Written answers
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Services Programme
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Pobal funding has been withdrawn for an organisation (details supplied); if so, the reason therefor; the way in which the... - Jobs Initiative
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the jobs initiative scheme; the reason persons working on the scheme are being asked to transfer from... - Invalidity Pension Applications
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [50757/17] - JobPath Data
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid in 2016 in registration fees to companies (details supplied) for the JobPath scheme. [50762/17] - Departmental Communications
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if data transmitted between her Department's central server and local branch offices is transmitted via HTTPS or HTTP. [50770/17] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
488. 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.... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of pension a person (details supplied) now qualifies for based on their number of contributions; and if she will... - Exceptional Needs Payment Data
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated to exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the focus on social inclusion is retained and copperfastened in community employment schemes; and if... - Maternity Leave
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy regarding maternity leave and adoptive leave for women who become mothers through surrogacy in cases in which the... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the maximum social welfare benefit is being paid to a person (details supplied); if there are further benefits they are... - Disability Support Services Funding
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will... - Services for People with Disabilities
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the job activation programmes for persons with a disability; the expenditure on same; the estimated cost of increasing... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of the following spending proposals (details supplied). [50934/17] - Social Welfare Benefits Data
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing the child benefit payment by €1, €2; €3, €4,... - Farm Assist Scheme Data
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of a proposal (details supplied). [51111/17] - Carer's Allowance Data
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications that are approved or refused on an initial application; the extent to which... - Child Benefit Data
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in receipt of child benefit to date; the extent to which these numbers have varied over the past five... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which each sector within her Department can respond in terms of dealing with applications for various means... - State Pension (Contributory)
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to examine the anomalies in respect of payment of the contributory State pension to persons... - Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided by her Department by way of rent support to families on local authority housing lists over the... - Social Welfare Schemes
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Christmas bonus will be paid; and to which categories of social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement... - Youth Unemployment Data
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of youth unemployment throughout the country, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51210/17] - One-Parent Family Payment
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which persons that have lost their one-parent family allowance have had their cases reviewed to ensure the... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals in respect of various payments awaiting a decision for more than two months; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Eligibility
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes are required in the criteria governing cohabitation with a view to ensuring that hardship is not caused; and if... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reversing the changes made in 2012 to the bands for the contributory pension; and if she will make a... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance by €5, €10 , €15,... - One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reversing changes made to the one-parent family payment in 2012, in tabular form; and if she will make... - State Pensions
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51225/17] - Bereavement Grant
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51226/17] - Maternity Benefit
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity benefit by one to six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Paternity Benefit
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one to six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Community Services Programme
531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding to community services programmes; the cost of increasing funding in line with the national minimum wage; and if...
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