Written answers
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Offices
67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that Intreo offices provide sufficient accessibility to persons seeking to access exceptional and urgent... - National Carers' Strategy Funding
68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide additional supports to carers; her further plans to remove the means test for the carer's allowance.... - Invalidity Pension Eligibility
69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused invalidity pension due to the... - Invalidity Pension Applications Data
70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons to date who have applied for invalidity pension since self-employed persons with sufficient... - Public Consultation Process
71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the public consultation process on pension reform has been conducted adequately in view of the fact... - Pensions Reform
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of auto enrolment for pensions further to the publication of the Roadmap for Pensions Reform... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays to the payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement... - Budget Measures
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budgetary measures she plans to take in view of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection's report on the... - Farm Assist Scheme Administration
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the level of red tape involved in the annual forms that applicants for farm assist are required to fill out and return will... - Employment Rights
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that current legislation is appropriate to adequately protect migrant workers from exploitation in... - JobPath Programme
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the growth in the use of sanctions by her Department against social welfare claimants on foot of their... - Carer's Allowance Delays
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for carer's allowance and carer's benefit applications; the reason for the backlog of applications; her... - Court Judgments
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with the outcome of the UK Supreme Court case on the exclusion of cohabitees from claiming widowed parent's... - Pensions Reform
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consultations that have taken place on the proposed auto enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38769/18] - Widow's Pension Eligibility
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow an entitlement to a widow’s pension in certain circumstances and not solely dependent on marital... - Carer's Support Grant
86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the criteria for the awarding of the carer's support grant; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to restore the bereavement grant and the fuel allowance grant to 32 weeks in view of the recommendations of a report... - Local Employment Service
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the future of local employment services is due to be published; and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a grandfathering clause will be included for persons who were self-employed but had to give up work due to invalidity... - Public Services Card
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services for which a public services card is required; the categories and details of data contained on the card; the... - Departmental Data
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the independence of her Department's data protection officer is sufficiently respected; and if she... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the domiciliary care section will accept private diagnosis and medical reports from applicants; and if she will make a... - Proposed Legislation
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the priority legislative proposals she will be bringing forward to deal with issues affecting workers such as the growth of... - Fuel Allowance Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a cold weather fuel payment for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38859/18] - Budget Submissions
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied) outlining its various proposals and... - JobPath Data
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath after completing the scheme in full for a second time since its... - Pension Provisions
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her Department’s work towards introducing a total contributions approach for the State pension; and if... - Living Wage Introduction
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent recommendation by a group (details supplied) that a living wage of €11.90 per hour is required...
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