Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits

Willie O'Dea

21. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the adequacy of social protection rates given that a recent report by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which found that in 2016 social protection did not provide an adequate income for 183 of the 214 urban household cases examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/16]

Rural Social Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

22. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand and improve the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18705/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

23. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the changes made to farm assist with respect to income disregards given that it has had a serious negative affect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; if he will carry out an analysis to assess the impact that the changes have made on those families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18688/16]

One-Parent Family Payment

Mick Wallace

24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the one-parent family payment scheme is adequate to meet the needs of recipients, particularly given recent figures from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul indicating that 59% of one-parent families experience material deprivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Mick Barry

25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will implement the fit-to-work scheme contained in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18794/16]

Carer's Allowance Waiting Times

John Brady

26. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that persons applying for carer’s allowance are waiting 19 weeks before their application is examined; the measures he is taking to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18762/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Bernard Durkan

27. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he might be in a position in the context of the programme for Government or otherwise, to examine the extent to which women for one reason or another are deprived of contributory pensions having retired from the workplace while raising their families or due to the marriage ban and who have made a major contribution to society in the course of their working lives; if he will re-examine their cases with a view to crediting them with sufficient contributions to qualify for the State or retirement pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/16]

Community Services Programme

Robert Troy

28. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to accept new proposals to the community services programme; the criteria that would be used to select new proposals; if he has a preference for particular types of programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/16]

Live Register Data

Brendan Griffin

29. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of live register figures for persons living in the Castleisland area in respect of his Department's Office in Tralee as both towns and hinterlands are currently grouped together; and if he agrees that by doing this local efforts to reduce the live register figures can be better targeted and measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/16]

Pension Provisions

Thomas P. Broughan

30. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection his priorities regarding pension payments for the remaining six months of 2016; if he is reviewing pension entitlements for women who worked in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18695/16]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is concerned that the administration, consultancy and actuarial services to the Central Remedial Clinic plan were all provided by the same organisation (details supplied) and that this organisation also owned the trustee of the plan, given the abrupt wind-up of a plan that the actuary had said in 2014 was on track to meet the minimum funding standard by 21 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18699/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Gino Kenny

32. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the lower social protection payment discrimination against young adults under 25 years of age given that those under 25 years of age often have exactly the same expenses for food, rent and other needs as those over 25 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/16]

Exceptional Needs Payments

Ruth Coppinger

33. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a payment to cover the additional costs for families in emergency accommodation such as travel and food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/16]

One-Parent Family Payment

Willie O'Dea

34. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the status issue of determination orders which were not catered for in the jobseeker's transition legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18693/16]

Social Welfare Benefits

John Brady

35. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce the working family payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18761/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Catherine Murphy

36. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the contracts awarded to United Kingdom companies for labour market activation schemes, such as JobsPlus and other private schemes not delivered within the auspices of the State, given the UK’s new relationship with the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18792/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Jim Daly

37. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to discontinue the JobBridge scheme; if so, his further plans to put in place a replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18704/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Jack Chambers

38. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection why he is continuing to issue correspondence urging recipients under the jobseeker's benefit scheme to use financial institutions instead of using the post office to collect payments. [18700/16]

Community Services Programme

Willie O'Dea

39. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has increased the contribution to the community services programme in line with the increase in the national minimum wage; if the programmes have as of yet received this funding; if he can provide assurances that the contribution to the community service programmes will be increased in line with any future increases in the national minimum wage as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18694/16]

Bereavement Grant

John Brady

40. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the bereavement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/16]