Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare payments; if he has previously... - Disability Allowance Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); the options available to the person following a... - Labour Activation Measures
263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his short and long-term plans for the community employment and employment services and programmes, with particular reference to their benefits in... - Maternity Benefit Data
264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of State maternity benefit payments; the average waiting time for an initial decision to be made on an... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for each social welfare payment from January 2017 to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of persons... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will be made. [21449/17] - Social Welfare Overpayments
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of weeks a person (details supplied) was alleged to have been overpaid; the exact level of their authorised weekly allowance during the... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Support Grant
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who received the carer's support grant in 2016; the expenditure on the grant in 2016; the number of persons who have received... - Social Welfare Benefits
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the... - Household Benefits Scheme
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the household benefits package in 2016; the projected expenditure in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21584/17] - National Advocacy Service
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of advocates employed in the national advocacy service for persons with disabilities; the ratio of advocates to persons with a disability... - Bereavement Grant
275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant to 2013 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21586/17] - Household Benefits Scheme
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the telephone allowance to 2013 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21587/17] - Social Insurance
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to further extend social insurance benefits to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21588/17] - Social Welfare Code Reform
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the new working family payment being developed by his Department; the way he envisages that this payment will differ from family... - Community Employment Schemes Administration
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reinstating the community employment scheme material grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21671/17] - Labour Activation Measures
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Turas Nua is requesting the details of some persons' new employers when it had no input into... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pay agreement under which supervisors on community employment schemes currently operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21546/17] - Departmental Correspondence
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the issues raised in correspondence from members of Monaghan County Council (details supplied); if he will respond to the county... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension entitlements for supervisors in community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/17] - Community Employment Schemes Administration
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which sponsors for community employment schemes are chosen; the person or body that supervises and ensures best practice for the choosing... - Family Income Supplement Applications
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income supplement by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21555/17] - Community Employment Schemes Administration
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the new system introduced by his Department for sponsors and voluntary boards with regard to the Companies Act and the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker's allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Appeals
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of a disability allowance; the reason a... - State Pensions
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review on conditions and criteria for State pension entitlement and eligibility will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recruit additional staff to deal with appeals for disability allowance in view of the fact the current period for same is approximately... - Departmental Expenditure
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total spend by his Department on legal or other fees in a case (details supplied) arising from an investigation of complaints under Directive... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that avail of rent allowance and RAS payments, by county; and the total payments by county in 2016. [21817/17] - Community Employment Schemes Places
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an additional community employment scheme placement will be allocated to a community centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a decision in relation to an application for a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will... - Carer's Benefit Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a decision in relation to an application for carer's benefit; and if he will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a person's (details supplied) disability claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21930/17] - Family Income Supplement Data
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of Defence Forces personnel that received family income supplement in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [21988/17] - Social Welfare Benefits Data
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Defence Force personnel in receipt of family income supplement or any other social protection payment, indicating which payments, in... - Departmental Expenditure
301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department estimates it will pay to companies engaged under the JobPath programme for the duration of the relevant contracts; the... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the anti-fraud savings made by his Department through control measures for 2016; the number of reports made by the public to his Department of... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rural Social Scheme
305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to treat the rural social scheme solely as a labour activation mechanism as opposed to its original role when introduced in 2004 as a... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 3 May 2017, if he will provide a breakdown of fraudulent claims for each of the years from 2014 to...
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