Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Direct Provision Payments
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to an adult living in direct provision; the amount given for each child living in direct provision; and his... - Proposed Legislation
584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a general scheme of a Bill to extending social protection supports to the self-employed will be published; and will she... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review entitlement to domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24858/19] - Disability Allowance Applications
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be prioritised; and if she will make a... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process by which a randomised review will be carried out of the claims of those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance;... - Social Welfare Appeals Delays
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a... - Pensions Reform
589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the cuts to be made to pensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24887/19] - Community Employment Schemes Data
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average cost of a community employment scheme employee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24903/19] - Carer's Allowance Applications
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application will be expedited for a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [24912/19] - Carer's Benefit Applications
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she... - Invalidity Pension Applications
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be expedited on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24920/19] - Disability Allowance Applications
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24963/19] - Carer's Benefit Eligibility
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a criterion set out for carer's benefit (details supplied); if she will review and reform the criteria; and if... - JobPath Data (1 comment)
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath since 2015; the number referred more than once; and the number of times they have... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have had their State pension (contributory) payment reviewed; the number of reviews in which the... - State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeals mechanism is in place in cases in which a State pension (contributory) payment rate is reviewed and no increase... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review recipients of the domiciliary care allowance; the purpose of the review; the nature of the review; and if... - Disability Allowance Payments
604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is given to rental costs for recipients of disability allowance in cases in which payment rates are set... - Local Employment Service
605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans for the future of the local employment service. [25028/19] - Invalidity Pension Applications
606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be finalised on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25061/19] - Carer's Support Grant
607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) can no longer receive the carer’s grant for their daughter; and if she will... - Household Benefits Scheme
608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the possibility of reintroducing an automatic household benefit package entitlement for carers who have been approved for... - Disability Allowance Appeals
609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if she will... - Illness Benefit Applications
610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an illness benefit in the case of a person (details... - Widow's Pension
611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension reduction will be reversed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes Review
612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; when the review is expected to be completed and... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
613. 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... - Household Benefits Scheme
618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year expenditure on the household benefits package by benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25115/19] - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by on average 10%; and if she will make a statement on the... - Free Travel Scheme Data
620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current expenditure on the free travel scheme; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make... - Low Pay Commission Funding
624. 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. [25121/19] - Maternity Benefit Data
626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 to 30 and 34 weeks, respectively for those that have had... - Child Benefit Data
627. 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... - National Advocacy Service
629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Services for People with Disabilities; the estimated full year cost of... - Bereavement Leave
630. 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 who... - Working Family Payment Data
631. 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
632. 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 seven and 14 years of age... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
633. 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
635. 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,... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
636. 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
637. 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
638. 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 single and... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all social assistance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20, €25... - Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Disability Allowance Appeals
643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence submitted in support of a disability allowance appeal... - Illness Benefit Payments
644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the delayed illness benefit to a person (details supplied) will be rectified. [25254/19] - Tús Programme
645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to recruitment difficulties experienced by a Tús initiative in County Tipperary due to... - Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of years that can pass before deeming a social welfare entitlements case out of bounds for review; and if she will... - Child Benefit Payments
647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to restore child benefit for children over 18 years of age who are still attending secondary school; and if she... - Departmental Properties
648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of land purchased and leased by size and amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the... - Social Welfare Code
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 in order to include home-schooled children alongside the list of... - Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for social welfare appeals to be heard by the social welfare appeals office; if the average waiting... - Disability Allowance Applications
652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on the review of a disability allowance application in which a...
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