Written answers
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Working Family Payment Data
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Defence Forces personnel who are availing of family income supplement, in tabular form. [5730/18] - School Meals Programme
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools that qualify for the school meals scheme under the DEIS and non-DEIS criteria respectively, by county. [6035/18] - Bereavement Grant
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a death grant will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5300/18] - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a non-contributory pension; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance payments; the number of persons... - State Pension (Contributory)
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action being taken to provide pension equality for those who were historically penalised for being stay-at-home parents;... - Disability Allowance Applications
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a review of a decision not to grant disability allowance; and... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an oral hearing has not been arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the... - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby farmers on reaching pension age do not receive the benefit of the earnings disregard... - Social Welfare Offices
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the closure of the social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath will be reconsidered (details supplied). [5430/18] - Training Support Grant
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount provided in training support grant in each of the years 2015 to 2017, by amount paid, to each supplier of... - JobPath Data
580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in the first steps programme who have been referred to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the implication of recent court decisions in respect of Seetec and Turas Nua deducting payments from persons in receipt of... - JobPath Data
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the JobPath scheme who have availed of the training support grant; and if she will make a statement... - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for the back-to-work enterprise allowance. [5547/18] - Carer's Allowance Delays
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that new applications for carer's allowance are taking at least 17 weeks to... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a further review will be carried out on a person's (details supplied) application for further backdating of their old age... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [5600/18] - Illness Benefit Waiting Times
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the waiting period of six days for illness benefit; the estimated day-by-day reduction costs; and if she... - Citizen Information Services Funding
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided to the CIB in 2017 and 2018 to fund MABS and CIS; and if she will make a statement on the... - Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 17 January 2018, her plans to ensure that the MABS national management forum... - Parental Leave
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing an additional 12 weeks of paid maternity leave and an additional 12 weeks of paid paternity... - Labour Activation Programmes
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a company engaged in employing a person through JobBridge, JobPath, community employment, Tús or a similar scheme is... - Departmental Staff Data
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of secondees from companies (details supplied) that are working in her Department. [5834/18] - State Pensions
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the differences that exist between long-term unemployment and long-term disability payments in respect of opting for credits... - State Pensions Reform
598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put in place protection for persons due to retire in the period 2020-30 to ensure they are not financially... - One-Parent Family Payment Payments
599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which and when she plans to unwind cuts made to lone parents' payments during the recession as reported recently;... - State Pension (Contributory)
600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the 20 year home caring credits announced recently will apply to qualifying pensioners after the total contributions... - JobPath Data
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have had their jobseeker's payments stopped due to the fact they did not engage with Jobpath; if... - Labour Activation Programmes
602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the time a person can remain on the Tús scheme from one year to three years in view of the circular... - Child Benefit Data
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the continuation of a payment of child benefit for all children that have reached 18 years of age but that remain in full... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for exceptional needs payment by a person (details supplied) will receive a reply; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County...
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