Written answers

Tuesday, 4 July 2017

  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Meals Programme
    573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the provision of school lunches in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if she...
  • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
    574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused a State pension (non-contributory) in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    575. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to a person (details supplied); if the case can be examined with a view to ascertaining the most suitable support; and if she...
  • Dietary Allowance Administration
    576. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of dietary supplement under 18 years of age; the number of persons in receipt of dietary supplement under 22 years...
  • Homemakers Scheme Applications
    578. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons signing for homemakers credits; the percentage of the estimated number of homemakers this represents; and if she will make a...
  • Carer's Allowance Payments
    579. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to 13 August 2015 as stated in correspondence dated 16...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    580. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30929/17]
  • School Meals Programme
    581. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children eligible to receive and the number in receipt of the school meals programme; and the estimated cost of expanding the...
  • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
    582. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she plans to take in view of the recent report on lone parents published by the Joint Committee on Social Protection; and if she will...
  • Qualified Child Increase Payments
    583. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase from €29.80 to €32.30; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
    584. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reducing the hours work to qualify for family income supplement from 19 to 15; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Training Support Grant
    585. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered or examined the feasibility of removing the condition whereby a person must be on the live register in order to...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
    586. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Exceptional Needs Payments
    587. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the recent exceptional needs payment issued on 18 April 2017 was paid to the person or an agent in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
  • State Pensions
    589. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available for a person that is contracted to retire at 65 years of age but is not entitled to a State pension until 67 years of age;...
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    590. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31032/17]
  • Fuel Allowance Payments
    591. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her officials are examining a charity's (details supplied) proposal in its 2018 pre-budget submission to tackle the 145% increase in the...
  • Child Benefit Eligibility
    593. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a charity's (details supplied) proposal in its 2018 pre budget submission to make child benefit payable to...
  • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
    594. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the proposal by a charity (details supplied) in its 2018 pre-budget submission to increase the back to school...
  • Back to Education Allowance
    595. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by a charity (details supplied) in its 2018 pre-budget submission to reverse the decision to means...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    596. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department examined a charity's (details supplied) proposal in their 2018 pre-budget submission to allow lone parents in employment with...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    597. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding post office payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31170/17]
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    598. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 21 June 2017, if a payment system can be put in place at an early date to address the issues of a...
  • Brexit Staff
    599. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the...
  • Child Benefit Administration
    601. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the potential cost to the State of extending child benefit payments to children for an additional year; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Rural Social Scheme Data
    603. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the rural social scheme to date in 2017; the reason the extra 500 participants promised by her predecessor have not...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
    604. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a farm assist application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    606. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing carer's allowance to be classed as a recordable contribution for the purpose of eligibility for contributory pensions...
  • Census of Population Data
    608. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy response which occurs further to the publication of the census of population; the section or sections of her Department involved; and if...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
    609. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the long delays for processing applications, reviews and appeals within the domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance...
  • Social Insurance
    612. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a report on the appeal by a company (details supplied) of the Scope findings regarding alleged abuse of RTC1s; and if she will...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    613. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servants in her Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in...

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