Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh dátaí ar leith
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Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
Bernard Durkan
41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the ongoing delay in determining eligibility for some means-tested payments and appeals; if there has been a reduction in resources or a redeployment of staff given the reduced numbers of recipients under the jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit scheme; if he will examine the situation with a view to improving this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18756/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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One-Parent Family Payment
Mick Wallace
42. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the changes made in 2015 to the one-parent family payment scheme which have considerably increased the financial burden on one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Programme for Government Initiatives
Catherine Connolly
43. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the introduction of the fit-to-work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18799/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Jack Chambers
44. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the details of recent developments at the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed community employment scheme including the efforts he has and will make to ensure it continues. [18701/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Ruth Coppinger
45. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will raise the maximum rent supplement level to the levels recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness. [18773/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Labour Activation Measures
Mick Barry
46. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to publish details of the new labour activation scheme which will replace JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Programme for Government Initiatives
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
47. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the fit-to-work programme for persons with illnesses or a disability as mentioned in the programme for Government; the assessment process he will use to determine if persons are fit for work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Child Poverty
John Brady
48. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end child poverty as committed to by the Government under the national social target for poverty reduction now that the target has been revised by the Government from lifting 70,000 children out of poverty to 97,000 children by 2020. [18758/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Robert Troy
49. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the high cost of insurance for companies delivering community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Social Welfare Rates
Gino Kenny
50. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore social protection payments to pre-austerity levels adjusted for inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18804/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Disability Allowance Payments
Gino Kenny
51. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will abolish means testing for the carer's allowance, increase the respite care grant and replace the mobility allowance that ceased in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Work Placement Programmes
Frank O'Rourke
52. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider the possibility of introducing more flexibility to the Tús work placement initiative scheme, including considering extending the period of time a person can avail of the scheme on case-by-case basis, with particular consideration given to a person's age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18689/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Pensions Reform
Clare Daly
53. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to reform and improve pension governance, given several high profile pension scandals, including the abrupt winding up of the Central Remedial Clinic plan. [18698/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Maternity Leave
Michael Healy-Rae
54. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review policies regarding maternity leave in unique circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18939/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Schengen Agreement
Michael McGrath
55. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the possible impact on Ireland’s opt-out from the Schengen Agreement when Britain completes its departure from the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19013/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Naturalisation Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
56. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to facilitate extended residency and preparation for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18887/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Naturalisation Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
57. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 16 June 2016, the extent to which a case (details supplied) can be progressed towards naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18891/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Naturalisation Applications
Bernard Durkan
58. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18892/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Naturalisation Applications
Bernard Durkan
59. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18893/16]
Déar, 30 Meith 2016
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Residency Permits
Bernard Durkan
60. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate the correct procedure to be followed to regularise the situation in the case of a person (details supplied); the procedures to be followed in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18894/16]