Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the wait times for summary decisions in relation to appeal processing times are acceptable; the steps she... - Youth Unemployment Measures
13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the job placement types that will be encompassed under the youth employment support scheme proposed in Budget 2018. [2049/18] - Pensions Reform
15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to reform the pension system which currently discriminates against persons, mainly women, that took time... - Social Welfare Offices
16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of a new full-time social welfare office in Macroom; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have faced sanctions and deductions from their social welfare payments as a result of information... - Citizen Information Services
20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date by the Citizens Information Board with regard to the restructuring of CIS and MABS services; the... - Poverty Data
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action being taken to address the increase in at-risk and consistent poverty rates for persons with disabilities that was... - Public Services Card
23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that make new claims for social welfare payments must have a public services card (PSC); if her attention has been... - Mental Health Services Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce flexibility and support in the social welfare system for persons with mental health difficulties. [2015/18] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the rules for calculating means for social welfare payments regarding compensation paid for damage carried... - Pensions Reform
26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for pension reform; her further plans on introducing auto-enrolment into pensions for employees; if so, the... - Employment Rights
27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to solve the problems and issues surrounding seasonal and part time workers' rights in seasonal employment, in... - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason fraud and error surveys are being carried out with older persons in receipt of the non-contributory State pension;... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the discriminatory nature of the eligibility rules for obtaining a State pension (contributory) and its affect in... - State Pensions Reform
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to examine the pension anomaly which exists in which persons aged 65 years of age are being put on jobseeker's... - Unemployment Levels
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she has taken to address the above average unemployment levels which persist in County Wexford; her plans to... - Exceptional Needs Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the directive given from her Department that the circumstances surrounding the need for an exceptional needs... - Pension Provisions
34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the attempt by a company (details supplied) to unilaterally alter its workers' defined... - Departmental Operations
35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the tender recently published by her Department seeking advice and support in relation to the SAFE programme... - Poverty Data
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest SILC data which shows that 40.2% of lone parent households are at risk of poverty, 24.6% are in... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension and disability allowance applications received in 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number of refusals... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the likelihood of the national social target for poverty reduction being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pension (Contributory)
42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to remove the anomalies in the method of calculation of entitlements to the State contributory... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if extra staff are required to facilitate a more rapid process of appeals having particular regard to the hardship and stress... - Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her attention has been drawn to the impact of cessation of a means tested payment for any reason affecting... - Employment Rights
45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the report into seasonal and part time workers' rights and entitlements to social welfare payments drafted by her... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that sufficient support exists for the development and growth of community employment schemes; and if she... - Child Maintenance Payments
48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a child maintenance service such as in Northern Ireland to support and assist lone parents in seeking... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on appeal processing times for essential social protection payments in view of the fact that the average waiting...
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