Written answers
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Reviews
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the review requested of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) who supplied... - Labour Activation Programmes
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons qualifying under the long-term illness scheme are eligible for workplace programmes and training courses even if... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income disregard of €332.50 will be increased for those carers who can work the extra 3.5 hours announced in... - Commencement of Legislation
300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 which has passed through the Houses of the Oireachtas will be... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of discussions between her Department and community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on... - Rural Social Scheme Data
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of places nationally for the rural social scheme; and the number of places vacant in each county. [43914/19] - State Pension (Contributory) Data
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number in receipt of the State pension, contributory, in the pre-2012 rate bands by gender; and if she will make a... - Working Family Payment Data
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil servants and public servants, respectively, in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will... - Farm Assist Scheme
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 2 April 2019 and taking into account any proposed changes announced in budget... - State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the insurance contribution record of a person (details supplied); the level and amount of arrears that... - Departmental Legal Cases Data
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of financial settlements reached by her Department and statutory bodies within her remit nationally; the number... - Direct Provision Payments
308. 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 Benefits Data
310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing payments (details supplied) by €5, €10, €15 and €20,... - Fuel Allowance Data
311. 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... - Living Alone Allowance
312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €2, €3, €4, €5 and... - Household Benefits Scheme
313. 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. [44075/19] - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by an average of 10%; and if she will make a statement on... - Free Travel Scheme Data
315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the free travel scheme taking into account changes announced as part of budget 2020; the estimated cost of... - Telephone Support Allowance
316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the telephone support allowance by €1, €2, €2.50, €3, €4... - Qualified Child Increase Payments
317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase in each age bracket by €2, €3,... - School Meals Programme
318. 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, taking into... - Departmental Expenditure
319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual expenditure on the living wage commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44081/19] - Child Benefit Data
320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by €10, €15, €20, €25 and €30,... - Maternity Benefit Data
321. 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 Data
322. 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
323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of equalising jobseeker payments for those under 25 years of age to the standard rate in tabular... - National Advocacy Service
324. 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
325. 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 Eligibility
326. 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 Code
327. 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... - Social Welfare Appeals Data
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals... - Departmental Contracts Data
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the... - Free Travel Scheme Data
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the free travel scheme to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance;... - Carer's Support Grant
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €100, €200 and €300,... - Carer's Allowance Eligibility
333. 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... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €10, €20,... - Wage Subsidy Scheme
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she... - Jobseeker's Benefit
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of the new jobseeker's benefit payment for the self-employed; and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff Training
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if staff in Intreo offices have received disability awareness training; if not, the estimated full-year cost of training all... - Services for People with Disabilities (1 comment)
341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department provides funding or financial aid towards purchasing assistive technologies for persons with a disability;... - Exceptional Needs Payment Data
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an emergency or exceptional needs payment and a rent support payment will be made available in the case of a person... - Social Welfare Code
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will desist from persons on jobseeker's allowance for various courses as in the case of a person (details... - State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44118/19] - Disability Allowance Payments
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment of disability allowance and rent support was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if... - Carer's Allowance Applications
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
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