Written answers
Friday, 7 September 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
1198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that did not receive an automatic payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and... - Employment Rights
1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the ratification of the International Labour Organisation's convention concerning decent work for domestic workers in... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a travel pass for a person (details supplied) can be reinstated in view of recent policy changes to the free travel... - Job Losses
1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) and put supports in place for employees that will... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1205. 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. [35502/18] - Invalidity Pension Applications
1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a perosn (details... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appeals in the case of a person (details supplied) will be heard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35562/18] - Carer's Support Grant
1208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for the carer's support grant in the case of a person (details... - Illness Benefit Applications
1209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for illness benefit and disability allowance in the case of a... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
1210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will... - Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a bereavement grant by way of an exceptional needs payment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied);... - Departmental Communications
1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if phone lines that are provided for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas by her Department to make queries in relation... - Social Insurance Payments
1214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the class S PRSI for a self-employed person that is 66 years of age can be used to satisfy the minimum 260 contribution... - Pensions Legislation
1215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the preparation of legislation to facilitate reviews for those in receipt of contributory pensions post-2012... - Disability Allowance Applications
1216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; if this claim can be backdated; and... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
1217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on a carer's allowance is granted stamps towards PRSI employee benefits such as teeth cleaning and eye tests.... - Pension Provisions
1218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on a carer's allowance is granted credits towards their pension. [35709/18] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [35710/18] - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
1220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if this payment will be... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
1221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that were in receipt of the carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the... - Social Insurance Fund
1222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the revision of PRSI being levied on phantom gains deemed to be arising to a trade when in fact there is an overall loss... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
1223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the domiciliary care allowance is only paid up until a child’s 16th birthday rather than 18 as is the... - Carer's Benefit Applications
1224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the period of time that participants over 50 years of age can remain on community employment and... - Pension Provisions
1226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the European Code of Social Security became binding here; her views on whether the 2012 pension eligibility changes... - Social Welfare Appeals
1227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if she will make a... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
1229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the maximum wage limit to qualify for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); the average waiting time on an appeal for this... - Invalidity Pension
1231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on invalidity pension are permitted to hold non-executive directorships of a family business which require them... - Child Benefit Eligibility
1232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; her plans to reintroduce a measure for persons in... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Payments
1235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36102/18] - Pension Provisions
1236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 2459 of 24 July 2018, if her Department will interact directly with the UK authorities... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
1237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a basic social welfare payment has not been granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason rent support is not being paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
1239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment supervisors are entitled to pension benefits upon retirement as was recommended at the LRC ten years... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
1245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for farm assist by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances in which a community employment placement may be extended beyond three years such as in the case... - Redundancy Payments
1249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for State redundancy by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pensions
1250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to alter the State pension qualification criteria to ensure that all persons who have had periods... - Illness Benefit Data
1252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which it was decided to change the application forms for illness benefit; the consultations that took place; the... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
1253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for all social welfare payments. [36258/18] - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
1255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a cross-departmental and cross-party working group to examine child maintenance and issues in regard... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
1256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to the introduction of illness benefit for self-employed persons, that is, if the class S... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
1257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeals process regarding a jobseeker's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and... - Disability Allowance Applications
1258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in regard to their claim for a disability allowance;... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in regard to their application for a domiciliary care... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on... - Tax Reliefs Eligibility
1264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person will still qualify for tax relief on the contributions they have invested through the auto-enrolment scheme... - Disability Allowance Applications
1265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in making a decision on an application by persons (details supplied) for a disability allowance.... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their claim for invalidity... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a review of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s allowance; and if she... - Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments
1268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment of occupational injuries benefit to a person (details supplied) ceased; if same will now issue to them;... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
1270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36355/18] - Disability Allowance Appeals
1271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36366/18] - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1273. 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. [36370/18] - Illness Benefit Payments
1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a partial capacity benefit application has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Disability Allowance Applications
1277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Communications
1280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in her Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to apply for an invalidity pension. [36409/18] - Working Family Payment Applications
1282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [36412/18] - Invalidity Pension Applications
1283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement... - Social Media Monitoring
1285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 100 keywords that her Department will provide to a contracted service for its social media monitoring projects; the... - National Carers' Strategy Funding
1287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the community supports for carers for persons with dementia; her plans to expand the support levels for carers for persons... - JobPath Programme
1288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which persons are chosen to participate in JobPath; the way in which persons are selected to enter JobPath for a... - Child Benefit Eligibility
1289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter raised by an association (details supplied) will be examined; her views on the plan to disallow some parents... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
1290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for dealing with applications for assistance towards funeral expenses. [36481/18] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1291. 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. [36482/18] - Illness Benefit Payments
1292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36501/18] - Social Welfare Code
1293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason stamps were not credited to a person (details supplied). [36510/18] - Homemakers Scheme
1294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to her Department's policy and practice of not displaying homemakers credits on a person's... - Commencement of Legislation
1295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sections of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 that have been commenced to date; when all sections of... - Departmental Reports
1296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a report (details supplied) on local employment and job club services will be published; and if she will make a statement... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
1297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes will be made as part of budget discussions to social welfare payments that take place from 1 January 2019 in line... - Pension Provisions
1298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when improvements to pension calculations announced on 23 January 2018 for post-2012 pensioners will be implemented; when... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Invalidity Pension Applications Data
1301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the figures and waiting time for invalidity pension applications in July 2017 compared to July 2018. [36581/18] - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
1302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of eliminating the reduced rates of jobseeker's allowance for persons under 26 years of age; and if she... - Pensions Reform
1303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the investigations her Department has carried out with regard to applying PRSI contributions and entitlements... - Further Education and Training Programmes
1304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the level of training supports available for persons who are unemployed but cannot receive jobseeker's... - State Pensions Reform
1305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the proposed changes to the pension system in 2020; the nature of these changes; the proposals for same; and... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
1306. 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. [36633/18] - Invalidity Pension Applications Data
1307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications from July 2017 to date by month in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
1308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times for the processing of applications for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension
1309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional staff have been hired or allocated to the invalidity pension section due to a change in provisions (details... - Carer's Benefit Applications
1310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Redundancy Payments
1312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with a redundancy package from a Tús supervisor... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
1313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons with pulmonary hypertension will be facilitated when applying for assistance under the supplementary welfare... - State Pensions
1314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the legislation to implement changes to the State pension system regarding the previous changes made in 2012 will be... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
1315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been made contractually redundant at 66 years of age will be automatically entitled to receive... - Carer's Benefit Applications
1316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) that applied for carer's allowance on 9 March 2018 will receive a decision on their claim;... - Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
1317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme per annum from 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in... - One-Parent Family Payment
1319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason childcare fees are not considered as an expense in the eligibility for the one parent family payment; and if she... - Child Care Costs
1320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the findings of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36909/18] - Post Office Closures
1321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the representations her Department has made to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in respect...
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