Written answers
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow a transition period of four weeks for persons who are returning to work after spending a long period of... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of staff reductions and savings that will be made following the introduction of the new computer-based... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discriminatory elements (details supplied) of the domiciliary care allowance scheme will be addressed; and if she will... - Carer's Benefit Applications Data
470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the delays in the issuance of carer's benefit following a first application, in terms of days and weeks; the number of... - Carer's Benefit Applications
471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer's benefit will be assessed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff
472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assessments of resources are conducted in her Department in respect of staffing in order to adequately cover telephone... - Illness Benefit Applications
473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a request for a full review of the benefit paid to a person (details supplied) from 2009 to 2011 will be expedited; if... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); if all eligible supports in... - Back to Education Allowance Applications
475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a back to education allowance application by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a... - Literacy Programmes
476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the involvement of her Department in tackling adult literacy; if a financial allocation is provided for same; if so, the way... - Pension Provisions
477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is still her plan to issue payments under the new calculation method for the contributory pension in the first quarter... - Carer's Allowance Review
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department will not accept a form 11 self-assessment from the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a carer's... - Illness Benefit Payments
479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of payments in respect of illness benefit recipients; the number of outstanding payments since the change to claim... - Disability Allowance Appeals
480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance review will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [40749/18] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has been working full-time here since 2016 has not been considered habitually... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial savings made in each of the years 2015 to 2017 as a direct result of the introduction of changes to the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision in respect of an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if... - Jobseeker's Payments
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 27 September 2018, if a payment level in the case of a person (details supplied)... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving a regular weekly payment of illness benefit; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if foster carers that apply for the carer's allowance are means tested on the foster carer's allowance; and if she will make... - Fuel Allowance Expenditure
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the fuel allowance was increased by €2.50 per week; and if she will make a statement... - Pension Provisions
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy which excludes Irish citizens from building up class A contributions while working in the... - Jobseeker's Payments
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of sanctions and-or penalties applied to the benefits of jobseekers applied in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and... - Carer's Allowance Applications
491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for carer's allowance refused on an initial application and before a review or appeal of that... - Carer's Allowance Review
492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews and appeals of decisions to refuse carer's allowance that were successful with the application being... - Illness Benefit Reform
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department does not recognise and did not engage with an association (details supplied) on the roll-out of the... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
494. 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. [40969/18] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been considered habitually resident in respect of their supplementary welfare... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for appealing decisions on State pension (contributory) applications; and if she will make a statement on... - Carer's Support Grant
497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's support grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41033/18] - Carer's Allowance Delays
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford whose appeal for a carer’s allowance was... - Disability Allowance Applications
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplies) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Fuel Allowance Payments
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the 2018 fuel allowance to reflect increases (details supplied) that are being passed onto consumers;... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance has not been paid to persons in receipt of full contributory pension and in receipt of an... - Community Employment Schemes Data
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of long-term unemployed (details supplied) eligible for community employment; and if she will make a... - Illness Benefit Payments
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in relation to same.... - Claims Processing
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she did not consult with an organisation (details supplied) when the redesigned claim and medical certificate... - Disability Allowance Appeals
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [41246/18] - Ministerial Communications
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in her Department; and if so, if it... - Official Engagements
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and-or officials in her Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which...
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