Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Insurance Payments
1165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is self-employed PRSI due on the self-employment income in the case of a single person on a community employment... - Labour Activation Measures
1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person of 62 years of age who has recently lost their job and has been invited to participate in... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the invalidity pension of a person (details supplied) has been stopped in view of the fact that their condition... - Employment Rights
1168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice in the film industry of certain companies hiring unpaid runners; and if she... - Legislative Reviews
1169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45895/17] - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
1170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the support that can be provided to persons who are blind and registered with the National Council for the Blind but are in... - Disability Allowance Applications
1172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a case (details supplied); the reason the person did not qualify for disability allowance; if she will... - JobsPlus Scheme
1173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her enhancement plans (details supplied) for the JobsPlus scheme for the over 50s; the number of years will the subsidy of... - Suicide Prevention
1174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all front-line staff receive suicide prevention training, if suicide prevention training is mandatory for front-line... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Employment Support Services
1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangement between her Department, JobPath, a company (details supplied) and Turas Nua; the mandate that these... - Departmental Staff Data
1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by grade in the scope section of her Department; the details of these figures on a yearly basis in each... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
1178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for processing of claims relating to self-employment by scope section from submission of a claim to the issue... - Disability Allowance Payments
1179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person, (details supplied) will receive arrears of a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pension (Contributory)
1180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of contributory State pension being paid to persons (details supplied); and the date in each case on which the... - Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
1181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason changes were made to the guidelines on exceptional needs payments whereby the legislation refers to exceptional... - Carer's Benefit Applications
1182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for carer's benefit will issue; and if she... - Employment Rights
1183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if concerns have been raised with her office in regard to working conditions at a company (details supplied) contracted for... - Public Services Card
1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a new rule has been issued which requires persons designated by pensioners to collect pensions from post offices to... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code
1189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the PRSI on non-PAYE earnings of employed persons has been deemed as a new class K9 rather than class S which would... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
1190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45824/17] - Social Welfare Benefits Data
1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received in relation to the artist's social welfare pilot scheme; the number of persons in... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time it takes for a domiciliary carer's allowance application to be processed; the number of applications that... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by age and gender in tabular form. [45838/17] - State Pension (Contributory)
1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that has been done to date by her Department on the proposed total contributions approach for the State pension;... - State Pensions
1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the introduction of a universal State pension; if so, the work that has been done on this; and if she... - Departmental Websites
1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external company undertaking an audit of her departmental website; the cost of the audit; the timeframe for its... - Departmental Communications
1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the verification code sent to mobile phones as part of the MyGovID two-factor authentication scheme is SMS based; if she... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Homeless Persons Supports
1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is standard practice for homeless persons units to restrict eligibility to register for their services to homeless... - Living Alone Allowance
1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance payment will be increased in view of the rising cost of living; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits
1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualified adult allowance rate in respect of social welfare payments has been increased in recent years; her plans to... - Strategic Communications Unit
1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings of the strategic communications unit she or her departmental officials attended; the date and location of each... - Departmental Websites
1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the last time her Department's website was revamped or remodelled; the cost of same; if she or her Department officials have... - Departmental Staff Data
1208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of departmental staff in her press office; the reporting relationship in operation; and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff Training
1209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protocol for attendance by staff both civil servants and political non-civil servants to continuing professional... - Public Relations Contracts Data
1210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the public relations companies or agencies the services of which her Department used for information campaigns since 1... - Departmental Funding
1211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to ensure that grant-aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the... - Community Services Programme
1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has invited a company (details supplied) to establish a new company and to apply for the community... - Brexit Negotiations
1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of all planning and research work under way for the impact of the result of Brexit negotiations in her... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when discussions regarding pension contributions for those who took time out of their working lives previous to 1994 to... - Social Insurance
1216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that all construction companies pay PRSI and social insurance contributions for all... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
1217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason women who are suffering illness due to and during pregnancy cannot receive illness benefit; if a benefit for... - Public Services Card Data
1218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the country and location that the mobile phone code verification numbers are sent from in the context of the public service... - Social Welfare Appeals
1219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department did not follow the established protocol of seeking an adjournment when a social welfare case for... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of a full State pension. [46167/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
1221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [46169/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Data
1222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of a State pension (contributory) who qualified for payment since the changes were made to the... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
1223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the anomaly whereby a person who was in receipt of fuel allowance prior to participating in a community... - Carer's Benefit Payments
1224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
1226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the substantial cuts imposed on members of the IASS pension scheme in advance of the sale... - JobPath Data
1228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to a company (details supplied) by her Department since the beginning of its contract in summer 2015; and if... - Departmental Contracts Data
1230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department have with a company (details supplied) or its... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46386/17] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Insurance Payments
1233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) ceased receiving credits on their PRSI record despite having received them for a... - Free Travel Scheme Data
1234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of providing all persons in receipt of the long-term illness scheme card with a free travel pass. [46419/17] - Employment Support Services
1235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new youth employment support scheme will be aimed at young persons with disabilities; and if she will make a... - Disability Act Employment Targets
1236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the implementation of the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with disabilities; and if she... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement... - Ministerial Advisers
1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of the special advisers employed in her Department; the names of special advisers to Ministers of State in her... - Social Welfare Eligibility
1239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the departmental review on the terms and conditions surrounding seasonal workers accessing social... - Farm Assist Scheme
1241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes will be made regarding the terms and conditions for those in receipt of farm assist in the context of the Social... - Departmental Expenditure
1242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of photography in her Department since January 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46533/17] - State Pensions Payments
1243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has had a deduction in their pension payment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Applications
1249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code Reform
1252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for changes to the social welfare system which would provide greater rights to self-employed persons; and if... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46643/17] - Disability Allowance Applications
1254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46654/17] - Maternity Benefit
1256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement a review of maternity leave provisions for parents of infants in neonatal intensive care units that... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability benefit application by a person (details supplied); the estimated decision date; and if she will... - State Pension (Contributory)
1259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is being paid the full pension. [46759/17] - Illness Benefit Applications
1260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) for illness benefit will be processed; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
1261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if adequate resources are in place to ensure minimum waiting times in respect of decisions on appeal with regard to various... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
1262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by those foster carers in receipt of jobseeker's... - Pension Provisions
1263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a letter sent to her and copied to some members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; if a... - Employment Support Services
1264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that has been carried out in regard to the impact a company (details supplied) and Turas Nua has had on... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
1266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of all advertisements taken out in print media, online, television and radio highlighting the new PRSI benefits... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which entitlement to a contributory pension is calculated when a person has a combined Irish and EU record; the... - Zero-hour Contracts
1269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions taken and progress made on each of the 14 recommendations in the University of Limerick study on the prevalence... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
1270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the provision of a pension for supervisors and assistant supervisors working for community employment... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details... - Pension Provisions
1272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects to make changes to the contributory State pension which will address the negative discrimination being... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
1273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to review the national fuel allowance scheme in respect of persons who are social welfare dependent and reside... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which State pension contributions will be enhanced in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the time that persons aged 62 years and over can spend on community employment schemes, in view of the... - Fire Service Staff
1276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the entitlement of retained firefighters to jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Services Programme
1277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a group (details supplied) receives feedback on its unsuccessful application for community service... - Social Welfare Appeals Delays
1279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeals in respect of various decisions in regard to payments made by her Department are dealt with expeditiously; if... - Pension Provisions
1280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she will review the current system used in the calculation to entitlement to contributory old age... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
1281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the contributory old age pension, jobseeker's allowance and benefit,... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
1283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal... - Community Welfare Services Provision
1285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare, with... - Unemployment Levels
1287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the age profile of persons who have been on the live register long term, with a... - Rent Supplement Scheme
1288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent support by county and local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Code
1291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department interprets cohabitation, having particular regard to the number of persons who deny...
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