Parliamentary questions

Child Benefit Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

166. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans on extending child benefit to be paid to 18 year olds who are still in full time education. [37208/15]

Personal Public Service Numbers Data

Robert Dowds

167. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will clearly outline the process for getting a personal public service number on her Department's website. [37330/15]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Michael Creed

168. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to continue to receive a carer's allowance for a period of time after the care recipient enters a nursing home or dies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37351/15]

Farm Assist Scheme

Michael Creed

169. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department will facilitate the transfer of a farm assist payment for a farming couple; the issues involved in transferring the payment from one partner to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37353/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37368/15]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Tom Fleming

173. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37372/15]

Illness Benefit Eligibility

John McGuinness

175. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment on submission of medical certificates is not being made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if the claim will be reviewed as the person is being admitted to hospital this week and is in financial hardship, with arrears in a mortgage and the care of three children. [37458/15]

Illness Benefit Payments

John McGuinness

176. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in paying illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [37461/15]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

John Perry

178. Deputy John Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the decision to remove the disability allowance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37468/15]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

179. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been submitted. [37417/15]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

180. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

181. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37423/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Éamon Ó Cuív

182. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify a matter in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if her Department has received a valid application for a water conservation grant from the person; when payment will be made, or if she will confirm that all details are in order, as the person seems to be spending hours processing these matters on the telephone and online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37500/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

183. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who has been out of work since mid-August 2015 and who has been refused a jobseeker's payment because of his previous salary; if the matter will be re-examined as the person is currently living on savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37502/15]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

184. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus still applies to the same social welfare payments as in 2014; and if she will provide a list of the payments it applies to. [37518/15]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

185. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons who have completed a six year term on a community employment scheme and who are approaching retirement age to be granted an extension to their participation in the scheme, in order that they can continue to work, if that is their choice, rather than receive a jobseeker's allowance in the intervening period, before they come to retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37539/15]

State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility

James Bannon

186. Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the reduction in a State pension to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37545/15]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

James Bannon

187. Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a decision on an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37547/15]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Noel Coonan

188. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be finalised for a person in (details supplied) County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37557/15]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Willie O'Dea

189. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cause of the delay into the investigation of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has sought to have a spousal dependant included in payment from her Department in Limerick; when will the payment issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37568/15]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a disability allowance or other relevant payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37582/15]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why her Department refused to grant a supplementary welfare allowancea to a person (details supplied) for the purpose of clothing and has requested the person to obtain medical letters in respect of the claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37583/15]

Fuel Allowance Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for details of any groups which no longer qualify for the fuel allowance and the Christmas bonus announced in budget 2016. [37585/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Peter Mathews

193. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to providing a service that will facilitate a social welfare payment to be made into the personal bank account of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who is in receipt of jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37596/15]

Back to Education Allowance

Ruth Coppinger

194. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the rules related to progression in the back to education allowance, to allow those persons undertaking teaching qualifications to become further education teachers, and receive the allowance, even where their teaching course is at a level below their highest qualification. [37615/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Noel Coonan

195. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37634/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Noel Coonan

196. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37635/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Noel Coonan

197. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37636/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Noel Coonan

198. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37637/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Peadar Tóibín

199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has considered postponing three-monthly and six-monthly community welfare reviews of rent supplement entitlements for tenants, which are providing landlords with the opportunity to increase the cost of the rent mid-lease; if she is aware that many persons are becoming homeless, having run into arrears, while their payments are suspended during these reviews. [37639/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Bernard Durkan

200. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, given the person's rent has now increased to €1,300 per month, and the person will be made homeless in the absence of assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37642/15]

Pension Provisions

Róisín Shortall

201. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has sought legal advice in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is 67 years of age, living alone and in receipt of a private pension only, as distinct from a single person in near-identical circumstances who is in receipt of a qualifying payment and a private pension; the reason why the scheme is set up so that in these circumstances, the person of higher means is deemed eligible, and the person with lower means is not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37646/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Paul Murphy

202. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is permitted to insist that community employment scheme workers work on Sundays against their will; and if not, the recourse these workers have to challenge such instructions received from their employer. [37650/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Paul Murphy

203. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures that will be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 receives a higher level of rent supplement to prevent the family from becoming homeless. [37651/15]

Family Income Supplement Payments

Robert Troy

204. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is fair that persons who have been forced to switch from a lone parent payment to a family income supplement due to age restriction, will not receive a Christmas bonus this year, as the family income supplement is not included in such payments. [37714/15]

Family Income Supplement

Bernard Durkan

205. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the family income supplement to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been decreased by €300; if her Department is aware of the hardship currently being experienced due to the maintenance recovery policy currently being pursued in this case; if her Department will review this person's entitlement, with a view to restoring the original level of payment, with particular reference to the fact that the person will soon be made homeless, due to less income and increasing rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37741/15]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Pat Breen

206. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37761/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Robert Troy

207. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for a disability pension by a person (details supplied) in County Longford, whose application was refused on the basis of means. [37769/15]

Private Security Authority Remit

Niall Collins

208. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a Private Security Authority licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37791/15]

Pension Provisions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

209. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the changes made to the contributory State pension in the past five years; and the changes intended to take effect in the next five years. [37795/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure

Willie O'Dea

210. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2016 of increasing the maximum child age of the one-parent family payment from its current threshold of seven years to 14 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37802/15]

Income Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

211. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cohabitating couples and income thresholds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37805/15]

Disability Allowance Payments

Pat Breen

212. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37821/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments

Pat Breen

213. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37822/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Pat Breen

214. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of review of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37823/15]

Disability Allowance

Bernard Durkan

215. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Question No. 22 of 13 October 2015, if she will review whether the full amount of disability allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, given that the recipient is not self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37832/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Bernard Durkan

216. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 13 October 2015, if all assistance possible has been provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose rent has recently increased to €850 per month, who has two dependent children, who has ongoing health issues, and who is at risk of homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37837/15]

Social Welfare Code

Maureen O'Sullivan

217. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views, that it is problematic for recipients of social welfare payments to provide proof to her Department of their actively seeking employment, when the vast majority of companies do not send acknowledgments of employment applications; that there should be a statutory requirement on companies to at least send an acknowledgement to persons applying for a position, regardless of their success in applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37851/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals

Mary Lou McDonald

218. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will request the appeals office to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3, given that the person's rent allowance has been suspended, and as a result the person may become homeless. [37867/15]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Willie O'Dea

219. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment projects that are sponsored by local authorities, Údarás Na Gaeltachta, citizen information centres, educational institutions, town councils, partnerships, vocational education committees, and the Health Service Executive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37879/15]