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Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
Danny Healy-Rae
294. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Danny Healy-Rae
295. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the invalidity allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19211/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
296. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19255/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Michael McGrath
297. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the redundancy payments scheme in tabular form in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date. [19259/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
298. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19260/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
John McGuinness
299. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 23 June 2016, if it was the fraud section of his Department that investigated this matter; if payment of contributions continued after 2008, as to date this person has not been issued with a P45; the action that was taken by the fraud section following the discussion by phone with this person; if this person's future pension entitlements will be adversely affected by not having contributions credited to them while they were in employment after 2008; and if he will provide the contribution records. [19339/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
John Lahart
300. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection why spinal injuries are excluded from the list of long-term illnesses in the awarding of benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19367/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Training Support Grant
John Curran
301. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been approved for funding for an educational course by their local Intreo office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19373/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
302. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the range of reforms of community employment eligibility recently proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19439/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Places
Kevin O'Keeffe
303. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending the community employment programme for participants over the age of 60 by increasing the number of places allocated within each individual scheme from 7% to include all participants over that age category to remain on the scheme until they reach retirement age. [19506/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Social Welfare Code
Éamon Ó Cuív
304. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which investments in shares, annuities, AVCs and insurance policies, including mortgage protection policies on a person's primary dwelling, are assessed for various means tested payments, including carer's allowance, disability allowance, dependent adult allowances, non-contributory pension, jobseeker's allowance and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Disability Allowance Eligibility
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
305. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused disability allowance. [19532/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Community Services Programme
Niamh Smyth
306. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to prevent cuts to funding at a location (details supplied); the reason such cuts are being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19590/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Family Income Supplement Applications
James Lawless
307. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income support allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19592/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Ruth Coppinger
308. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection why he has increased the maximum rent limits at a lower rate in Fingal than in other areas in County Dublin under the rent supplement scheme, given the acute housing crisis in the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19594/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Departmental Staff Data
Niamh Smyth
309. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archives Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19622/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Community Work Initiatives
Billy Kelleher
310. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow an increase in the self-referral percentage for Tús work placement initiative participants in Cork from the current 20% (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19635/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Bernard Durkan
311. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Bernard Durkan
312. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19644/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Social Welfare Rates
Willie O'Dea
313. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2017 of increasing all working age payments, including the costs of proportionate increases for qualified adults, by €10, listing all working age payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19680/16]