Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Appeals
1973. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
1974. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting list for those who have applied for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26531/17] - Disability Allowance Payments
1975. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for a reduction in payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26532/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
1976. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26533/17] - Invalidity Pension Applications
1977. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26535/17] - Brexit Issues
1978. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an analysis of potential risks to State pensions has been conducted with regard to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26564/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
1980. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26601/17] - Citizen Information Services
1981. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for his claim made in her amendment to the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion on the independence of local citizens' information... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
1984. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of rent supplement in tabular form. [26648/17] - Family Income Supplement Data
1986. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of family income supplement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Poverty Data
1987. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rates of poverty, consistent and at risk of poverty and deprivation in each region in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1988. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26683/17] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1989. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26713/17] - Pension Provisions
1990. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding workers having to retire at 65 years of age; if she will address the issue of these workers having to claim jobseeker's... - Disability Allowance
1991. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26764/17] - Disability Allowance Data
1992. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing all non-working age payments under the remit of his Department by €3 to €10 respectively by payment,... - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
1993. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will use an annual P60 and annual earnings to assess if a person qualifies for family income supplement rather than examining a recent... - Maternity Benefit Administration
1994. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of time it is taking to process maternity benefits; the amount of time persons are waiting for their benefit to be paid; if her... - Community Services Programme
1995. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Pobal has taken the decision to withdraw funding support via the community services programme which was previously provided to a company... - Disability Allowance Applications
1997. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a... - State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
1998. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding contributory pension payments. [26961/17] - Public Sector Pensions Data
1999. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector... - State Pension (Contributory)
2000. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider in the forthcoming budget and Estimates process allowing a person's contributory pension to be based on their best 40 years of... - State Pensions
2002. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons over 66 years of age in receipt of a State pension; the number of persons in respect of whom the qualified allowance is being... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
2003. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to issuing a clearance letter in respect of a person now deceased (details supplied). [27015/17] - State Pensions
2004. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to develop a data collection system to include gender disaggregation on the level of payments across all State pension schemes; if she... - Pension Provisions
2005. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the band changes introduced in 2012 in order to allow those pensions which were reduced by this change of assessment method to... - Departmental Agencies Staff Data
2007. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of delivering disability awareness training to all staff in Intreo offices not already trained in it; and if she will make a... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
2009. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of the partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Support Services Funding
2010. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund and the initiatives within it in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in... - JobPath Implementation
2011. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the person or body that partners a company (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27086/17] - Carer's Benefit Eligibility
2012. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details suppled) in County Sligo will have their carer's benefit payment reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Public Services Card
2013. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the proposal to expand the range of public services for which a public services card will be required coupled with the... - Disability Allowance Applications
2014. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Act Employment Targets
2015. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi State body under the aegis of her... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
2016. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she... - Maternity Benefit Data
2017. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week and extending maternity... - Disability Allowance Applications
2018. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will grant a disability allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27211/17] - Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
2019. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 30 May 2017, the average processing time for seasonal educational workers that are employed on a... - Bereavement Grant
2020. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the reinstating of the bereavement grant particularly to those persons that have lost loved ones to suicide; and if it will be... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
2021. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the self-employed to be able to make claims for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27388/17] - Disability Allowance Appeals
2022. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) of a decision to refuse a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
2023. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) have not received a result to date regarding their jobseeker's allowance application. [27413/17] - Dietary Allowance Administration
2024. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reinstate dietary supplements for persons with coeliac disease and throat cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
2025. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; the estimated amount a 50% increase in both the primary school payment of... - Departmental Contracts
2026. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or any agency or body under the... - Bereavement Grant
2027. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to restore the bereavement grant; the estimated annual cost of restoring this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Free Travel Scheme
2028. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase funding for the free travel pass in 2018. [27478/17] - Pension Provisions
2029. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the former workers of a company (details supplied) have been written to; when they can expect their payments; and if she will make a statement... - Carer's Allowance Applications
2032. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27543/17] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
2033. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
2034. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for domiciliary care allowance appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27687/17] - Social Welfare Benefits
2036. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the 85% Christmas welfare bonus to 100%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27689/17] - Departmental Expenditure
2037. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and other... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
2038. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be finalised in view of the fact that it was lodged on 11 January 2017; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
2039. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for social protection payment applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27839/17] - Appointments to State Boards
2040. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any former Deputies have been appointed to State boards under her remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and positions of... - Labour Activation Programmes
2041. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 31 May 2017, the details of the exceptional cases referred to by which a person could move from JobPath... - Pensions Reform
2042. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary question number 149 of 25 May 2017, the estimated cost of designing and implementing an auto enrolment pension system; and... - Pensions Data
2043. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that paid an S contribution prior to 2011 that had been advised by her Department that they had sufficient pension... - Invalidity Pension Payments
2044. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person is in receipt of invalidity pension, if they have access to a reduced rate of refuse collection; and if she will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
2045. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending jobseeker's benefit to the self employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28046/17] - Maternity Benefit Expenditure
2046. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers of premature babies (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Insurance Fund Deficit
2047. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the surplus deficit in the social insurance fund for each of the past ten years; and the accumulated surplus at the end of each of those years.... - Postal Codes
2048. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in... - Maternity Benefit Administration
2049. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is taking four weeks to process claims for maternity benefit in view of her recent commitment that this matter would be rectified; and if she... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
2050. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28239/17] - Social Welfare Appeals Status
2051. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28261/17] - Disability Allowance Eligibility
2052. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the means assessment for disability allowance recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28271/17] - Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
2053. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the sanction request regarding her Department's recent social protection fraud campaign; the details of the comparative study between the cost of... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
2054. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of payment schemes that have a backlog or are in arrears; the way in which the schemes are in arrears; her plans to sanction overtime... - Community Employment Schemes Cessation
2055. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the CES programme based in Killenaule, County Tipperary under the auspices of a company (details supplied) has been wound down in view... - Carer's Allowance Applications
2056. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Exceptional Needs Payments
2057. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28327/17] - Carer's Allowance Payments
2058. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct rate of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28331/17] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
2059. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of savings a person is allowed to have before it is counted as means for a supplementary welfare allowance payment; and if she will make... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
2060. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to facilitate the award of appropriate social welfare payment such as back to education allowance in the case of a... - Social Welfare Overpayments
2061. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has received further information requested in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of their alleged overpayment; if... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
2062. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
2063. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when one parent family allowance including arrears will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); if immediate steps can be taken to... - Exceptional Needs Payments
2064. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
2065. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason deductions cannot be deducted from a person's weekly income when a maintenance order is in place and is not being complied with and the... - Social Welfare Code
2066. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed and permitting such persons to opt into the existing class A structure for... - State Pension (Contributory) Applications
2067. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a decision regarding their application for a State pension (contributory); and when a... - Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
2068. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate cost of changing farm assist means-testing rules in order that irrespective of the source of farm income the first €3,000... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
2069. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied) has been refused due to undertaking prescribed rehabilitation... - State Pension (Contributory)
2070. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28480/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
2071. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding an application for qualified child allowance by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Disability Allowance Payments
2073. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding a review of the rate of disability allowance being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme
2074. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason pre-1992 persons formerly employed at a company (details supplied) are not entitled to compensation regarding pension entitlements; the... - Fuel Allowance Data
2075. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing fuel allowance by €6.50. [28511/17] - Child Benefit Data
2076. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of extending child benefit to all children up until the end of second level education regardless of whether or not... - One-Parent Family Payment Data
2078. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing the earning disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
2079. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of introducing a higher rate of the qualified child increase for all social welfare payments to families with... - Exceptional Needs Payments
2080. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing the budget for the exceptional needs payment by €20 million. [28516/17] - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
2081. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the... - Blind Person's Pension
2083. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of a blind pension will automatically lose access to all or part of that pension if they marry or enter into a civil... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
2086. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the possibility of allowing lone parents who are in receipt of rent supplement and the one parent family payment to also be... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
2087. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a claim for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Staff Relocation
2088. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to transfer staff with responsibility for payroll systems currently based in Dundalk to the national shared services office in... - Citizen Information Services
2089. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the recent Citizens Information Board consultations with the MABS and citizens information services staff and companies; and if she... - Social Welfare Overpayments
2090. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanisms available for a person to continue to dispute an overpayment from her Department once an appeal has been unsuccessful; and if she... - Maternity Benefit Applications
2091. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average delay in approving applicants for maternity benefit and putting them into payment from the time they apply for same; the reason for the... - State Bodies Code of Conduct
2092. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all State bodies under the aegis of her Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under tax... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
2093. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 1 March 2017, the full year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for those in receipt of partial... - Paternity Benefit Applications
2094. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for processing of paternity benefit; the number of applications awaiting payment; the number of persons waiting by county, in... - Maternity Benefit Applications
2095. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for processing of maternity benefit; the number of applications awaiting payment; the number waiting by county, in tabular form;... - Community Employment Schemes Administration
2096. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the pilot programme that was launched in January 2016 which allowed those that had reached 62 years of age to participate on a... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
2097. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of all of their entitlements; and if disability allowance payments qualify them for further benefits... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
2098. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons convicted of social welfare fraud in 2016; the number of these convictions that were for amounts (details supplied); and if... - Community Employment Schemes Review
2099. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the community employment scheme is taking place at present; the purpose of the review; if the further curtailment of the time... - New Communities Unit
2100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that the staff in the new communities unit have booked into emergency accommodation, by month in 2016 and to date in 2017.... - Community Services Programme
2103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the contribution to the community services programme to match the national minimum wage; and if she will... - Free Travel Scheme Data
2105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the free travel scheme in 2017; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
2106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the feasibility of determining eligibility for jobseeker's allowance on hours worked rather than days worked; the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
2107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
2108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the procedure whereby only one week's notice is given to persons on partial capacity benefit that the payment is expiring as in... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
2109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28916/17] - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
2111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make changes to community employment schemes to disregard the time a person has been on the scheme prior to 2010 when calculating the... - Departmental Staff Relocation
2114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff under the remit of her Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the... - Jobseeker's Benefit
2115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to honour the commitment given by her predecessor concerning the review of part time and seasonal workers entitlements to social... - Fuel Allowance Payments
2116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the rate of fuel allowance by €6.50 which would restore purchasing power parity of 2010 levels; and if she... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
2119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to means test income derived from part time work for those in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if... - Social Welfare Eligibility
2125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to an article (details supplied), if the right to full social welfare payments while residing in direct provision will also be granted to... - Maternity Benefit
2126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing paid maternity leave by 1 to 16 weeks respectively. [28590/17] - Paternity Benefit
2127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing paid paternity leave by 1 to 16 weeks respectively. [28591/17] - Job Creation
2128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of incentivising job creation via headcount growth (details supplied), in tabular form. [28732/17] - Employment Support Services
2131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to a company (details supplied) each year since it started delivering JobPath programmes on behalf of... - Social Insurance
2132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is conducting a review regarding the appropriate type of contribution payable by employees of Coillte which is presently the... - State Bodies Data
2135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed in her Department and in each State agency under the aegis of her Department, by county, in tabular form. [29256/17]
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