Written answers
				Thursday, 18 October 2018
  				
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
				 
  - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility 
 311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine providing additional finance options in cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications 
 312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a partial capacity benefit will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Illness Benefit Applications 
 313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an illness benefit will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility 
 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for carer's benefit to the self-employed, taking into account increases...
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility 
 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the free travel scheme to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance,...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility 
 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 to €665,...
- Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure 
 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all carer payments by €20, taking into account increases announced in...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility 
 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the position of full-time carers who due to their full-time duties as a carer may not qualify for a State...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility 
 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the impact increasing the national minimum wage has on income disregards to qualify for payments; and...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration 
 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the onus is on a casual worker to get their employer to fill out the COE1 form; the steps a person should take in the...
- Illness Benefit Payments 
 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the case of a person; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Fuel Allowance Applications 
 324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was refused the fuel allowance even though their combined income from...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals 
 325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be made on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Ministerial Meetings 
 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and-or her departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past...
- Illness Benefit Data 
 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claimants in receipt of illness benefit that were negatively impacted by the issues in the recent illness...
- Departmental Communications 
 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to resource staff to address the tasks of answering telephone inquiries from claimants, particularly in respect of...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications 
 329. 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. [42982/18]
- Illness Benefit Applications 
 330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
- Illness Benefit Data 
 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical review forms issued to illness benefit recipients to date in 2018; the number of forms that were sent...
- Illness Benefit Reform 
 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the new automated system in place within the illness benefit section; the issues that have arisen; and if she...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility 
 333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if permission will be granted to extend the duration of a scheme for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility 
 335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a jobseeker's payment and arrears owed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications 
 336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an exceptional needs payment for a deposit for a rented house will be facilitated in the case of a...
- Dental Services 
 337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for dental benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43024/18]
- Rent Supplement Scheme 
 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who was renting a property to a tenant in receipt of rent supplement will be...
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