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Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits
John Brady
483. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual additional cost of ensuring via social welfare increases that all household types currently in receipt of a weekly working age social welfare payment are brought into compliance with the minimum income standards developed by an organisation (details supplied) and index linking weekly State pension rates to inflation over the next five years. [12802/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
550. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reinstating the full payment of €193 for those aged under 26 in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, supplementary welfare allowance and the back to education allowance. [13844/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Departmental Contracts
John Brady
551. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of exiting the JobPath contract early. [13845/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Departmental Contracts
John Brady
552. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year financial implications of ceasing to direct jobseekers to JobPath. [13846/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Local Employment Service
John Brady
553. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of an increase in funding required by the local employment service to facilitate a referral increase of 5%. [13847/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Community Employment Schemes Funding
John Brady
554. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of an additional 4,000, 5,000 and 10,000 community employment places. [13848/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Rural Social Scheme
John Brady
555. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of an additional 500 rural social scheme places. [13849/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
John Brady
556. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in full. [13850/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
557. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between seven and 14 to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and family income supplement if they meet the qualifying criteria. [13851/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
558. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making jobseeker's transitional payment and the SUSI grant payable to lone parents regardless of the age of the youngest child or whether the family is in receipt of rent supplement. [13852/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Child Benefit Data
John Brady
559. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by €3, €5 and €10 for children aged 12 and over. [13853/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
560. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing family income supplement by 10%. [13855/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
John Brady
561. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of raising the cut-off age of the one-parent family payment to 12 years and increase the earnings disregard to €120. [13856/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
562. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €10 per month. [13857/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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State Pensions
John Brady
563. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the State pension band rates to their pre-September 2012 position. [13858/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Family Income Supplement Expenditure
John Brady
564. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the family income supplement payment to those engaged on job activation schemes. [13859/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
565. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing carer's allowance and carer's benefit by €3, €5 and €7. [13860/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Carer's Allowance Data
John Brady
571. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the hours carers can study or work while in receipt of social welfare from 15 to 20 hours per week. [14032/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
572. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing disability allowance by €5, €10 and €20. [14033/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
John Brady
573. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the respite care grant by €100, €250 and €325. [14034/17]