Written answers
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Department of Social Protection
- JobPath Data
723. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been placed on the JobPath scheme since its inception in July 2015 and to date in 2017; the number of... - Maternity Benefit Data
724. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons waiting for payment of maternity benefit, by county and region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Paternity Benefit
725. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons waiting for payment of paternity benefit, by county and region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
726. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the current means testing for self-employed persons seeking the State pension (non-contributory) is operating to standards... - Disability Support Services
727. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding allocated to the reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32079/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
728. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to persons who have not attained sufficient contributions towards their contributory pensions; the circumstances under which... - Social Welfare Appeals
729. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32120/17] - Bereavement Grant
730. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32123/17] - Social Welfare Fraud
731. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring in new measures to tackle social welfare fraud; the nature of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
732. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of two carer's allowance applications submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
733. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [32174/17] - Community Employment Schemes Review
734. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the changes to community employment schemes announced by the previous Minister for Social Protection to come into effect; and if... - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
735. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and June 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service
736. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the Dáil Éireann motion which called for the restructuring of MABS and CIS to be halted and a report... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
737. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
739. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1989 of 20 June 2017, when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be processed for a person... - Departmental Expenditure
740. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the unallocated spend within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
742. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing rent supplement by 20% in counties Dublin and Cork. [32331/17] - Social Welfare Benefits Data
744. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently being assessed for each social welfare payment; the average turnaround time in 2017; the expected date a... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
745. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when extra supports will be made available to the self-employed; if the self-employed will become eligible for the illness benefit in addition to... - Disability Allowance Applications
748. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32524/17] - Exceptional Needs Payment Data
749. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department under the exceptional needs payment in each of the past four years, by county, in tabular form; and if she... - Living Wage Expenditure
751. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will... - Fuel Allowance Data
752. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2018 if the fuel allowance was increased by €4 per week and €5 per week respectively; and if she will make a... - Disability Services Provision
753. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the development of independent advocacy services to support vulnerable persons in view of the enactment of the Assisted... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
754. 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. [32623/17] - Pension Provisions
755. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding work of her Department on the future provision of pensions; if she will engage with groups in the public service that are... - Departmental Expenditure
756. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the past five years on photography,... - Social Welfare Appeals
757. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will schedule an oral hearing for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32720/17] - Tax Code
758. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress which has been made introducing a PRSI scheme for the self-employed and providing a supportive tax regime for entrepreneurs and the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
760. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay of a decision being made on a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and... - Social Welfare Overpayments
761. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the arrangements in relation to collecting money in respect of alleged overpayments to a person (details supplied) will be re-examined in view of... - Fuel Allowance Payments
762. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered allowing the fuel allowance to be paid on a lump sum basis as opposed to a weekly basis; the estimated full year... - Poverty Data
763. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of children in consistent poverty and experiencing deprivation; the way in which these figures compare to the European average;... - Unemployment Data
764. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that are long term employed; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Gender Recognition
769. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine the provisions for those aged under 18 years of age and those aged under 16 years of age in view of the publication of the... - Citizen Information Services
771. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the planned dissolution and replacement of the citizen's information services falls under the first part of the board's prescribed function, as... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
779. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the new amended rules in respect of community employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32955/17] - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
780. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to continue the scheme launched in 2015 which gave persons of 62 years of age and over the opportunity to continue on the community... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
781. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the provision of pensions for persons that are employed as supervisors on community employment schemes for an extended number... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
782. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times from the point of application to a decision being made in respect of each social protection payment. [33062/17] - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
783. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision to be made by the social protection appeals office in respect of each social protection payment. [33063/17] - Maternity Benefit Applications
784. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current processing time for maternity benefit applications; the efforts being made to address the delays in processing applications; and if she... - Illness Benefit Applications Data
785. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in respect of illness benefit that have been submitted; the number of those which have been granted; the number which...
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