Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
1011. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if low paid workers in sectors impacted by the VAT increase are protected from a wage cut as a result of the increase such... - Tax Yield
1012. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yield to the Exchequer in a full year for every 1% rise in employers' PRSI. [45189/18] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance
1013. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the dietary supplement payment or introduce an equivalent which can assist those that must adhere... - Illness Benefit Applications
1014. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - JobPath Programme
1015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be exempted from the requirement of regularly reporting to Turas Nua; and if she will... - Illness Benefit Payments
1016. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an illness benefit payment has ceased for a person (details supplied); when the payment will be reinstated; and... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
1019. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the frequency of applying for a grant for hearing aids was reduced from every... - Carer's Allowance Payments
1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a dependent child allowance payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in relation to a carer’s... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
1021. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if exceptions can be made to the rules governing the maximum period of time a person can be on a community employment or... - State Pension (Contributory)
1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the post-2012 pension entitlements; when increased payments will begin; the number of persons... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment sponsors are not given the same access to potential participants as RSS or Tús... - Illness Benefit Payments
1024. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue for an illness benefit claim in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Meetings
1025. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she, her departmental officials and or her ministerial predecessors have met companies and an organisation (details... - Illness Benefit Payments
1026. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the payment for a child dependent on the illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied) will be awarded; and if... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
1028. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason money is being deducted on a weekly basis from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Illness Benefit Applications
1029. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue for an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she... - Disability Allowance Data
1030. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance approved and refused in each of the past eight years to date; the number... - Illness Benefit Payments
1031. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44827/18] - Working Family Payment
1032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of the working family payment are not eligible for the Christmas bonus; if she has considered... - Farm Assist Scheme Applications
1033. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1034. 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. [44845/18] - Parental Leave
1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new paid parental leave entitlement announced in budget 2019 will provide two weeks of paid leave to both parents;... - Departmental Consultations
1037. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location of the submissions made to the consultations undertaken by her Department in each of the past ten years in... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance, DCA, will be backdated to the date of the original application by a person... - Social Welfare Appeals
1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal against a decision to refuse a disability allowance or an invalidity... - Illness Benefit Payments
1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue in respect of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details... - Working Family Payment Applications
1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the source of income which has been included in the assessment of a working family payment application by a person (details... - Disability Allowance Applications
1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details... - Illness Benefit Payments
1046. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit arrears payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1047. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Birth Certificates Administration
1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change can be made to the surname given to a child on their birth certificate when it was registered in error and in... - Disability Allowance Applications
1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
1050. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a review in respect of eligibility for a disability allowance in the case of a... - Pensions Reform
1052. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of legislation to reverse changes to the way in which pension contributions are calculated which primarily... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Information and Communications Technology
1054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if system testing was carried out on the new information technology system for illness benefit; if so, the person or body... - Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
1056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on carer’s allowance, domiciliary care allowance payments and disability... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1057. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications being processed for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44990/18] - Disability Allowance Applications
1058. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications being processed for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44991/18] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1059. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications being processed for domiciliary carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Payments
1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) will have to wait for payment of arrears in relation to an application for disability... - Social Welfare Appeals
1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review and oral hearing into the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) has been carried out; and if she... - JobPath Data
1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged on JobPath that have taken up places on community employment schemes, the rural social scheme... - Illness Benefit Payments
1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the payment of illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) has been stopped; when a payment will... - Illness Benefit Applications
1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be awarded an illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45083/18] - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1066. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied); and if... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); the action she will take to ensure this... - Illness Benefit Applications
1068. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be awarded illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45107/18] - Illness Benefit Payments
1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a full illness benefit payment; the reason a weekly payment cannot... - Departmental Reports
1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report into seasonal workers in County Donegal will be published and made available in view of the fact that two... - Fuel Allowance Eligibility
1071. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a route exists by which a person can qualify for the fuel allowance on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement... - Illness Benefit Applications
1072. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a... - School Meals Programme
1073. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the details of the new hot school meals pilot programme for DEIS schools to commence in 2019; the process and... - Illness Benefit Payments
1074. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the cost associated with rolling out the new automated system in the illness benefit section; if training was... - Illness Benefit Data
1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the number of persons in receipt of illness benefit by county. [45169/18] - Disability Allowance Applications
1076. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance payment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Departmental Contracts
1077. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a company (details supplied) has undertaken work within her Department's remit to build or renovate projects over the... - Illness Benefit Payments
1078. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason for the delay in issuing a weekly illness benefit payment to a person (details supplied); and if she... - Illness Benefit Applications
1080. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); when arrears will be issued in this... - Illness Benefit Payments
1081. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason a person (details supplied) will receive a reduced rate of illness benefit as notified. [45215/18] - Illness Benefit Eligibility
1082. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can submit a six monthly certificate in respect of illness benefit. [45219/18] - Illness Benefit Payments
1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the correct amount for the period of certified illness will be restored in respect of an illness benefit claim by a... - Illness Benefit Eligibility
1085. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be able to reapply for illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
1086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are avenues available for a person to retrospectively adjust the required 391-day continuous period on a qualifying... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason a person (details supplied) had a jobseeker's allowance discontinued; when a jobseeker's payment will... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent allowance will be reinstated as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - Social Welfare Payments Administration
1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment by a person (details supplied) has been accurately reflected in the person's record; if a record of all payments... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
1090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1091. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Pension Provisions
1092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to extend the total contributions approach announced in budget 2019 being applied to those who left the... - Illness Benefit Payments
1093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be normalised; the status or changes to the... - Disability Allowance Payments
1095. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Back to Education Allowance Applications
1096. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a period when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was in receipt of illness benefit will be taken into account... - Illness Benefit Applications
1097. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied); when arrears will issue in this case; and if she will... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
1099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a free fuel allowance and the living alone allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Applications
1100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a change was made to the BSCFA process by which persons who usually receive the payment automatically had to send... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
1101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017, specifically the proposed amendments to the... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which it has been decided that a person (details supplied) is no longer eligible to receive disability... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Payments
1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
1104. 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. [45401/18] - Wage-setting Mechanisms
1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put safeguards in place to protect employees in the hospitality and tourism industry such as hairdressers to... - Ministerial Meetings
1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in her Department has had with a person... - Illness Benefit Payments
1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - JobPath Programme
1108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial and other supports provided to jobseekers who are engaging with the JobPath programme and who by virtue of... - Disability Allowance Applications
1109. 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. [45509/18] - Pension Provisions
1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is planned to introduce pension entitlements for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors in view... - Disability Allowance Payments
1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is pursuing a debt of €198 relative to a disability allowance claim by a person (details... - Illness Benefit Payments
1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Illness Benefit Applications
1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on... - Statutory Retirement Age (1 comment)
1116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a public servant who is a clerical officer at level 16 and who joined the service in 2001 can continue to work after 65... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on... - Parental Leave
1118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce reforms to the parental leave regime, including changes to the qualifying age of the child and to the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Pensions Reform
1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons affected by the planned increase in 2021 of the qualifying pension age to 67 years of age will receive a... - Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
1121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is common practice to refuse an application for back to education allowance in circumstances in which the deciding... - Illness Benefit Payments
1122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive outstanding illness benefit payments; and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have an invalidity benefit application processed; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [45748/18] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1126. 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. [45757/18] - Carer's Allowance Applications
1127. 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. [45759/18] - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
1128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the qualifying PRSI criteria for a self-employed person to qualify for jobseeker's benefit in the fourth quarter of 2019 as... - State Pension (Contributory)
1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will implement new State pension (contributory) arrangements; if those that reached pension age after 2012 will... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Cyber Security Policy
1131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of instances in which data transmissions across her Department’s network were compromised due to a gap or... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Qualified Child Allowance
1136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Illness Benefit Payments
1139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the ongoing difficulties facing illness benefit recipients have now been resolved; if she is satisfied that all persons... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1140. 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... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1142. 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... - Illness Benefit Payments
1143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an illness benefit payment. [45842/18] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1145. 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. [45844/18] - Illness Benefit Applications
1146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue for an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she... - Disability Allowance Applications
1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue for an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she... - Tax Clearance Certificates
1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the avenues available to an employer to retrospectively gain their qualifying tax clearance status in the instance of an... - Legislative Reviews
1149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review, as required under section 18(3) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014, has been conducted and laid before... - North-South Implementation Bodies
1150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the allocation in 2019 to North-South bodies in her Department; and if she will make a statement on... - Commissions of Investigation Data
1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department has spent in 2018 on carrying out commissions of investigations and State inquiries as recommended...
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