternity scheme and if the scheme is operating as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/17]
  • State Pension (Contributory)
    61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that almost 36,000 new applicants for the State pension (contributory) have received smaller pensions...
  • Child Poverty
    62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to implementing an anti-poverty strategy with a specific focus on children (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
    64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the review process in place for the supplementary welfare allowance scheme being issued from community welfare offices; and if he will make a...
  • Brexit Issues
    66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he has taken on preparing for Brexit. [8426/17]
  • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
    67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the decline of occupational defined benefit occupation schemes over the past thirty years. [8456/17]
  • JobPath Implementation
    69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the evaluation of service delivery undertaken in respect of the rolled-out JobPath programme contract; the outcomes that are recorded and reported...
  • Pension Provisions
    70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending the eligibility for the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension to include unmarried...
  • State Pensions Reform
    71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the pension system which it is perceived currently discriminates against persons, mainly women, who took time out of the...
  • Poverty Data
    72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recently published SILC, survey on income and living conditions, data which showed that the at risk of poverty rate, the deprivation...
  • Bereavement Grant
    73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate the bereavement grant and make additional funds available to the exceptional needs payment, which were cut in January 2014; and...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
    75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the prevalence of persons coming off rent supplement due to becoming homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8454/17]
  • State Pensions
    77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reinstate the State transition pension; his further plans to prevent persons forced to retire at 65 years of age having to apply for...

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