Written answers
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Direct Provision Payments
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for adults in direct provision from €38.80 per week to... - Social Welfare Rates
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing payments (details supplied) by €5 and €10, respectively, in tabular... - Fuel Allowance Data
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the fuel allowance by one, two, three and four weeks, respectively, in tabular... - Household Benefits Scheme
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year expenditure on the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14729/19] - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by on average of 10%; and if she will make a statement on... - Qualified Child Increase Payments
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €2, €3, €4 and €5,... - School Meals Programme
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing expenditure on the school meals programme by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively, in tabular... - Low Pay Commission Expenditure
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual expenditure on the Low Pay Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14734/19] - Maternity Benefit
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 weeks to 30 and 34 weeks, respectively, for those who... - Child Benefit Payments
515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will... - Jobseeker's Payments
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of equalising jobseeker payments for those under 26 years of age to the standard rate; and if... - National Advocacy Service
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; the estimated full-year cost of... - Bereavement Leave
518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of introducing two weeks' paid bereavement leave at a rate of €203 per week per parent... - Working Family Payment Data
519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reducing the hours required to qualify for the working family payment from 19 to 15 hours for... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between 7 and 14 years of age to... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment for lone parents until their youngest child... - One-Parent Family Payment Data
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment by €10,... - Carer's Allowance Data
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the week hours a carer can work or study while receiving carer's allowance,... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the free travel scheme for children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance;... - Carer's Allowance Data
526. 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 for a single person... - Illness Benefit Payments
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason illness benefit payments are not correct in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Labour Activation Programmes Data (1 comment)
528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Turas Nua is engaging with a person (details supplied) a year after they had secured employment; her views on the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a couple with savings of €40,000 are means tested for jobseeker's allowance; and if they would be entitled to full... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension rate for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14799/19] - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
531. 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 supplied);... - Farm Assist Scheme Data
533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 304 and 305 of 5 December 2018, the latest costings for the proposals regarding the... - Jobseeker's Allowance Data
534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on jobseeker's allowance can continue to pay into a private pension scheme he or she enrolled in while in... - Employment Data
535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for legislation to outlaw bogus self-employment practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14896/19] - Invalidity Pension Payments
536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when invalidity pension arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that received a letter from her Department advising them of the recalculation of their State pension... - State Pensions Payments
538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons having their State pension rates recalculated; the number of these cases that have been finalised to... - Departmental Staff Data
539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the composition of the new State pension review section; the number of staff deployed to the section; and her plans to... - State Pensions
540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of State pension recipients that have submitted the additional information sought as part of the recalculation of... - Carer's Allowance Payments
541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if applications for carer’s allowance increase for a qualified child, IQC, payments for foster children are linked to... - JobPath Programme
543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a client participating with JobPath secures a place on a community employment scheme, whether JobPath is paid for this... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reduce the entry age to community employment schemes to 19 years of age to align with the age at which persons... - Community Employment Schemes Review
545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters (details supplied) regarding the interdepartmental review of community employment; and if she... - Carer's Allowance Applications
547. 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... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [14991/19] - State Pension (Contributory) Data
549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews conducted and completed to date in respect of the changes made to the contributory pension in 2012; the... - State Pension (Contributory)
551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of pensions affected by the 2012 contributory pensions changes; and if she will make a statement on... - Child Benefit Eligibility
552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the child benefit payment to children who turn 18 years of age and are in full-time secondary school... - Working Family Payment Applications
553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied). [15065/19] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is June 2017 since an application was... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the extraordinary investigative process applied in the case of a person (details supplied); if a full... - Disability Allowance Payments
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which consideration has been given to awarding a State pension to those currently disallowed on the basis of... - State Pension (Contributory)
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of old age contributory pension to which a person (details supplied) would be entitled will be reviewed. [15193/19] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied). [15241/19] - Domiciliary Care Allowance
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the domiciliary care allowance has been conducted; and if age thresholds will be revised. [15250/19] - State Pension (Contributory)
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects paper forms to be available for use by those in receipt of reduced contributory pensions post 2012 that have... - Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time required to process means tested applications for various social welfare entitlements; and if she will make... - Working Family Payment Applications
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a working family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [15263/19] - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending associated social welfare benefits such as the fuel allowance and so on to those in receipt of... - Equality Legislation
567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 review; when legislation will be published based on the... - Departmental Schemes
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the pilot scheme of the social welfare scheme for artists; when the review findings will be... - Carer's Support Grant
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carers who received the carer's support grant automatically in 2018; the number of applications received for... - Civil Registration Service
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Office of an tArd-Chláraitheoir (Civil Registration Act 2004) in each... - Departmental Communications
571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has undertaken procurement processes in relation to consultancy agencies, media or otherwise to assist it... - State Pensions Reform
573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases that have been reviewed under the new total contributions approach method for assessing pensioners that... - Illness Benefit Payments
574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of illness benefit payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Irish Language
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such...
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