Written answers

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Disability Allowance Data
    526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
    527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time for payments to be awarded as of 1 June 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26202/18]
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application under the habitual residency clause in the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she...
  • Illness Benefit Applications
    529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the social welfare forms in relation to workplace injuries in order to take account of scenarios in which...
  • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
    530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Public Services Card
    531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Springboard Programme
    532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why, when persons are assessed as being long-term unemployed with respect to JobPath, having completed a Springboard...
  • Departmental Programmes
    533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for funding that were received for the Ability Programme by county; the number of applications...
  • Tús Programme
    535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the duration of Tús schemes beyond one year; and if the number of persons that find employment in...
  • Disability Allowance Applications
    536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a...
  • Disability Allowance Appeals
    537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid per project to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2016 to date by year, amount and project name;...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [26412/18]
  • Public Consultation Process
    540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public consultations held by her Department or by a State agency under the remit of her Department; the number...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
    541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances in which resignation letters are automatically drafted on software (details...
  • JobPath Programme
    542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had to complete the same JobPath programme twice and was not allowed a 12 month break...
  • Household Benefits Scheme
    543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the household benefits package qualifying criteria to include those under 66 years of age in receipt of a...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance in view of the fact that...
  • Illness Benefit Data
    545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims for illness benefit and disability allowance that have been made and approved, respectively, in the two...
  • Carer's Allowance Applications
    546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26683/18]
  • Legislative Process
    547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. [26686/18]
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
    548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a full application form for rent supplement is required in the case of a person (details supplied) when they are...
  • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
    549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
    550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which no jobseeker's allowance payment issued to a person (details supplied) in the week commencing 11 June...
  • Legislative Measures
    551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 12 June 2018, when the provisions of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act...
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
    552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding a refusal for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will...
  • Social Welfare Code
    553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for self-employed persons that have to stop work due to illness for a number of weeks or months; and if...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Data
    554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for various social welfare payments that have been refused in each of the past five years to date;...
  • Social Welfare Overpayments
    556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which due process and natural justice remains paramount in the context of dealing with social welfare...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Data
    557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she can take to provide extra personnel to deal with appeals against decisions made by her Department; and if she...
  • Data Protection
    559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which information received from third parties in respect of recipients of various social welfare payments...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance or invalidity pension payments are being disallowed on the basis that a person has a serious...
  • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
    561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments continue to be restricted even in cases in which the need clearly exists; and...
  • Carer's Allowance Data
    562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance applications in payment in circumstances in which the recipient is caring for more...
  • Social Welfare Schemes Data
    564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and...
  • Social Welfare Code
    566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which self-employed persons can qualify for various social welfare supports now and in the future; and if she...
  • Unemployment Levels
    567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current extent of long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26915/18]
  • Social Welfare Code
    568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which efforts are being made to award State pensions to those men and women whose contribution record was...
  • Live Register Data
    569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she has identified specific trends arising from the study of the age profile of those on the live...
  • Social Welfare Code
    570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether changes are required in the criteria governing cohabitation with a view to ensuring that hardship is not...
  • Social Welfare Schemes Data
    572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or...
  • Community Welfare Services Provision
    573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare with...

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