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Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Jobs Data
Bernard Durkan
1. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs lost and gained in County Kildare in each of the past six years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7728/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Appointments to State Boards Data
Éamon Ó Cuív
2. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Taoiseach the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7485/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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State Properties Data
Peadar Tóibín
3. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department by square footage, by location and by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7521/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy
4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will each provide a list, in tabular form, of the following information in respect of the period 1 January 2016 to date: each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into by his Department or agency thereof; each tender issued by his Department or agency thereof; each tender awarded by his Department or agency thereof; each State board appointment made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7522/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Child Benefit Eligibility
Shane Ross
5. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the payment of the children's allowance beyond a child's 18th birthday in circumstances where they are still in full-time second level education; if not, the alternative sources of financial support for such families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7361/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Employment Support Services
Bernard Durkan
6. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which it is expected that the skills available among those persons on the live register can be matched to the skill requirements of the workplace, in respect of both the indigenous and the foreign direct investment sectors, over the course of the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7727/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
7. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7258/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
8. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of supplementary welfare allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7259/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
9. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of illness benefit and disability allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7260/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
10. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of one-parent family payment over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7261/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
11. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views the projected numbers of recipients of carer's benefit and carer's allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7262/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
12. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of State pension, contributory and non-contributory, over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7263/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
13. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to provide a table indicating the estimated annual cost of index-linking each of the following payments to inflation over the next five years: jobseeker's benefit; jobseeker's allowance; supplementary welfare allowance; illness benefit; disability allowance; one-parent family payment; carer's benefit; carer's allowance; State pension, contributory; and State pension, non-contributory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7264/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of index-linking all weekly social protection payments to inflation over the next five years. [7265/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of index-linking all social protection payments to inflation over the next five years. [7266/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
John Brady
16. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7269/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Community Services Programme
Éamon Ó Cuív
17. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a community services project for the Cross Roads Community Centre in Cong, County Mayo, was received; when a decision will be made on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7271/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
Michael Creed
18. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7276/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Michael Creed
19. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7279/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Code
Brian Stanley
20. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to review and revise the casual dockets signing-on system to cater for those persons whose working week does not align with that of her Department (details supplied). [7298/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
Pat Deering
21. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive notice of the outcome of an appeal under the invalidity pension scheme. [7299/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Michael Creed
22. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused a carer's allowance; if this claim was appealed to the independent appeals office; if so, the outcome of this appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7304/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Applications
John McGuinness
23. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application under the carer's allowance scheme and the household package scheme will be approved for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7310/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
John McGuinness
24. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite and approve an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the carer's allowance scheme made in November 2015. [7317/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Disability Allowance Payments
John McGuinness
25. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if payment under the disability allowance scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be made to the person's parent; and if the application will be expedited. [7320/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
26. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath under the invalidity pension scheme; and when the person can expect a decision on the case. [7330/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Data
Pat Breen
27. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for applications for carer's allowance to be decided upon; the number of applications currently awaiting a decision by a deciding officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7332/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Delays
Pat Breen
28. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to employ additional staff to deal with the lengthy delays in assessing carer's allowance application forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7333/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Pat Breen
29. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision under the carer's allowance scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7338/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Administration
Peadar Tóibín
30. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if bank charges for community employment schemes are to be paid for by her Department or by the sub-schemes involved. [7345/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
Bernard Durkan
31. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be increased in line with market trends in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
Bernard Durkan
32. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will be reinstated as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose one-parent family payment has been restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7366/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Family Income Supplement Appeals
Darragh O'Brien
33. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the progress of a family income supplement appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7379/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Charlie McConalogue
34. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7394/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Denis Naughten
35. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be processed; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7406/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Darragh O'Brien
36. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7409/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
37. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare appears to not qualify for participation in the part-time incentive scheme; if their eligibility can be reviewed with a view to them taking part; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7422/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Departmental Programmes
Pearse Doherty
38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused entry to a Level 5 certificate in health care support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7464/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Appointments to State Boards Data
Éamon Ó Cuív
39. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or her to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7484/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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JobsPlus Scheme
Brendan Griffin
40. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Children and Youth Affairs to make the benefits currently available to employers availing of the JobsPlus scheme available to parents seeking to employ persons to provide affordable child care in the home; her views on the many benefits that would accrue from such a development for the child care worker, parents and Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7487/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Community Welfare Services Data
Pearse Doherty
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of service users who attended the weekly community welfare service clinic held at the inspector's office in Falcarragh, County Donegal, for each month in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7491/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Community Welfare Services Data
Pearse Doherty
42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the weekly clinics held as part of community welfare services in the Falcarragh and Dunfanaghy areas of County Donegal have been merged; if she is aware of the negative impact which this reduction to services will have on service users in terms of having their individual welfare needs assessed and the appropriate allowances allotted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7492/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Household Benefits Scheme
John Halligan
43. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the eligibility criteria for the household benefits package to allow adult semi-dependent children getting jobseeker's allowance of no more than €100 per week to remain in the family home while parents in receipt of disability allowance or invalidity pension qualify for the benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7495/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Community Welfare Services
Catherine Murphy
44. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the analysis completed on the functioning of the community welfare services where face-to-face clinics were withdrawn previously, for example, Clane, County Kildare; how many of the 24 hour commitments were maintained; how many were longer than 48 hours; how the clients were catered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7496/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Payments Administration
Catherine Murphy
45. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has evaluated the number of applicants that have to wait a week or longer for a face-to-face appointment to make a claim for social protection support; how this impacts on her customer service charter; the provision she has made for customers that require support in the interim period; the policy changes that drive this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7497/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Community Welfare Services
Catherine Murphy
46. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans for the resources she gains following the closure of community welfare services that are open to the public, including office spaces, equipment and full-time equivalent resources; how she intends to redeploy these; if she intends to allocate offices for other use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7498/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Labour Market
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
47. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the current situation regarding access to job activation, training and education for unrecognised jobseekers not on the live register, following the debate by the Joint Committee for Education and Social Protection. [7503/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
48. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has considered extending access to the back to education allowance for qualified adults. [7504/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
49. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the current situation regarding enabling jobseekers not on the live register to sign on for credits. [7505/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Social Welfare Appeals
Michael Healy-Rae
51. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7519/16]