Parliamentary questions

Domiciliary Care Allowance Data

Tom Fleming

88. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form and by county, the number of recipients of the domiciliary care allowance granted and refused from 1 January 2014 to date in 2015; the average waiting times for decisions on appeal; the number of appeals referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentage of these approved and refused. [14491/15]

Family Income Supplement Data

Tom Fleming

89. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of recipients of family income supplement granted and refused from 1 January 2014 to date in 2015; the average waiting time for decisions on appeal; the number of appeals referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentage of these approved and refused. [14492/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Data

Tom Fleming

90. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form and by county, the number of recipients of farm assist granted and refused from 1 January 2014 to date in 2015; the average waiting time for decisions on appeals; the number of appeals referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentage of these approved and refused. [14493/15]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Tom Fleming

91. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that it has been pending for some time and all relevant information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14494/15]

Rural Social Scheme Applications Data

Tom Fleming

92. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form and by county, the number of recipients of the rural social scheme granted and refused from 1 January 2014 to date in 2015; the average waiting time for decisions on appeals; the number of appeals referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentage of these approved and refused. [14495/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Lucinda Creighton

93. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the rate of jobseeker's allowance payments for young persons who are most at risk of homelessness, in line with those young persons who were in the care of the Child and Family Agency, and are assessed using the jobseeker's allowance rate for persons of 26 years of age or over when they leave care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/15]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Noel Coonan

96. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal under the invalidity pension will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14519/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Noel Coonan

97. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal under the carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14521/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals

Noel Coonan

98. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal under the jobseeker's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14523/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Thomas P. Broughan

99. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes to the special status of some community employment programmes; when these changes are intended to begin and what they will entail; the number of such programmes currently running; the impact analysis of changes that has been conducted; if reviews of outcomes have taken place on any of these programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14578/15]

Family Income Supplement Payments

Ciaran Lynch

101. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement payment amount will be reviewed in the event that a person in receipt of the one-parent family payment transfers to the back to work family dividend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14597/15]

Personal Public Service Numbers Data

Michael Healy-Rae

103. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a personal public service number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14665/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Patrick O'Donovan

104. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding pensions for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14672/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Michelle Mulherin

105. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the changes to age limits effective from 3 July 2015, when a one-parent family payment recipient must apply for the back to education allowance in order to be able to reapply for the one-parent family payment, based on the condition of the youngest child which applied at the time of the original application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14695/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

106. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application under the farm assist scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14700/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Peadar Tóibín

107. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that a payment of €144 under the jobseeker's scheme is sufficient to meet the basic cost of living needs of a person who lives independently; if she will provide the differing basic cost of living expenses between an average 24 year old and an average 26 year old, who live independently; and if she will provide the data and-or evidence upon which she based her decision to cut payments under the scheme to those under 25 years of age. [14728/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Bernard Durkan

108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will take place in respect of an appeal for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14736/15]

Pensions Council

Terence Flanagan

110. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the initiatives that the Pensions Council plans to undertake in 2015 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14760/15]

Departmental Bodies Establishment

Terence Flanagan

111. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the persons who have been appointed to the interdepartmental group on auto-enrolment; the external bodies or persons who are, or will be, consulted on the matter; the group's objectives and time frame; if she will publish the minutes of its meetings; the budget that has been allocated for research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14761/15]

Occupational Injuries Benefit Applications

Ruth Coppinger

112. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 receiving an occupational injury benefit. [14786/15]