Written answers
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a stated long-term commitment relating to the delivery of the social welfare contract via the post offices. [37548/18] - Social Insurance
709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount that would be generated if the minimum payment for class S PRSI increased from €500 to... - Ministerial Advisers Data
710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the political advisers being used by Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department since the commencement of this... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to claim for illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Applications
712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the refusal of a disability allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied); if this... - Illness Benefit Payments
713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was eligible for illness benefit on the basis of documentation submitted was not... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for not providing illness benefit to eligible applicants and means testing claimants under the supplementary... - Disability Allowance Payments
718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an increase in their rate of disability allowance; and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [37092/18] - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that claimants of the one-parent family payment and rent allowance are only... - Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the non-payment of rent support in June and July 2018 in the case of a person (details supplied); if payment... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which an applicant can be deemed fit for employment in the medical assessment for invalidity pension yet the same... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the decision to refuse a claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Youth Employment Initiative
724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of the YESS scheme; the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Employment Data
725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of workers here that are categorised as being in bogus self-employment in 2017 and to date in 2018; and... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the back to education allowance in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an overpayment of €198 has been assessed against a person (details supplied); if a review will be... - Illness Benefit Reform
729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in relation to an issue (details supplied); if she will engage with an organisation; and if she will make a... - Invalidity Pension Applications
730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the seriousness of the condition of a person (details supplied); if their application for... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
731. 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. [37209/18] - Pensions Reform
732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to reform the pension system in particular the anomalies in the system which discriminate against women;... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce changes to the wage subsidy scheme for persons with brain injuries in view of the fact that working 21... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the ongoing delay in a decision being made on a review in the case of a person (details supplied). [37262/18] - Living Alone Allowance
735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the living alone allowance (details supplied). [37264/18] - Carer's Allowance Applications
736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - Illness Benefit Applications
737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Appeals
738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of a disability allowance payment which has been with an inspector for an extended period of time regarding a... - Disability Allowance Payments
739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all medical documentation in respect of a disability allowance payment has now been registered as received in the case of... - Carer's Allowance Applications
740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance can be changed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [37289/18] - Disability Allowance Appeals
741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Illness Benefit Applications
742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pensions Reform (2 comments)
743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the gender pension pay gap; and if she will make a statement on the... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
744. 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. [37442/18] - Industrial Disputes
745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and her plans to investigate whether the company's actions are... - Social Insurance
746. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons who are regarded as self-employed home tutors and pay S class contributions accordingly are also deducted... - Child Maintenance Payments
747. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review being undertaken regarding the issue of child maintenance payments; the scope of the review; the... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the four-year plan for the period 2018-21, an integrated framework for social inclusion; the reason for... - Working Family Payment Data
749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving the working family payment by the size of their employer (details supplied); and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enable working persons in receipt of a contributory widow's pension to access illness benefit when sick in the... - School Meals Programme
751. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a meals grant application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37529/18] - Departmental Staff
752. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of staff in the social welfare appeals office by 25%; the necessary resources required to do... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be issued on a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) further to the oral hearing on 2... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department issued directives to community employment scheme area supervisors advising them that support is... - Child Benefit Administration
755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a way of making the system for EU child benefit payments (details supplied) simpler and easier to reassess on an... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a basic social welfare or supplementary allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
758. 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. [37638/18] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions for carers; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Pensions
760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of ensuring the State contributory and non-contributory pensions are available to all those who... - Illness Benefit Waiting Times
762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to deal with the delay in illness benefit payments which is creating hardship for individuals and... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further consideration will be given to awarding an exceptional needs grant in the case of a person (details supplied); if... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); if the payment can be made with some... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); if payment will be restored in full; if this... - Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appropriate payment in respect of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on... - State Pensions Reform
768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement the recommendations of an organisation (details supplied) for a universal basic pension; and if she... - Illness Benefit Applications
769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears of qualified adult allowance and qualified child allowance are due to a person (details supplied) in regard to an... - Invalidity Pension Applications
770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a required medical form can reissue in the case of a person (details supplied) as part of his application for an... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a file relating to a person (details supplied) will be forwarded from the non-contributory section of her Department in... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1241 of 7 September 2018, the reason the initial decision was revised; and if she will... - Disability Allowance Applications
773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in relation to a disability allowance application; and if she will...
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