Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of pay-related social insurance of 15.75% on the portion of... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their domiciliary allowance appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/17] - Social Welfare Offices
219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and location of welfare clinics that have been closed and moved to other locations in the past two years, such as the proposed closure of... - Disability Allowance Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14820/17] - Treatment Benefit Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grant assistance that is available to a person (details supplied) in receipt of a State pension non-contributory who requires two hearing aids.... - Departmental Staff Relocation
222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason staff working in social welfare services in County Longford are not being facilitated in transferring to the office in Carrick-on-Shannon... - Disability Allowance Payments
224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) who was waiting more than 12 months on a decision regarding a disability allowance... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a domiciliary care allowance and a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Youth Unemployment Measures
226. 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 throughout the country... - Unemployment Benefits Data
227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
228. 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 throughout the... - Employment Support Services
229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has examined issues preventing or discouraging unemployed persons from obtaining employment and particularly in counties... - Unemployment Levels
230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he continues to monitor the age profile of those on the live register long term with a view to initiating measures to address... - Protected Disclosures Data
231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried out... - Work Placement Programmes
232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports through Tús and community employment schemes he can give to villages and towns to enhance the work of volunteers that take on the... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can receive an extension to their placement on a CE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15111/17] - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision to refuse a companion travel pass in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal can be conducted regarding the estate of a deceased person's (details supplied) State pension issue; and if he will make a statement on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the... - Employment Schemes
237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on activation programmes under the remit of his Department, by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Child Benefit Data
238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of child benefit in 2017; the estimated cost of providing a once-off double payment for all children born in 2017; and... - Departmental Schemes
239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the programmes or schemes under his Department's remit which assist or support persons to retrain or re-skill at third level institutions or... - Employment Support Services
240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports or incentives in place to encourage employers to hire persons who are long-term unemployed, that is, for more than one year; and if he... - Insurance Costs
241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his Department... - Citizen Information Services
242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is intended to change the local structure of the citizens information services to a regional structure; the cost of this change; if it... - Unemployment Data
243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to specifically assist the 79,700 long-term unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2016, representing over 54% of the total... - Carer's Support Grant
244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/17] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a date for a carer's allowance oral hearing appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Family Income Supplement Appeals
246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an appeal for family income supplement submitted in October 2016 by a person (details supplied); and if he... - Disability Allowance Appeals
247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrears have yet to be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15298/17] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a date for a carer's allowance oral hearing appeal to a person (details supplied); if consideration will be... - Carer's Allowance Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/17] - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the means test for fuel allowance to take into account the gross income of persons in receipt of private pensions rather than... - Fuel Allowance Data
251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the fuel allowance to those persons in receipt of illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the... - Public Services Card Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision there is for a stateless person lawfully resident here to apply for a public services card in view of the fact they are unable to... - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider allowing mortgage payments as an income disregard when assessing means for eligibility for farm assist; and if he will make a... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of part-time and seasonal workers entitlements to jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15363/17] - Social Welfare Appeals
255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/17] - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a one-parent family payment or alternative payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15407/17] - Social Welfare Appeals Status
258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be issued on a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the relevance of details in respect of their medical condition and costs associated therewith as requested in the case of a person (details... - Carer's Allowance Payments
260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s allowance rate of payment will be increased from half rate to full rate for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15449/17] - Job Initiatives
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria regarding the length of time that eligible participants can remain in the community employment, Tús and rural social schemes.... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which assessment of means and entitlement to jobseeker's allowance is affected by any property such as a ten or 15 acre plot; the... - Social Welfare Code
263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the definition of a farm under the social welfare code, with particular reference to eligibility for a means tested social welfare payment for those...
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