Written answers

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals
    205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance review will be completed for a person (details supplied); the length of time this matter has been...
  • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
    206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the community employment scheme pension provision as per the Labour Court recommendation whereby community...
  • Community Employment Schemes Operation
    207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the increases being charged to community employment schemes by insurance companies and the impact that this is...
  • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
    208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Disability Allowance Appeals
    209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be conducted into the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Reports
    210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reports and reviews that have been commissioned since 14 June 2017; the publication date or expected...
  • Unemployment Data
    211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of jobless households here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Data
    212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that applied for a social welfare payment in 2017; the percentage that were refused a payment; the...
  • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
    213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of the back to work enterprise allowance in 2017; the estimated full year cost of...
  • Departmental Priorities
    214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the...
  • Departmental Staff Grievance Procedures
    215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within her Department in each year since 2011; if so, the...
  • Living Alone Allowance
    216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ease the rules relating to the living alone and supplementary allowances to allow persons experiencing housing...
  • Youth Unemployment Measures
    218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which efforts are being made to address long term youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • State Pensions Payments
    219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which efforts are being made to award State pensions to those persons whose contribution record was interrupted...
  • State Pensions
    220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring State pension levels to those applicable previously; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
    222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons with insufficient insurance contributions to meet the requirements for State pension purposes; the...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
    223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average length of time taken to deal with appeals in respect of disallowance of jobseeker's allowance, carer's allowance,...
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
    224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which a hardship clause has been invoked in the course of dealing with various circumstances in which persons...
  • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
    225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her preferred options to resolve the issue whereby women and some men fail to qualify for an adequate level of contributory...
  • Departmental Staff
    227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if adequate staff are available throughout the various sectors of her Department to ensure the expeditious of applications....
  • Live Register Data
    228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she has identified specific trends arising from the study of the age profile of those on the live...
  • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
    230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which back to work and back to education supports will be reviewed with a view to maximising their...
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which anti-fraud initiatives have yielded revenue to the extent anticipated; if extra costs have been incurred...
  • Family Support Services
    232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which FIS or other support payments continue to be made available to families living on uneconomic holdings;...
  • Legislative Measures
    233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the provisions in the promised Bill to tackle insecure low-hour contracts and bogus self-employment. [2132/18]

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