Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Allowance Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

42. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8506/15]

Living Alone Allowance

Patrick O'Donovan

43. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to the decision to backdate the living alone allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, if a review of this decision will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8533/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Applications

Tom Fleming

44. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine, and expedite, applications for a domiciliary care allowance and a carer's allowance, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8547/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Noel Coonan

45. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a 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. [8554/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Bernard Durkan

46. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was determined a person (details supplied) in County Kildare received an overpayment of jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8561/15]

Dara Calleary

47. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in each electoral district, engaged in the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8577/15]

JobsPlus Scheme

Willie O'Dea

48. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a report outlining the cost of increasing the current assistance rate to an employer to employ a person in the JobsPlus scheme, to a rate which would provide each employer with a subsidy of 70% of the minimum wage, for 37.5 hours per week, for each employee, for a period of 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8578/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Michael Creed

49. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8581/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Bernard Durkan

50. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be approved in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8637/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

51. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8638/15]

Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who made 723 ORD class social insurance contributions, and 1,078 class A1 social insurance contributions, between 1964 and 2002, may not avail of a treatment benefit payment, owing to a change in that person's class of contributions, for three years after 2002; the reason the contributions made over the previous 38 years count for nothing, when determining that person's entitlement, in this case; if she will instruct the treatment benefit section of her Department to review this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8646/15]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Lucinda Creighton

53. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total number of meetings she, or her officials, have held with a person (details supplied), in the context of a proposed bid to purchase Permanent TSB mortgages; if she will confirm that she was aware of any form of this proposal, that would include fees from the company being paid to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8652/15]

General Register Office

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total income derived by the general records office through fees paid by persons searching records at the office's site, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8686/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Catherine Murphy

55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will share the results of the scoping exercise undertaken in her Department to determine the resources that will be required to administer the annual allowance as set out in the most recent Irish Water legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/15]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Michael Healy-Rae

56. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if there are tax breaks, or development relief, available for council contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8480/15]

Liquor Licensing Laws

Michael Healy-Rae

57. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the brewing, and selling, of beer by private businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/15]

Tax Collection

Bernard Durkan

58. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if a value added tax number might issue, at an early date, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in order to facilitate an early business start up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8521/15]

Tax Compliance

Michael McGrath

59. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any Revenue Commissioners compliance initiative in respect of expenses claimed by self-employed persons and pay-as-you-earn employees; the number of such cases investigated in 2014; the number of ongoing investigations; if he will provide details of the tax assessments that have resulted from such investigations; the number of persons affected; the amount of interest, and penalties, that have been applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8529/15]

Parliamentary Questions

Michael McGrath

60. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the detailed replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 248, 249 and 250 of 20 January 2015 to be forwarded, as indicated in the initial reply. [8564/15]

Tax Credits

Willie O'Dea

61. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report which outlines the cost to the Exchequer of providing a €6,000 housing cost tax credit; his views that the housing cost tax credit should be assigned to any person who in providing a principal private residence for them, or their family, has engaged in a lease or mortgage; that this housing cost tax credit would replace the current mortgage interest relief scheme and remaining claims for tax relief on rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8579/15]