Written answers
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Free Travel Scheme
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position of Irish and EU law with respect to State subventions for the free travel pass scheme being paid to private transport operators; if... - Disability Allowance Applications
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a long-term disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11214/17] - Invalidity Pension Payments
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of arrears due to a person (details supplied) with regard to an invalidity pension; when payment will issue; and if he will make a... - Employment Support Services
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options that are available for self employers that wish to take on an employee for a vacant post; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Labour Activation Projects
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the penalty clauses that apply to his Department under the agreement with Turas Nua and Seetec; the circumstances in which they arise; and if he... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11275/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
298. 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. [11286/17] - Departmental Legal Costs
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by his Department and other Government agencies in helping workers of a company (details supplied) take their case to the European... - Education Funding
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are specific programmes or schemes under the remit of his Department that support those 40 years of age and over that are long-term... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have applied for an exceptional needs payment to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number that have been awarded a... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households by county that have had their rent increased above the prescribed rent supplement limit, in tabular form; and if he will... - National Internship Scheme Review
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the evaluations he will carry out on JobBridge, Springboard and MOMENTUM in view of the recent EU Commission review; and if he will make a statement... - Free Travel Scheme
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make any changes to the free travel pass; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons are concerned regarding this... - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent on public relations consultants and all matters relating to public relations costs in 2016; and if he will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a request for a review of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied), in view of the... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give consideration to removing the year 2000 rule to community employment schemes, which is proving to be a barrier to recruitment. [11447/17] - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11458/17] - Social Welfare Benefits
309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the savings limit of €20,000 for a single person that is in receipt of the State pension non-contributory (details... - Community Employment Schemes Data
310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme projects for each of the years 2012 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; the total number of participants... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11493/17] - State Pension (Contributory)
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of old age pensioners whose weekly State pension payment is affected by his Department's practice of averaging contributions; his views... - Disability Allowance Applications
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11501/17] - Disability Allowance
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive credited contributions for the period they have been in receipt of disability allowance;... - Construction Contracts
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in each of the past six years and to date in 2017 in respect of... - Labour Activation Projects
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of participants at 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016 from each activation scheme currently in operation; the... - Rural Social Scheme
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the rural social scheme to levels of 3,500, 4,000, 4,500, 5,000, and 5,500 places; and if he will make a statement on the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance in County Kerry at 31 January in each of the years 2004 to 2011, by age, in tabular form; and if... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures that are in place to ensure that sponsors of community employment, CE, schemes manage and operate in accordance with the guidance as... - Pensions Data
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address concerns that persons eligible for the €5 pension increase may subsequently become ineligible for supplementary welfare... - Community Employment Schemes Administration
325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when community employment projects are being amalgamated; the reason assistant supervisors are not being approved to supervise larger projects; the... - Community Employment Schemes Data
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to changes to job specification and terms and conditions for community employment supervisors due to larger numbers... - Pensions Data
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of any pension schemes, occupational, private or public, which have requirements that potential payees under the widow's benefits... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will announce the reforms to the community employment and Gateway schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11807/17] - Public Transport Subsidies
329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid in subventions from his Department to Bus Éireann for the past five years to date in 2017, by scheme; and if he will make a... - Pensions Data
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person that is over 80 years of age and is a qualified adult on their spouse's pension is not eligible for the over 80 age allowance;... - Passport Applications Fees
331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to subsidising or making a grant available to persons over 70 years of age applying for passports; and if he will... - Youth Guarantee
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of participants in the youth guarantee nationally in the past three years; the number of participants that were... - Departmental Expenditure
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of communication and advertising costs spent by his Department to promote employment services and supports over the... - Maternity Benefit
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of application for maternity benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the difficulty caused by the 2012 changes to the contributory State pension rates of payment, in view of the fact that the immediate... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend eligibility criteria for jobseeker's allowance; in regard to a person who has invested in a private pension fund and is out of... - Child Benefit Eligibility
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if child benefit is payable to fifth and sixth year students in secondary school that have reached 18 years of age; if he will review this situation... - Social Welfare Benefits
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11986/17] - Social Welfare Code
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the lone parent report committed to in the Social Welfare Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/17] - Rent Supplement Scheme
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of rent allowance that refuse to transfer to a HAP payment for reasons including losing the time spent on the housing waiting... - Disability Allowance Applications
347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he... - Invalidity Pension Applications
348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/17] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) with regard to a carer's allowance appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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