Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Household Benefits Scheme
745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a free television licence or reduction in the licence fee for legally blind persons; and if she will... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
746. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children attending secondary school eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear payment in 2018 and... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Data
747. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and... - Carer's Allowance Data
748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [29147/19] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
750. 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. [29179/19] - Personal Public Service Numbers Data
751. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the 70 plus PPS numbers provided by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to an issue that has been... - Working Family Payment Data
752. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to reduce a working family payment will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she... - JobPath Data
753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can opt out of the JobPath scheme in cases in which the client has found and secured employment outside of the... - Social Welfare Schemes Data
754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection schemes or measures that have sunset clauses; the annual cost of these measures; the dates in which... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to protect workers who are members of defined benefit schemes in which the scheme is solvent and the company is... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an increase to an adult dependant allowance in the case of a... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed persons such as farmers will be entitled to the maximum pension rate under the changes in the new total... - Free Travel Scheme Data
759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the free travel scheme to persons that are visually impaired or blind and are unable to... - Disability Support Services
760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the workplace adaptation grant to those that are blind and vision impaired for a second year... - Social Welfare Benefits Data
761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Christmas bonus will be available in 2019. [29279/19] - Invalidity Pension Applications Data
762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension, IP, application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Pensions Legislation
763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that the next social welfare Bill permits the full work record of a person to be evaluated in terms of... - Pensions Data
764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of awarding full State pension entitlements to each cohort of citizens when they reach 65 years of age;... - JobPath Data
765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter will be addressed regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is a different means test for the disability pension as opposed to the blind pension; and if this will... - Carer's Allowance Applications
767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carers allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29331/19] - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (2 comments)
768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to grant credits to self-employed persons who were in full-time self-employment before self-employed pay related... - Carer's Support Grant
769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's support grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have availed of the extension of the treatment benefit scheme to the self-employed by... - Invalidity Pension Data
771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have availed of invalidity pension since its extension to the self-employed by county... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons expected to benefit as a result of the roll out of jobseeker’s benefit to the self-employed by... - Invalidity Pension Applications
773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [29349/19] - Carer's Allowance Payments
774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a first payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Payments
775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29365/19] - Invalidity Pension Applications
776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29371/19] - Carer's Allowance Applications
777. 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... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
778. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on digital marketing in each of the past eight years; the items on which funds were spent; the criteria by... - Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme placement will be extended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [29427/19] - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears of exceptional needs or rent supplement payment will issue to help cover arrears of rent in the case of a person... - Bereavement Grant
781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the bereavement grant. [29432/19] - Departmental Expenditure
782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects for which each was engaged by her Department in the years 2015 to... - Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of early years sector staff that signed on to the live register for the summer months each year for the past five... - Departmental Staff Data
784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working within the State pension section; the number in each area within the section; and when staff were... - Carer's Allowance Applications
785. 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). [29520/19] - Departmental Expenditure
786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects on which each was engaged by her Department in each of the years... - Carer's Allowance Applications
787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Applications
790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Carer's Allowance Applications
791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29613/19] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
793. 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... - Carer's Allowance Applications
794. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) County Kildare will be expedited in view of the... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
796. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Fraud Data
798. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of allegations of social welfare fraud that were investigated in 2017 and 2018; the number of such allegations... - Disability Allowance Applications
799. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Invalidity Pension Reviews
800. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited in view of... - School Meals Programme
801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of a third school meal being provided to schools in Ballymun can be extended to include schools (details... - Employment Rights
802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to recent studies which highlight the bogus self-employment of pilots operating for airlines... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to extend jobseeker's transition from when the youngest child is 14 to 18 years of age.... - Working Family Payment
804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to reduce working family payment qualification criteria of 19 hours to 15 hours a week.... - Direct Provision System
805. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to introduce a weekly allowance for children living in direct provision in line with the... - Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
806. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to allow those on jobseeker's transition to receive both the jobseeker's transition... - Child Benefit Eligibility
807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to reinstate child benefit for children living in direct provision. [29760/19] - Jobseeker's Allowance
808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to restore the full adult rate to persons under 26 years of age on jobseeker's allowance.... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
809. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to link income and the income and earning disregard means test to the income of national... - Departmental Expenditure
810. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on tribunals, commissions of investigation and statutory inquiries in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to... - Carer's Allowance Payments
811. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Pension Provisions
812. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the concerns raised by former ESB workers in relation to pension issues (details supplied); and if she... - State Pension (Contributory)
813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners contacted to date in relation to pension changes applied in 2012; the number that received arrears;... - JobPath Programme
814. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the supervision over services operated by Seetec; if quality assessment is carried out by her... - Carer's Benefit Applications
815. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on their application for an extension to carer's... - Illness Benefit Applications
816. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Applications
817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29932/19] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
820. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Allowance Applications
821. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
823. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied). [29973/19] - Climate Change Policy
824. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has ceased the purchase and use of single-use plastics; the public bodies and agencies under her remit to... - Disability Allowance Applications
825. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); statement; and if she will make... - Disability Allowance Appeals
828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [30036/19] - Social Welfare Appeals Status
829. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Pension (Contributory)
830. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension of a person (details supplied) is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30049/19]
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