Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Staff Data
259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the details of the current staffing levels and vacancies in all... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recruit permanent staff to deal with current delays in all areas of his Department's services in view of difficulties in the processing... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a family income supplement application by a person (details supplied). [25312/17] - Commencement of Legislation
264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when section 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25322/17] - Maternity Benefit Applications
265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when backdated maternity benefit arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite the processing of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on... - Work Placement Programmes
267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) moving from JobPath to a Tús placement; if he will expedite the transfer onto the... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, when calculating the average contributions of persons for accessing their contributory pension, there is a provision to include contributions... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/17] - Family Income Supplement Data
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies with more than 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 7,000 and 10,000 employees, respectively, that employ persons who receive the family... - Dietary Allowance Administration
275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for his signing of SI 71/2017 (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Diet Supplement) Regulations 2017; his... - Community Employment Schemes Administration
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the community employment scheme launched in December 2015 on a pilot basis which gave persons 62 years of age and over the option of... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person is no longer considered a child at 18 years of age when it comes to qualifying for child benefit yet they are considered a child... - Child Benefit Administration
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to pay child benefit in respect of children who are still in full-time education, as was the case in the past in view of the fact that... - Family Income Supplement Data
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of family income support per county on an annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will... - Community Services Programme
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25507/17] - JobPath Implementation
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a release from the JobPath scheme can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) to take a place in the rural social scheme; and... - Carer's Allowance Applications
283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25515/17] - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a once-off exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25516/17] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25536/17] - Social Welfare Benefits
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place in which a person in receipt of a means-tested payment from his Department inherits some assets from a person, in view of... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is entitled to the full state contributory pension in the United Kingdom is entitled as a result of this to the full contributory... - Budget Measures
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy scenarios he has examined through the SWITCH, simulating welfare and income tax changes, model in the past three years; and if he will... - Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to fact that persons (details supplied) have lodged an appeal with his Department and were informed they would... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will change the means assessment applied to persons who are aged 18 to 24 years of age for jobseeker's allowance to exclude their parents'... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the criteria to join a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Payments
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/17] - Paternity Leave Costs
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first year cost and full year cost of increasing paternity leave by one week, two weeks, three weeks and four weeks, respectively; and if he... - Live Register Data
295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of permanent child care workers (details supplied) his Department anticipates will sign on the live register in 2017; and if he will make... - Disability Allowance Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/17] - Personal Public Service Numbers
299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a person applying for permission to remain here on the basis of being the spouse of an Irish national would obtain a PPS number;... - Disability Allowance Applications
300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25876/17] - Treatment Benefit Scheme
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the treatment benefit scheme; if he has conducted an analysis of the cost of extending the treatments available under this... - Bereavement Grant
304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25883/17] - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure
305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form; and if... - State Pensions
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted an analysis of the cost of indexing increases in the State pension to the cost of living; and if he will make a... - Unemployment Data
309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobless households; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/17] - Departmental Advertising Campaigns
310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the recent advertising campaign to report social welfare cheats; and his views on whether this campaign demonises recipients of... - Citizen Information Services
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the desirability of independence of the State and its agencies as an attribute, characteristic, feature and principle in the... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether the current backlog and processing time for social welfare claims is acceptable; the steps he is taking to alleviate the... - Carer's Allowance Delays
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to reduce the processing time for applications for carer's allowance; his plans to reduce the target time of 12 weeks to... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for domiciliary care allowance in 2016; the number of these applications that were granted; the number that were... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual additional cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €100 per child in both age categories; and if... - Unemployment Benefits Payments
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered streamlining the process by which seasonal workers apply for unemployment benefit. [26008/17] - Unemployment Data
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of craft workers relevant to the construction industry now in receipt of social welfare payments (details supplied). [26024/17] - Unemployment Benefits Data
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a jobseeker's payment under 26 years of age; and the number of persons receiving the payment in each of the years... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the long-term decline in occupational defined benefit pension schemes in the private sector; his further views on the idea of a State... - Maternity Benefit Applications
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the delays in processing maternity benefit claims; the time it is now taking to process the postal claims and online claims;...
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