Written answers
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 273 of 8 February 2018 and 539 of 20 February 2018, the way in which persons that were... - Departmental Staff Training
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that her Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each year since 2016. [14567/18] - Social Welfare Appeals
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14593/18] - Consultancy Contracts
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of contracts for services awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department since 2010, in tabular form;... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for community employment scheme supervisors to be provided with a pension scheme; the steps she has... - Social Welfare Overpayments
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 28 February 2018, the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has had... - Social Insurance Data
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing all social insurance payments factoring into account increases announced in budget... - Telephone Support Allowance
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of operating the weekly telephone support allowance; the estimated cost of increasing this... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €5, €10 ,... - One-Parent Family Payment Data
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reversing changes made to the one-parent family payment in 2012; and if she will make a... - Social Insurance Fund Data
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending jobseeker's' payments to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the... - One-Parent Family Payment Data
415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for those in receipt of the one-parent family payment by €5,... - State Pensions Payments
417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Bereavement Grant
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant at a rate of €850; and if she will make a statement... - Maternity Benefit Data
421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing maternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively; and... - Paternity Benefit
422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively; and... - Free Travel Scheme Data
424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of operating the free travel scheme; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will... - Reasonable Accommodation Fund Data
425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will... - Departmental Staff Training
426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the estimated cost of training staff which have not yet... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Data
427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if... - Departmental Staff Data
429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the social welfare appeals office; the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of... - Unemployment Data
430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobless households here; the way in which the rate of jobless households compares to the EU average; and if she... - Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data
431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been subject to sanctions for non-compliance or non-engagement with her Department in each of... - Child Poverty
432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for child poverty; the likelihood of the target being reached within the set timeframe; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the... - Poverty Data
434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for poverty here; the likelihood of the target being reached within the set timeframe; and if she will make a... - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on external consultant reports from May 2016 to date in 2018; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the refusal on appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when rent support will be offered in the case a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Fuel Allowance Applications
438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when fuel allowance will be made available in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Farm Assist Scheme Applications Data
439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist; the amount paid by county in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in... - Farm Assist Scheme
440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied) over a calendar year. [14847/18] - Rural Social Scheme
441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied) over a calendar year. [14848/18] - Rural Social Scheme Data
443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of positions filled to date out of the 500 additional places provided for the rural social scheme in Budget 2017...
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