Written answers
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
43. 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... - Departmental Reports
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the report on the consultation on bogus self-employment and disguised employment will be published; and the policy changes he plans to pursue.... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the contracts for new community employment supervisors will be of the same duration as existing contracts; and if he will... - Maternity Protection Entitlements
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the rules on maternity benefit and maternity leave to allow for mothers of preterm babies by the time between the delivery date of... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that changes to the contributory State pension introduced in 2012 will result in tens of thousands, if not hundreds of... - Community Employment Schemes Administration
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding his Department's review of the operation of the Tús and community employment schemes; the difficulties caused to these... - Disability Support Services
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role his Department is playing to address the reality that persons with a disability are less likely to get a job and more likely to leave... - Citizen Information Services
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to promote local governance, management and independence of all MABS and CIS centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review FIS means testing with the rent allowance payment in view of the fact prior to 2012 FIS was not calculated when means testing for... - Social Welfare Code
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a basic income as outlined in the speech of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (details supplied); and if he will make a... - State Pension (Contributory)
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a percentage of the €400 million surplus in the social insurance fund will be used to backdate pension payments to the 43,000 pensioners... - Public Services Card Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is expected that his Department will meet the target of issuing 3 million public service cards by the end of 2017; the reason for the four-year... - Public Services Card Authentication
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which other public bodies can authenticate the public service cards; the regulation involving such data sharing; the level of privacy... - Departmental Staff Redeployment
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate personnel remain available throughout his Department to ensure a speedy seamless process for dealing with all... - Departmental Reports
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the contents of his Department's report into seasonal workers in County Donegal and the barriers in accessing basic social welfare... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to implement changes to the State contributory pension criteria to ensure that persons that had a break in their insurance contribution... - Artists' Remuneration
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has had discussions with the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the establishment of a specific... - Pension Provisions
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assurances he can give to persons living here receiving a pension payment from the UK as a result of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to raise the cut off age of the one-parent family payment to 14 years of age or to introduce additional measures to assist lone parents... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time it takes for a file to be sent from the carer's allowance section in County Sligo to the social welfare appeals office in Dublin... - Budget 2017
72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals announced for his Department in budget 2017 that have yet to be implemented; and when they will be implemented. [17590/17] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the budget allocated for supplementary welfare allowance from 2014 to date; his views on whether the budget is sufficient to meet demand; and if he... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the way maintenance is calculated for lone parents; the detail of the policy of cutting the income of lone parents that are not... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite waiting times for jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17459/17] - Housing Assistance Payments Data
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons or families that were in receipt of rent allowance that have moved to a HAP tenancy in 2017; the number in 2016; and if he will... - Rural Social Scheme
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes made to the rural social scheme since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17611/17] - JobPath Implementation
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the oversight his Department has on the operations of the private companies contracted to operate the JobPath initiative; and if he will make a... - Direct Provision Payments
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which persons in direct provision having been granted asylum status can communicate with his Department using their hostel address; and if... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which long waiting periods in respect of appeals affecting various social welfare payments can be addressed in the short term, with... - Citizen Information Services
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will issue a policy directive to the Citizens Information Board to ensure that the MABS and Citizens Information Services are retained as they... - Jobseeker's Benefit
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made by his Department to address the situation whereby those that are on contracts which stipulate that they have to retire at 65 years... - JobPath Implementation
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the use of psychometric tests by operators of JobPath; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those that are offered a place on a community employment, CE, scheme and then subsequently referred...
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