Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Poverty Impact Assessment
1564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main areas of policy making and policy programmes for which the three poverty measures contained in the CSO's SILC are... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment workers and supervisors will be included in plans to extend the working age for public sector... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding a pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff Data
1567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of departmental staff employed in Drogheda per departmental premises and in statutory bodies within her remit;... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1568. 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. [54390/17] - Carer's Allowance Applications
1569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
1570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding both allocated and drawn down for the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in... - Social Welfare Benefits
1571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing family allowances (details supplied) by 1%; and the percentage impact this would have on... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who submitted a carer's allowance appeal on 2 August 2017 has not had a decision on... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
1573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) is in receipt of full entitlements attributable to invalidity pension; and... - Appointments to State Boards
1574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if candidates interviewed for the post of chief executive of the Citizens Information Board were asked to outline proposals... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [54479/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Applications
1576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a State pension (contributory) application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [54480/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of a State pension (contributory) for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be issued;... - Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
1580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost for the community employment drug rehab projects under the social inclusion framework, excluding all... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54544/17] - State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
1582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54549/17] - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
1583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by county that have availed of the back to work enterprise allowance in each of the years 2015 to... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
1585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 12 December 2017, the documentation requested on 6 September 2017 in the case... - Departmental Funding
1586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from her Department that have expended resources... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
1587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for changes to the social welfare system which would allow self employed persons to apply for an invalidity or... - Disability Allowance Applications
1588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Rural Social Scheme
1589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to grant extra leave to rural social scheme supervisors that have worked as supervisors on the scheme for a long... - Social Welfare Benefits
1590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments she expects to be covered by class S PRSI payments in the future; the expected timeframe for same; and if she... - Departmental Staff
1591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is due to increase the number of staff based in Drogheda in addition to those currently employed; the... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (detail supplied) in respect of an alleged... - Disability Allowance Applications
1593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 7 December 2017, if she will review eligibility for disability allowance in the... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); if... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
1596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those in receipt of a carer's allowance are eligible for a contributory State pension; and if she will make a statement... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
1597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person that is required to carry out a paid internship for a certain period of time over the academic year as part of... - Disability Allowance Applications
1598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement... - Fuel Allowance Applications
1599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) was refused; and if she will make a statement on... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
1601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department funds the paying of holiday pay for those on community employment schemes that pass away while working on... - Proposed Legislation
1602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to initiate legislation to regulate tip sharing arrangements in the service industry; and if she will make a... - Departmental Properties
1603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the vacant properties and land not in use, owned, rented or leased by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
1604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's allowance will be reopened in case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 12 December 2017, the international evidence that justifies the six and seven... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application to transfer a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1028/18] - Carer's Allowance Applications
1609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1029/18] - Fuel Allowance Data
1610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of the fuel allowance at the end of 2017; and the cost to the Exchequer of this benefit... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
1611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension now under review will be expedited and approved in the case of a person (details... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
1612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if long-term benefit payments will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [1037/18] - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
1614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of returning a person (details supplied) to invalidity pension from partial capacity benefit now that the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1082/18] - Social Insurance Payments
1616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social insurance payments by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she... - State Pensions
1618. 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
1621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by amounts (details supplied), in... - One-Parent Family Payment
1622. 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... - Jobseeker's Payments
1623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of extending jobseeker's payments to the self employed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement... - Working Family Payment
1624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the income thresholds for family income supplement by amounts (details supplied), in... - State Pensions
1626. 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. [1233/18] - Bereavement Grant
1627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant at a rate of €850; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Benefit Expenditure
1629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing child benefit by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Maternity Benefit Expenditure
1630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular... - Paternity Benefit
1631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular... - Free Travel Scheme
1633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of operating the free travel scheme; the cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff Training
1635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the cost of training staff who have not undergone such... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
1636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for persons in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will... - Departmental Staff Data
1638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the social welfare appeals office; the full-year cost of increasing the number of staff by... - Pensions Reform
1639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for an auto-enrolment pension system; if a report has been or is being prepared on same; the expected publication... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
1640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
1641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend entitlement to the free travel pass to persons who suffer from epilepsy and are medically unfit to drive... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1299/18] - Disability Allowance Payments
1643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full disability allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) following recent changes to the system... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
1645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a supplementary payment will issue to a person (details supplied); if the payment will issue in the near future; and if... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
1646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); if payment will be made in the near... - Disability Allowance Applications
1647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [1350/18] - Carer's Allowance Applications
1649. 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... - Social Welfare Code
1651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to examine a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1479/18] - Social Welfare Inspections
1652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average length of time it takes social welfare inspectors to process cases in each county or district, in tabular form.... - Disability Allowance Payments
1653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment to a person (details supplied) will begin, if it will be backdated to include the Christmas bonus and living... - Legislative Programme
1654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration and the number... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
1655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1601/18] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which social welfare payments (details supplied) are paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1669/18] - Back to Education Allowance
1657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the BTEA criteria will be reviewed again with regard to the progress in educational qualifications (details supplied);... - Carer's Benefit Applications
1658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
1659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow flexibility for employees on community employment schemes who have reached 65 years of age to remain in... - Social Insurance
1660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a retired person under 66 years of age in receipt of income from an approved retirement fund must pay PRSI on... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1662. 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... - Social Welfare Appeals
1665. 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. [1744/18] - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
1666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the issue of persons who transfer from homeless payments to jobseeker's payments after being housed and who do not... - Departmental Staff Data
1668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proportion of employees in her Department or in organisations under its remit registered as disabled. [1856/18] - Carer's Allowance Data
1669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received in each of the past five years to date in 2018; the number... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
1670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the appropriate level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - One-Parent Family Payment
1671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to correct the anomaly whereby the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, which gives the State the... - Social Welfare Code
1672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the time limits for backdating all social welfare payments under the remit of her Department, in tabular form; and if she... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
1673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of sanctions issued by her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2017 as a result of non-compliance or... - JobPath Data
1674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, by age and length of unemployment, who have participated in JobPath in each year since it commenced... - Jobseeker's Payments
1675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 45 years of age and above in receipt of jobseeker's payments, in tabular form; and if she will... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
1676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the wage subsidy scheme can be offered to a person (details supplied); if there are other supports available to the... - Departmental Reports
1677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the report into access to social welfare payments by seasonal workers in County Donegal; and if she... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
1678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all employees on rural social schemes are entitled to fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pension (Contributory)
1679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons previously self-employed who become carers do not receive credited contributions towards their pension... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied). [1974/18] - Disability Allowance Applications
1681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
1684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of requests made by her Department to the Revenue Commissioners in each of the past five years in respect of... - Information and Communications Technology
1685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human... - Government Information Service
1686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Government's initiatives in her Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness on...
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