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Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
Tom Neville
41. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6765/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Denis Naughten
42. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person in receipt of a widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pension who falls ill is not entitled to illness benefit even though that person pays the required stamp; if this is a barrier to persons returning to work; the specific prohibition in the Social Welfare Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6821/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Overpayments
Bernard Durkan
43. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for an overpayment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6840/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Pat Deering
44. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details given) in County Carlow was not eligible for more than 14 months employment on a community employment scheme. [6856/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
45. Deputy Brid Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has lost an entitlement to a rent allowance; why this person cannot receive support from a community welfare officer; and why, if this person and a partner were aged 26 years plus and in receipt of social protection payments and rent allowance, they would have a greater income than they have at present. [6887/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Data
Thomas P. Broughan
46. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to immediately raise rent supplement limits in line with market rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6904/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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State Properties Data
Peadar Tóibín
47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department by square footage, by location, by local authority, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6920/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Administration
Jack Chambers
48. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the policy changes she has initiated in respect of community employment schemes in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6948/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Administration
Jack Chambers
49. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why some members of the public who are over 55 years of age have been granted extensions to their participation in community employment schemes while others who are also over 55 years of age have had their community employment schemes terminated, given that they believe this is below the five years that they expected when they signed up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Data
Jack Chambers
50. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in, and the location of, community employment schemes in Dublin 15 in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Public Sector Pensions
Jack Chambers
51. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to address the anomaly whereby those who must retire from the public sector at 65 years of age do not receive a pension until they reach 66 years of age and instead receive dole payments in the intervening months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
Pat Breen
52. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6954/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
53. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6976/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Appeals
John McGuinness
54. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7000/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Illness Benefit Eligibility
Thomas Pringle
55. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons on illness benefit from before 2009 prior to changes in criteria and who are on long-term illness benefit will be assessed under new guidelines and only be awarded benefit for a maximum of two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7039/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Community Welfare Services Provision
Catherine Murphy
56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she will assess the impact on the changes in service provision arising from the withdrawal of Community Welfare Service access to customers; when such impact assessments will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7065/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Community Welfare Services Provision
Catherine Murphy
57. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will implement a homeless persons support unit in Counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow to cope with the increasing number of homeless persons presenting; how the service will accommodate the interim support needs of this cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7066/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
58. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the carer's allowance scheme. [7171/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Bernard Durkan
59. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will restore a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7180/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Bernard Durkan
60. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7182/16]