Written answers
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- EU Funding
543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated here to a fund (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the amount spent in each of... - Public Services Card Data
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been offered public services cards each year since 2011 that did not go through the SAFE 2... - Disability Allowance Applications
545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Fuel Allowance Applications
546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time from application to decision for fuel allowance application on average nationally; the number of... - Fuel Allowance Payments
547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the heat supplementary welfare allowance on a temporary basis in view of an extreme cold weather event;... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision regarding their survivor's pension appeal. [10888/18] - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active defined benefit pension schemes and members in each of the years since 2010 and to date in 2018. [10895/18] - Free Travel Scheme Administration
551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the free travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Code
552. 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... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10926/18] - Employment Rights
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on agency staff in large corporations being overlooked or unable to apply for permanent positions within the same... - Invalidity Pension Applications
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10957/18] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
556. 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. [10958/18] - Carer's Allowance Applications
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11002/18] - Disability Allowance Applications
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11039/18] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the section of legislation which requests persons in receipt the State pension (contributory) to provide bank statements and... - Social Welfare Benefits
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are subsidised courses or workshops for spouses of self-employed persons who are not working or receiving... - Disability Allowance Applications
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a... - Child Benefit Administration
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy on the amount of information required from a non-Irish citizen who applies for child benefit;... - Child Benefit Eligibility
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy on child benefit payments that prevents a father applying for child benefit payments; and if... - Public Services Card
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make it compulsory to have a public services card in order to access a range of services; the rationale for... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the credits available to pensioners vis-à-vis the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11086/18] - Working Family Payment Eligibility
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 5 December 2017, the reason local authority representatives as office holders... - Disability Activation Projects
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the importance of a proposed development (details supplied) in County Sligo; when a... - State Pension (Contributory) Applications
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a contributory pension by a person (details supplied) will be decided. [11113/18] - Pensions Reform
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions which will be put in place for those who qualified for a reduced State pension post-2012 pension changes when... - JobPath Data
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath since it commenced; the number of persons who have been subject to... - Tús Programme
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of placements currently available on the Tús scheme; her plans to make changes to this scheme; and if she... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has completed a review of the rules governing the participation of older persons on community employment schemes; if... - Question Heading for question(s) 574
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which... - Brexit Issues
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings she or her departmental officials have had with her British counterpart regarding Brexit and reciprocal rights;... - Disability Allowance
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances in which a person in receipt of a disability allowance can engage in part-time work; and if she... - Consumer Protection
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the considerable numbers of businesses and persons operating as fitters of new car parts,... - Rent Supplement Scheme
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been transferred from the rent supplement scheme to the Department of Housing, Planning and... - Pensions Reform
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is planned to allow for a phasing in of the new total contributions approach for the first ten years or so to reduce... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a claim for jobseeker's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [11398/18] - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason voluntary contributions cannot be used for entitlement for invalidity pension; her plans to amend same to include... - Carer's Allowance Applications
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if approval of a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement... - Public Services Card Provision
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for mobile clinics in rural areas to issue public services cards (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a dependent spouse must obtain the consent of the PRSI contributor to receive optical, dental and other benefits.... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the year a person reaches the qualifying pension age is included in the number of years divided into the reckonable... - Fuel Allowance Payments
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering extending the fuel allowance since the extreme cold spell started. [11335/18] - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in full-time work or study in receipt of back to work enterprise allowance, back to education allowance... - Working Family Payment Data
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment. [11562/18] - Live Register Data
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 28 February 2018, the reason a breakdown of the top 20 employers is not... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision for payment to a person (details supplied) of an appropriate social welfare payment such as jobseeker's... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker’s allowance or emergency payment will be made in the case of person (details supplied); and if she will... - Pension Provisions
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review and repeal the decision whereby widows, widowers and survivors pension are not payable to persons married... - Social Welfare Eligibility
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review and repeal the decision whereby widow's, widower's and survivor's pensions are not payable to persons... - Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out of the humanitarian assistance scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular... - Severe Weather Events Response
600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put protocols in place to deal with future severe weather events when it comes to the payment of social welfare... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the possibility of introducing a cold weather payment which would be paid automatically in cases in which temperatures... - State Pension (Non-Contributory)
602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of State pension (non contributory) payments that have been cut as a result of the fraud and error surveys carried... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit, supplementary welfare allowance, farm assist, one parent... - Pensions Reform
608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the areas that will be examined for possible changes to or restructuring of PRSI contributions with a view to manage and... - Public Sector Pay
614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the costings of pay equality and the timeframe to achieve same (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff Data
615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff assigned in her Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a panel has been established in her Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of...
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