Written answers
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- National Minimum Wage
626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put a trainee wage rate in place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11510/19] - EU Directives
627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for mediation between the Department of Finance and her Department over differences in the proposed... - Social Insurance
629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the level at which the higher rate of employer PRSI commences at to €452.20 a week;... - Departmental Records
631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all issues related to identity have been resolved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for appeal for all social welfare payments in tabular form. [11513/19] - Local Employment Service
633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work undertaken on the future of the local employment service; and the initial work being carried out in respect of the... - Community Services Programme
634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make changes to or end a community employment scheme (details supplied) in view of plans for development at the... - Brexit Issues
635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all those in receipt of the winter fuel payment from the UK will continue to receive the payment in circumstances in which... - School Meals Programme
636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in receipt of the school meals programme; the number that do not have DEIS status; and if she will make... - Blind Person's Pension Eligibility
642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the blind pension is not paid after a recipient reaches 66 years of age even though the recipient can receive it... - Jobseeker's Payments
643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the length of time jobseeker's payments will be paid to two years for those obliged to retire by contract... - Jobseeker's Allowance
644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the claim of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11627/19] - Departmental Staff
645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the appointment of a new community welfare officer for Ardee, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Offices
646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken to source alternative accommodation for the community welfare service in Dunleer, County... - Social Welfare Offices
647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in train to provide new social welfare services for the mid County Louth area; and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for disability allowance applications; and the work being done to reduce this processing time. [11633/19] - Community Employment Schemes Operation
649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a project (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11644/19] - Social Welfare Schemes Data
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns that those engaged with the services provided by Turas Nua and who are employed in part-time... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's allowance or benefit will continue to issue to a person (details supplied); the other financial supports available... - Illness Benefit Payments
654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange for details in the case of a person (details supplied) to be sent to the illness benefit section from a... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of community employment supervisors (details supplied); if further discussions have taken place with unions on... - Social Welfare Rates
656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the island allowance of €12.70 per week was increased to €15.50 per week; and... - Public Services Card Authentication
657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a recent opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (details supplied) in the... - Invalidity Pension Applications
659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Disability Allowance Applications
660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on... - Carer's Support Grant
661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the carer's support grant was increased from €1,700 to €2,000. [11817/19] - Invalidity Pension Applications
662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it has taken over three months to review an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); when a... - Public Services Card Provision
664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Cork can obtain a public services card while the person's original... - Departmental Programmes
665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage at which the national action plan for social inclusion 2019 to 2025 is at; the reason it is not yet published; the... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the cut-off age of seven years for lone parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment in order to... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the cut-off age for the jobseeker's transition payment until the youngest child... - Working Family Payment Eligibility
668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to reducing the number of hours necessary to qualify for the working family payment from 19... - One-Parent Family Payment
669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) into the employment and living conditions... - Working Family Payment Data
670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment, formerly the family income supplement, in each of the years... - One-Parent Family Payment
671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a comprehensive strategy of the long-term vision for lone parent families; and if she will make a... - Proposed Legislation
672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Social Welfare Commission Bill 2018; her views on the objective of the Bill; if... - Illness Benefit Applications
673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all correspondence from her Department will be provided to a person (details supplied) who has had an ongoing case... - Public Sector Staff Grades
674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has worked in a section 39 funded position for the past 12 years but who was not directly paid by the HSE... - Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the impact the abolition of training rates is having upon small businesses that are under... - Citizens Information Board
676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in a full year if the budget for Citizens Information Services increased by 8%. [12043/19] - Social Insurance
677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that would be generated if the 2.6% PRSI rate of classes B, C or D increased to 3% or a minimum of €300.... - Tús Programme
678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans under development to extend the Tús scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12056/19] - Poverty Data
679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent report from an organisation (details supplied), which found that the rate of in-work poverty among... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) that was appealed in... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when jobseeker's benefit will be extended to self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12157/19] - Child Benefit Applications
683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who fails on an appeal in respect of a payment (details supplied) can further appeal or opt for a mediation... - Free Travel Scheme Applications
684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
685. 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 Allowance Applications
686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
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