Written answers
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22760/17] - Registration of Births
243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to address a circumstance raised in correspondence (details supplied). [22901/17] - Disability Allowance Payments
244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - JobPath Implementation
245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is mandatory for a person selected by his Department for the JobPath scheme to engage with a company (details supplied) and to sign a contract... - Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the mortgage interest supplement is being abolished; if so, his plans to replace it with another scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Public Services Card Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a public services card will issue to a person (details supplied). [22759/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and when a decision will be made on the... - Maternity Benefit Data
249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week, while extending... - Disability Allowance Appeals
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22809/17] - School Meals Programme
251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the free school meals programme for each of the past five years; the current rates of payment per meal, child and day respectively; the... - Departmental Schemes
253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of desk based assessments of entitlements further to reviews of his Department's schemes; the number of direct inquiries with social... - Social Welfare Fraud
254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the training persons working on the anti-fraud campaign have received; the number of persons working on this campaign including those on the... - Maternity Benefit
255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the delays of up to a month for maternity benefit payments; the reason for such delays; the number of persons... - Carer's Allowance Delays
256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in sending the file of a person (details supplied) relating to a carer's allowance claim; and if he will make a statement... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 20,800 cases of alleged social welfare fraud dealt with by his Department in 2016 which were reduced or stopped while his... - Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the anti-fraud and control measures with the savings for each totalling €500 million used by his Department in 2016; and if he... - National Internship Scheme Data
260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of nationally accredited internships in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22868/17] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22882/17] - Social Welfare Overpayments
263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied) receiving domiciliary care allowance; and when the overpayment... - Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons on certain work schemes (details supplied) which are seasonal receive a reduced rate of jobseeker's payment during summer,... - Disability Allowance Appeals
265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22925/17] - Community Employment Schemes Data
266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme placements in Dublin 5, 13 and 17, respectively, that are vacant and waiting to be filled; the number of... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the community employment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22938/17] - Social Welfare Fraud
268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of persons convicted of welfare fraud who have dependents and children; the way in which plans to reduce welfare payments for... - Gender Recognition
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of applications and the number of approved applications needed to obtain a gender recognition certificate under the Gender... - Departmental Staff Data
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of staff employed in his Department since 2009, including temporary clerical officers and whole-time equivalents; and the... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the other social welfare assistance a person (details supplied) would be eligible to receive in view of the fact that the person is... - Disability Allowance Payments
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23096/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider awarding a State pension on reaching retirement age to those persons who contracted hepatitis C and were unable to work due to... - Carer's Allowance Payments
275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a payment of arrears of carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23114/17] - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the current average waiting times for decisions on all social welfare payments from his Department; the number of persons awaiting... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the detail of recent changes to the qualifying contributions for the contributory old age pension. [23181/17] - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the options available for a person not on a qualifying payment to be issued with a free travel pass in a case in which regular travel to... - JobPath Data
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out by county the number of persons currently engaged in the JobPath programme with Seetec and Turas Nua; and if he will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Allowance
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he or his Department has received correspondence from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, relating to the report being conducted by the... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199 and 200 of 3 May 2017, the way in which savings of €77 million were made in 2016 from welfare... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify if, following the Social Welfare Act 1974, secular clergy can legally be classed as self-employed; his views on whether the... - JobPath Data
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons recruited to jobpass in the years 2015 and 2016 (details supplied); the number of persons initially signed up each year; the... - Disability Allowance Applications
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) application for disability allowance; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [23275/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding an application for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Illness Benefit Applications Data
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe within which illness benefit is paid once his Department has received an application; the waiting times for receipt of this payment;...
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