Written answers
Friday, 6 September 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
1761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the general rules for the treatment of farmers with regard to State pensions contributory and non-contributory; and if she... - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
1762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the back to school allowance for clothing and footwear to pre-2011 levels. [35223/19] - School Meals Programme
1764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of ensuring that all DEIS schools have access to the school meals programme. [35236/19] - Disability Allowance Eligibility
1766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if they can receive a social welfare payment to compensate the... - Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
1767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes will be made to the qualifying payments for the free travel pass to include the thalidomide payment as a... - Public Services Card
1769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of challenging the decision made by the Data Protection Commission with regard to the public services card; and if... - Low Pay
1770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the policy options in respect of low skill and pay, and in respect of work disproportionately done by... - Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
1772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker's benefit will be awarded on appeal to a person (details supplied). [34725/19] - Invalidity Pension Applications
1773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [34726/19] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if not, if a new... - Working Family Payment Payments
1775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment for a person (details supplied) will be backdated to when the qualified child returns to... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
1776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of applicants who receive the full rate of old age contributory pension in tabular form; the number qualified... - Social Welfare Offices
1777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if INTREO centres in the north west will be downgraded and turned into front offices; if so, the reason for the downgrading;... - Invalidity Pension Applications
1779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension review by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Ministerial Advisers Data
1780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to her and the Minister of State in her Department; the... - Child Benefit Data
1781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual extra cost that would be incurred if the age of eligibility for child benefit for those in full-time... - Household Benefits Scheme
1782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance the household benefits package in the context of budget 2020; if she will increase the electricity and... - State Pension (Contributory) Data
1783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases due for review under the new total contribution system for assessing pensioners for the State pension... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34921/19] - State Pension (Contributory)
1785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date from which the increase for a qualified adult payment as part of the State pension (contributory) has been means... - Rent Supplement Scheme Data
1786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement at the end of June in each of the past five years; if persons can... - Social Insurance
1787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding PRSI dental check-ups (details supplied). [34973/19] - Disability Allowance Appeals
1788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Employment Schemes Operation
1789. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons already working on a community employment scheme are only given a limited time in employment when the... - Disability Allowance Applications
1790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35035/19] - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Illness Benefit Payments
1792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35038/19] - Pensions Reform
1793. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the detail of the general total contributions approach for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1794. 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... - Invalidity Pension Reviews
1796. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Living Alone Allowance
1798. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a living alone allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1799. 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... - Carer's Allowance Review
1800. 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... - Carer's Allowance Appeals
1801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Allowance Applications
1802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Applications
1804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Overpayments
1808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proactive measures in place to ensure that there is not a build-up of debt owed to her Department by persons who are in... - Carer's Benefit Payments
1811. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of carer's benefit arrears for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35203/19] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1812. 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); and if she will make a... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1813. 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. [35292/19] - Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
1814. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35304/19] - Departmental Expenditure
1815. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by her Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount... - Disability Allowance Payments
1816. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when disability allowance arrears will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make... - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
1817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for the review of a decision made regarding a claim for supplementary welfare allowance; her views on whether... - Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
1818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a deserted wives payment for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the... - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
1819. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a... - Back to Education Allowance Applications
1820. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the back to education allowance is approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1821. 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... - Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
1822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an arrangement is in place for costs to be covered in respect of optical procedures in circumstances in which the process... - Child Benefit Expenditure
1823. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual budgetary cost of extending child benefit to students over 18 years of age until they complete their five- or... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details... - State Pension (Contributory)
1827. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons born before 1 September 1946 will be considered in the review of contributory pensions under the new aggregated... - Farm Assist Scheme
1828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the means test will be increased for farm assist (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Gender Recognition
1830. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Consultancy Contracts Data
1834. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the... - Child Benefit Eligibility
1835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if child benefit will be extended to families in receipt of the working family payment whose children are over 18 years of... - Working Family Payment Applications
1836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Applications
1837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
1838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a special needs assistant who worked full-time before switching to part-time work and then was made redundant would be... - Disability Allowance Applications
1839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Customer Charters
1842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints her Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if... - State Pensions Reform
1843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change to the calculation for the State pension (contributory) will be introduced for those who are unable to avail of... - Disability Allowance Applications
1844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Allowance Appeals
1848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Working Family Payment Applications
1849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the working family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Disability Allowance Applications
1850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35749/19] - Carer's Allowance Applications
1851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35762/19] - Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
1852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a rent support increase will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) notwithstanding replies to previous... - Social Welfare Overpayments
1853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a person (details supplied) came to receive an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Carer's Allowance Applications
1854. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed and approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if... - Disability Allowance Applications
1855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which provision can be made to facilitate a partial social welfare payment in the case of a person (details... - Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
1856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Social Welfare Appeals Status
1857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35839/19] - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension review claim by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if... - Blind Person's Pension Data
1859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind pension at year end 2018, by gender and county. [36027/19] - Blind Welfare Allowance
1860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a measure to disregard the blind welfare allowance for means testing purposes; the full-year cost of... - Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Consultations
1862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 782 of 9 July 2019, the work undertaken by the data specialist her Department engaged... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
1863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of recruiting ten additional medical assessors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Illness Benefit Applications
1864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the average wait time for applicants to receive illness benefit; the length of time applications are taking to... - Departmental Internships
1865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in her Department over the past five years to 28... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
1867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36179/19] - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
1868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (detail supplied); if further discussions have taken place with unions on the matter; and if she will... - Cyber Security Data
1869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols... - Departmental Operations
1870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if she will... - Disability Allowance Data
1871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases approved for a disability allowance and in which the arrears due have not been paid to date; the reason... - Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
1872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36350/19] - Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
1873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the treatment benefit scheme will be extended to allow parents that pay PRSI contributions to claim for their dependent... - Pacáiste Sochair Teaghlaigh
1874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection an féidir aon eisceacht a dhéanamh, agus iarratas ar Íocaíocht do Theaghlaigh i bhFostaíocht á... - Working Family Payment Eligibility
1875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy reason for the rule that a person must be working 38 hours in a fortnight to be eligible for the working family... - Social Insurance Fund
1876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1222 of 7 September 2018, the progress made in respect of the 4% PRSI charge in cases... - Child Benefit Eligibility
1878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the child benefit payment to cover pupils who will be 19 years of age sitting their leaving certificate... - Departmental Strategies
1879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to publish the new social inclusion strategy, which was due for publication in 2018; and if she will make a... - Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
1880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the rate of jobseeker's allowance being paid to young persons who are unable to live with family and... - Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
1881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's allowance will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Working Family Payment Eligibility
1882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into the qualification for the working family payment can be undertaken in the case of a person (details... - Invalidity Pension
1883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can transfer to invalidity pension from their present payment if they qualify for a... - Working Family Payment Payments
1884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working family payment can be adjusted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Invalidity Pension Appeals
1885. 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 an invalidity pension appeal...
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