Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a decision to refuse a request for clothing allowance was made in respect of a person (details supplied)... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a mortgage repayment to a lending institution paid by person living apart from their spouse on a property in both their... - Public Services Card
651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of the contract with a company (details supplied) to produce the public services card; the funding it has received... - Public Services Card Data
652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the information that the public services card holds; and the information that the public services card has the capacity to... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the independent review of the changes to the one-parent family payment which was agreed to during the... - Homemakers Scheme
654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of backdating the homemaker's scheme to 1970 in incremental steps of five years from 1994; and if she will... - State Pension (Contributory)
655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing changes made to the eligibility criteria for the State pension (contributory) in 2012; and if... - State Pensions
656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of reintroducing the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42534/17] - State Pensions Reform
657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps which have been taken by her Department to date in establishing an auto enrolment pension system; and if she will... - Departmental Reviews
658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and subject matter of reports and reviews that have been commissioned by her Department and are currently under... - Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement by county, in tabular form; the number of households in each county... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the level of income disregard for the purposes of means testing for those persons in receipt of Army... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proof of address which will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the allowance for savings as means for non-contributory pension applicants. [42629/17] - Labour Activation Programmes
665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to give control back to the local scheme co-ordinators in the sourcing and placing of individual scheme workers on... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the Tús and community employment schemes regarding scheme participants who are over 60 years of age... - Carer's Allowance Applications
667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Meals Programme
668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding allocated in 2016 to a programme (details supplied); the amount of funding utilised in 2016; her plans... - Rent Supplement Scheme
669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an investigation will be carried out into a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42721/17] - Social Welfare Schemes
670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the waiting time is set in legislation or a statutory instrument to qualify for community employment scheme, Tús or... - Public Services Card
671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a provision has been made in the application process for the public services card for a parent or guardian to sign on... - Ministerial Functions
672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the powers she has delegated to the Ministers of State in her Department; the date on which such delegation was made; if... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of the participation of older persons on community employment schemes will be completed; and if the review will... - Public Services Card
675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the public services card in the context of persons that have undergone or are undergoing gender... - Family Income Supplement Eligibility
676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hours of work carried out under partial capacity benefit underlying the payment of invalidity pension can be used in... - Disability Allowance Payments
677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disability allowance for a person (details supplied) was not backdated to the actual date of application; and if... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine the situation whereby a female employee paying PRSI contributions remained out of work to rear... - Public Services Card
680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in respect of public services cards for those claiming a social welfare payment; the number of persons that have... - Maternity Benefit
681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the creditable period beyond 16 weeks for those on unpaid maternity leave; the reason this limit exists;... - Youth Guarantee
682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on her Department's response to the report from the European Court of Auditors which described the youth... - National Internship Scheme
683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the promised internship scheme to replace JobBridge; the expected commencement date of this scheme;... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if back payments due to a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42862/17] - Community Employment Schemes Operation
685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow persons with mental health problems who wish to stay indefinitely on community employment schemes with the... - Respite Care Grant Eligibility
686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reform the respite care grant to include those who are obliged by economic necessity to work outside the home in... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms and conditions regarding eligibility for community employment; if a person can be removed from the scheme while on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care; and if she will make a... - Rural Social Scheme Administration
689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if in cases in which rural developments have not taken up their full allocation of places they can be transferred to... - Maternity Leave
690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the recent Government announcement to extend maternity leave to mothers that have a premature baby; and if she... - Disability Allowance Applications
692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); when it is expected the application will be... - Fuel Allowance Applications
693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can make a late application for a fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Farm Assist Scheme Data
694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for farm assist payments; the number of applications pending by county, in tabular form; and if she will... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she... - Departmental Reports
696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a report (details supplied) on the impact of austerity measures on lone parent families; her views on the... - Lobbying Data
697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of occasions on which she has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the... - Commencement of Legislation
698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all sections of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 are now in force; and if she will make a statement on the... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service Reports
699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the submission by the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, regarding the proposals to replace... - School Meals Programme
700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rural schools availing of the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42342/17] - Farm Assist Scheme Payments
702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to restore farm assist payments to 2013 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42354/17] - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if steps can be taken to restore payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if their case can be urgently...
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