Written answers
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Credit Union Lending
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of credit unions providing the It Makes Sense loan scheme; the number of credit unions not providing the scheme;... - School Meals Programme
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the oversight provided over the administration of the urban schools meal programme and the school meals local projects scheme... - Departmental Policy Functions
531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the high level group has the scope to explore new policy ideas in which collaboration between her Department and the... - Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53499/18] - Pensions Data
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for the State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for invalidity pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53504/18] - Respite Care Grant Data
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process payment of the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53505/18] - Disability Allowance Applications
536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53522/18] - Legislative Measures
537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the implementation strategy for the outstanding relevant sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act... - Job Initiatives
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that from 31 December 2018 there will no longer be a jobs club in County Sligo;... - Working Family Payment
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a working family payment has not been decided in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be... - Disability Allowance Appeals
540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals lodged following decisions to refuse disability allowance in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [53547/18] - Departmental Expenditure
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's benefit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Child Poverty
545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current data on child poverty here; the likelihood of achieving the child poverty target; and if she will make a... - Departmental Consultations
546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of consultations undertaken by her Department since 16 May 2016 to date in 2018; the subject matter and or title... - Poverty Data
547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rates of poverty for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if she... - Disability Act Employment Targets
548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working-age persons with a disability in employment here; the way in which this compares to the European... - Poverty Data
549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households that have had rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits for their area in each of the... - Illness Benefit Applications
552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Illness Benefit Payments
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all issues that arose in respect of the payment of illness benefit to recipients in recent months have now been resolved;... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she can take to ensure the minimum waiting time for dealing with appeals having particular regard to the hardship... - Departmental Data
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and... - Unemployment Data
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of long-term unemployment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53838/18] - Community Welfare Services
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare with... - Social Welfare Benefits Applications
558. 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... - Widow's Pension Eligibility
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds on which non-recognition of foreign divorce can be used to refuse entitlement to widow's and widower's pension... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will facilitate an extension of employment for participants in community employment schemes in which... - Youth Unemployment Measures
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which youth unemployment continues to be specifically targeted by way of ensuring the availability of maximum... - Social Welfare Overpayments
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she continues to take to ensure against the occurrence of overpayments that result in recovery and consequent... - Working Family Payment Data
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement has fluctuated in each of the past five... - State Pension (Contributory)
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to those on reduced contributory pensions pre-2012 that spent time caring for families; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for all applications under her remit; the way in which these waiting times compare to the same... - Pensions Reform
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage plans are at to publish definite proposals regarding the new auto-enrolment pension scheme following on from the... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made to base the pension review for those impacted by the 2012 changes on a 40 year contribution... - Disability Allowance Applications
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Expenditure
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on social media by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if she...
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