Parliamentary questions

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the community employment scheme of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [26134/15]

Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in relation to subsidiary employment and entitlement to jobseeker's benefit, if she is aware of the large number of persons whose claims for jobseeker's benefit are being refused on the grounds that they are seasonally employed in fishing and-or fish processing and-or are self-employed farmers, despite the fact that they had previously qualified for the benefit; her views on the hardship this matter is causing these persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26144/15]

Back to Work Allowance Applications

Bernard Durkan

189. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 11 June 2015, if she will review entitlement to the back to work enterprise allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, given that the person is not a sub-contractor and given that others in this person's position have been awarded the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26154/15]

Community Employment Schemes Cessation

Robert Troy

190. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the local community employment scheme, which deals with roads, has been discontinued; and if she will consider making provisions for the scheme to commence again as it is of considerable benefit to communities and local authorities. [26171/15]

Credit Availability

Patrick O'Donovan

191. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the personal microcredit scheme to be operated through credit unions; details of the pilot scheme to be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26189/15]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Pat Breen

192. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment further to an appeal in respect of a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26207/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

193. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an appeal in respect of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that all medical evidence has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26209/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Tony McLoughlin

194. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department is not implementing Labour Court recommendation 19293 of 22 July 2008, that supervisors and assistant supervisors of community employment schemes be entitled to State pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26213/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Applications

Jack Wall

195. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received back money due in relation to the person's child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26223/15]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

196. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding her Department's new forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26234/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

197. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and allow payment of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the person's circumstances and given that all medical evidence has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26235/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

198. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a review of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26238/15]

Respite Care Grant Applications

Michelle Mulherin

200. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a respite care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26286/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Michael McNamara

201. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26313/15]

Illness Benefit Appeals

Martin Heydon

202. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an appeal for illness benefit will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26315/15]

Back to Work Allowance

Richard Boyd Barrett

203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's guidelines in respect of entitlement to the back to work allowance (details supplied). [26317/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Joan Collins

204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rent supplement. [26334/15]

Child Benefit Payments

Jack Wall

205. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim to have a child dependency payment on a jobseeker's allowance claim backdated to September 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26336/15]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Seán Fleming

206. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a payment under the carer's allowance scheme will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26337/15]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

207. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in recognition of the fact that many persons being cared for by persons in receipt of carer's allowance, especially those with a disability, may also be in daily attendance at day care, health care or learning centres and that the majority of the care is provided and received outside of daytime business hours, if she will consider making a small increase in the maximum number of hours a person in receipt of carer's allowance may work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26339/15]

Free Travel Scheme Eligibility

Michael McCarthy

208. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will give due consideration to including sufferers of epilepsy, a long-term condition, in the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26344/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Willie O'Dea

209. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26369/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

210. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of an application for a carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and when a decision will issue. [26377/15]

Social Welfare Overpayments

John McGuinness

211. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if the circumstances will be examined as a matter of urgency relative to an overpayment made to the person by her Department with a view to accepting a payment of €5 per week as an initial arrangement, based on the person's financial circumstances and the hardship that a higher repayment would cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26382/15]

Social Insurance Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

212. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised in 2016 if the rate of employer's pay related social insurance was increased by 1% on pay up to €100,000 per annum and increased to 15.75% on pay exceeding €100,000 per annum. [26385/15]

Pension Provisions

Terence Flanagan

213. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26386/15]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Richard Boyd Barrett

214. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) and the €5 deduction out of that person's claim which was in place due to that person's spouse's claim but is still in place even though the person no longer lives with the spouse. [26425/15]

Financial Services Sector

Tom Fleming

215. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for a standard bank account through the post office network to ensure financial inclusion for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/15]

Property Tax Data

Robert Troy

216. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Westmeath who have not paid their property tax to date; the number who have paid; and the number eligible for a waiver. [26010/15]

Property Tax Data

Robert Troy

217. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Longford who have not paid their property tax to date; the number who have paid; and the number eligible for a waiver. [26011/15]

Tax Relief Eligibility

Seán Fleming

218. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if persons may claim tax relief on invoices relating to orthodontic health care under the cross-border directive, as well as receiving a refund from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/15]

Property Tax Application

Dominic Hannigan

219. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a 5% rebate from the local property tax to be provided for housing estates in county council administered areas where no estate management is undertaken by the council staff and instead is undertaken by local residents associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25691/15]

Property Tax

Anthony Lawlor

220. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive a review of the operation of local property tax; when he expects to rectify the anomaly whereby pyrite-affected homeowners are expected under the legislation to pay for expensive core sample testing, completely unnecessarily, in order to avail of their entitlement to the exemption from the tax; his views on whether such testing is excessive and unnecessary given that the Revenue Commissioners' staff are not trained to interpret either X-ray diffraction or petrographic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25697/15]

Tax Code

Jerry Buttimer

221. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if he will redress the imbalance in the different tax treatment of commercial and residential property investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25716/15]

Tax Code

Jerry Buttimer

222. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending similar tax treatment, as applies to the real estate investment trust scheme, to residential property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/15]

Tax Code

Jerry Buttimer

223. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the proportion of mortgage interest on rented residential property that is tax deductible; if he considers that such a measure would help to counteract the increase in rents on residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/15]

Financial Services Sector

Ruth Coppinger

224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance his views on delivering a standard bank account through the post office network to increase financial inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/15]

Tax Relief Availability

Áine Collins

225. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Finance if there is a special tax relief for land that was previously owned by the Land Commission and is now being sold to developing farmers under the restructuring scheme. [25750/15]

Tax Collection

Paul Murphy

226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of C2 subcontractors who were registered in each of the construction, meat processing and forestry sectors, for each year from 2008 to 2014; and the amount of tax paid by each sector in each of these years arising from the C2 arrangement. [25752/15]

Tax Collection

Paul Murphy

227. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the national C2 monitoring group is still operational; and the number of times it has met in the past five years, by year. [25753/15]

NAMA Expenditure

Michael McGrath

228. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, in respect of named firms and persons who received over €20,000 in respect of work for the National Asset Management Agency under the following headings in 2014 - portfolio transition costs; portfolio management fees; legal fees, finance, communication and technology costs; rent and occupancy costs, internal audit fees and external audit remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25796/15]

NAMA Staff Data

Michael McGrath

229. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the individual amounts that former National Asset Management Agency employees received while on gardening leave last year from the €400,000 paid out under the heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25797/15]

NAMA Staff Remuneration

Michael McGrath

230. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if bonus payments have been paid to National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency staff in 2014 and 2015; his views on whether staff at the National Asset Management Agency should receive bonus payments in order to retain staff at the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/15]

Prize Bonds

Tom Fleming

231. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on parliamentary questions and follow-up correspondence (details supplied) regarding money laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25799/15]

Pension Levy

Michael McCarthy

232. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the current policy in relation to ending the pension levy on private pensions, in view of the impact the levy is having on pensioners with low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25850/15]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Gabrielle McFadden

233. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance the number of units identified by the National Asset Management Agency for the provision of social housing that have been allocated to each local authority in each year since 2012 and to date in 2015; the number of those identified and allocated that have subsequently been leased or purchased in each county in each year since 2012 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25853/15]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Gabrielle McFadden

234. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance is he satisfied that enough is being done by stakeholders involved in the National Asset Management Agency social housing initiative in order to address the national housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/15]

Tax Rebates

Michael Creed

235. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a refund of deposit interest retention tax paid arising from the recent purchase of a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25855/15]

IBRC Loans

Finian McGrath

236. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited and the selling-off of loans to a company that has a conflict of interest with the corporation; if there are immediate plans to regulate vulture funds companies that buy up mortgage loans from the Irish Nationwide Building Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25876/15]

Banking Sector Staff

Finian McGrath

237. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 16 June 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding outsourcing to a third party service provider by an Irish bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25877/15]