Written answers

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to ensure that carers on maternity leave and who continue in their carer role will not have their carer's payment cut. [18394/17]
  • JobPath Implementation
    202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain a grant to enable them to enter back into the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Family Income Supplement Payments
    203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when a person is no longer in receipt of part-time job incentive, this payment is still taken into...
  • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
    204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if entitlement to jobseeker's benefit exists in the case of a person (details supplied) who made an application; if the application can be decided;...
  • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
    205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for processing of social welfare applications and decisions by each service; the average review times of each service; the average...
  • Youth Guarantee
    206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will take to address the findings in the report published by the European Court of Auditors on 4 April 2017 that the implementation...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
    207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of jobseeker's allowance or benefit are required by his Department to take up offers of employment, even in circumstances in which...
  • Job Initiatives
    208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of a replacement for the JobBridge programme; when he expects the new programme to be launched; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
    210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 per child; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Employment Support Services
    211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a participant of Turas Nua opting out of the scheme if he or she has been offered a full-time or part-time job by a public limited...
  • Household Benefits Scheme
    212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of reinstating the household benefits package in full, including the telephone allowance. [18588/17]
  • Invalidity Pension Applications
    213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Work Placement Programmes
    214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will investigate the difficulty had by a person (details supplied) on the Tús programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Community Employment Schemes Places
    215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have applied for placement on a community employment scheme and have been refused a place; the number of community...
  • Work Placement Programmes
    216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the Tús scheme to allow persons to have a two-year placement and to allow persons over 55 years of age to be eligible for...
  • Paternity Leave Scheme
    217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of statutory paternity benefit in 2016; and the number of men who availed of the full two weeks. [18667/17]
  • Maternity Benefit Data
    218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of statutory maternity benefit in 2016; and the number of women who availed of the full 26 weeks. [18668/17]
  • Rural Social Scheme
    220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason supervisors under the rural social scheme have been informed of a change in their terms and conditions; if his Department intends that...

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