Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the perceived inequality that prohibits persons who are not in receipt of a social protection payment from applying for... - Illness Benefit Applications
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on... - Illness Benefit Payments
540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is receiving reduced and varying rates of illness benefit payments over the past... - Fuel Allowance Payments
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46480/18] - Ministerial Meetings
542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy on the need for note taking when Ministers and-or Ministers of State meet business and other leaders; the way... - Illness Benefit Payments
543. 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 of changes to the... - Legislative Programme
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Appeals
546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 3 July 2018, if her attention has been drawn to inconsistencies regarding the... - Jobseeker's Benefit
547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason expenditure on jobseeker's benefit is expected to rise in 2019 when compared to 2018 as outlined in the budget... - Invalidity Pension Applications
548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Community Employment Schemes Data
549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacancies on employment schemes nationally in view of the reliance on these schemes to carry out essential work... - Disability Allowance Payments
550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance becomes payable in the case of a person (details supplied) who was previously in receipt of a... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes being applied to a practice (details supplied); her plans to make changes to this practice in the forthcoming... - Illness Benefit Payments
552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive regular illness benefit payments; and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to exclude a payment (details supplied) from the means test for social welfare payments in view of the nature of... - Illness Benefit Waiting Times
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awaiting payment for illness benefit in County Louth; the length of time these persons have been... - Illness Benefit Payments
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an illness benefit payment; and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Payments
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full carer's allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied). [46719/18] - Commencement of Legislation
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date for the commencement of the relevant provisions of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 such that Part 9 of... - Fuel Allowance Applications
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a fuel allowance. [46766/18] - State Pensions
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to reinstate the State pension (transition) to prevent persons forced to retire at 65 years of age having... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached on a partial capacity benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals
562. 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. [46816/18] - Illness Benefit Applications
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for illness benefit will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria in place when it comes to awarding the Christmas bonus in to the long-term unemployed in circumstances in which,... - Carer's Allowance Payments
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer's contributions for a person (details supplied) do not count towards contributions in order to avail of... - Child Benefit Data
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of issuing a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will... - Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the programmes and schemes in place to assist persons with a disability to enter or stay in employment in tabular form; and... - Invalidity Pension Applications
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff Data
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of senior positions held by both men and women, respectively, in her Department. [46999/18] - Illness Benefit Payments
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/18] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who does not require fuel allowance can apply for telephone allowance separately; and if she will make a... - Youth Employment Initiative
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1149 of 6 November 2018, the date on which the review of YESS will begin; the timeframe... - Labour Activation Programmes
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1149 of 6 November 2018, the date on which the evaluations of JobPath, JobsPlus and... - Invalidity Pension Applications
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an entitlement to an invalidity pension following the submission of further... - Illness Benefit Payments
576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a regular payment of illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied). [47064/18] - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied). [47066/18] - Pensions Data
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension ages and available projected pension age increases in the EU. [47068/18] - Disability Allowance Appeals
580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Illness Benefit Payments
581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied); when payment and arrears will issue; and if she will... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1103 of 6 November 2018, if her Department will advise a person (details supplied); and... - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to ensure that undue hardship is not caused to recipients of social welfare payments in... - State Pensions
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issue of persons, including the self-employed, who have made contributions towards their pension but... - Carer's Allowance Data
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance receiving a payment in each of the past three years to date; and if she will... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a State pension (non-contributory) received in each of the past four years to date; the number... - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance received in each of the past four years to date; the number approved and... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for a domiciliary care allowance in each of the past five years to date; the number... - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which due process and natural justice remains paramount in the context of dealing with social welfare... - State Pensions
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which efforts are being made to award State pensions to those men and women whose contribution record was... - Social Welfare Code
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department has direct contact with other jurisdictions with which a bilateral arrangement for social... - Social Welfare Benefits Payments
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Christmas bonus will be paid; the categories of social welfare recipients which will receive same; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications in respect of various payments awaiting a decision for more than two months; and if she will make...
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