Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Public Sector Staff Retirements
    575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the compulsory retirement age will be applicable to the private sector in view of the recent change to the public service...
  • Civil Registration Legislation
    576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13588/18]
  • Employment Rights
    577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to the rights, including terms and conditions, of au pairs working here; the obligations of the host...
  • Social Insurance Fund Review
    578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a system of illness benefit for self-employed persons is now available; the steps that have been taken to implement same;...
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a situation in which a portion of the income of one spouse which is directed into a legally formed trust fund for...
  • Public Services Card
    581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific section of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that legislates for public services cards. [13613/18]
  • Pensions Reform
    582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new method for calculating pensions will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13615/18]
  • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
    583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait times for claims decisions, reviews and appeals by scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13724/18]
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of payments of disability allowance and children’s allowance to persons (details supplied); and if they are...
  • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
    585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can further appeal their application for a State (contributory) pension; and if she will make...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration
    586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for all social welfare payments in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
    587. 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...
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be carried out on the case of a person (details supplied). [13801/18]
  • Pension Provisions
    589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 273 of 8 February 2018 and 539 of 20 February 2018, if provision is made in her...
  • Employment Support Services
    591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of carer's allowance are not eligible for a grant (details supplied) in view of the fact they...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
    592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for jobseeker's allowance will be re-examined; and if she will make a...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Fuel Allowance Payments
    594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be an increase in the electricity allowance under the household benefits package to recognise the increase in...
  • Public Services Card
    596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exact date invitations to register for a public services card were first sent by her Department to persons who have been...
  • Carer's Allowance Payments
    597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
  • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
    598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
    599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the six year rule will be abolished for participants over the age of 55 years on the rural social scheme, RSS, and...
  • Rural Social Scheme
    600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address queries (details supplied) regarding the RSS and Tús; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • JobPath Programme
    601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address queries (details supplied) with regard to JobPath issues and Tús; and if she will make a statement...
  • Tús Programme
    602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address queries (details supplied) with regard to extending Tús participation; and if she will make a...
  • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
    603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to award free travel passes to persons with epilepsy and their travel companions in view of the fact that many are...
  • Pension Provisions
    604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recent decisions to allow homemakers pre-1994 to discount those years from pension calculations will be enacted;...
  • Community Employment Schemes Data
    605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment schemes currently in place; the detail of the schemes being run; the location of each; the...
  • Rural Social Scheme
    606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost saving to her Department as a result of the revised model of funding agreed for the rural social scheme; and if she...
  • JobPath Programme
    608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which participants for JobPath are selected; if there has been a change in this regard; if it is a random...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on JobPath, Tús, the rural social scheme and community employment schemes in each of the years 2015 to...
  • JobPath Data
    610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of participants in each year that have entered full-time employment after participating in JobPath since the...
  • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
    612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of years or length of time participants can spend on community employment, the rural social scheme, Tús and...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a review of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in view of the...

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