Louise O'Reilly

380. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update as to progress on refunds to a supplier following an overcharge of almost €786,000 uncovered by the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to 98 schools during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic periods; the reason refunds are being made on a phased basis as opposed to a lump sum; the timeline of these refunds; the extent to which refunds are being successfully recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53788/25]

381. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that section 179(4) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005's criteria for when a relevant person shall be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention precludes many carers of neurodivergent people; if he is aware that this passage does not acknowledge the essential needs specific to neurodivergent people who require full-time care and attention; if guidance within his Department regarding these criteria and their application has been adapted so as to extend carer's allowance to carers of neurodivergent people; if guidance has been updated; if guidance has been sent out at a local level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53789/25]

82. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the measurement 'consistent poverty' obscures the full number of people both at risk of poverty and in material deprivation; if he is aware that 'consistent poverty' fails to account for housing costs; if he will consider using both 'material deprivation' and 'at risk of poverty after housing costs' as alternative measures for future national child poverty targets; if he will ensure all research commissioned on the topic of child poverty utilises both 'material deprivation' and 'at risk of poverty after housing costs' when measuring poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50375/25]

84. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools under contract to a supplier (details supplied) under the hot school meals programme; the number of these schools that exclusively cater to additional educational needs; the number that are DEIS schools; the number that are DEIS+ schools; his plan to provide parents of children affected by the cessation of the services with a stipend while a new contractor is being procured; the options for school meal provision for children affected in the meantime; if alternative cold lunches will be subsidised or provided by the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50376/25]

97. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the fact that when custody is split between two separated or divorced co-parents, there is no mechanism by which both co-parents may each receive half of the children's allowance and the children's allowance instead universally goes to the mother regardless of circumstances; if he is aware of the financial hardship this can incur on fathers who co-parent equally; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50385/25]

137. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any process by which former partners who were divorced or separated from the bereaved ie, widows; widowers; surviving civil partners and surviving cohabitants, who are not covered by the bereaved partners pension may access compensation or financial assistance for funeral costs; the costs of raising the bereaved's children; if he will consider making such supports available to this cohort in light of the financial hardship incurred on them by the loss of their former partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/25]

151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the ESRI's recent findings from their report on 'Poverty, Income Inequality and Living Standards in Ireland' that almost one in five children are at risk of poverty after housing costs; if he is aware of the ESRI's recent finding that almost half of lone parent families are at risk of poverty after housing costs; if he has any plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50386/25]

168. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider removing means-testing for access to social protection supports e.g. fuel allowance and the household energy package, for people with an end-of-life cancer diagnosis; if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) funded research in which people reported energy hardship in households where people are receiving palliative care in the home, including struggling with their fuel bills; if he will consider extending access to these social protection supports on the same basis as people with an end-of-life cancer diagnosis get access to an end-of-life medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50384/25]

193. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received any complaints, disclosures, or internal correspondence regarding governance concerns, conflicts of interest, or procedural irregularities regarding the recent appointment of a chief executive at a company (details supplied); if he will confirm whether the advertised eligibility requirements were met and whether any independent compliance review was undertaken; if protocols for managing conflicts of interest in semi-State recruitment were followed; whether his Department has considered or reviewed any relevant external governance evaluations or internal board assessments arising from the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50940/25]

194. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will set out whether the recent appointment of a chief executive at a company (details supplied) was conducted in full compliance with statutory and advertised criteria; if his Department received or reviewed any complaints, disclosures, or governance evaluations indicating conflicts of interest, procedural irregularities, or board-level disputes; whether protocols on managing conflicts of interest in semi-State recruitment were applied; and if he will publish the Department’s assessment of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50941/25]

49. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider reviewing existing capacity in community centres; if he will consider expanding existing community centres into multi-use spaces to offer not-for-profit community childcare functions such as but not limited to: creches, montessori's, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs where there is additional capacity found to be available; if he will consider this as a cost-efficient solution to the current dearth of affordable community childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37817/25]

411. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure the new national child poverty target published 10 September 2025 is made publicly available on gov.ie; the reason it has not been available publicly between the 10 and 15 of September 2025 (inclusive); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49899/25]

412. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is not standard practice across the board in the Department’s research, data collection and reports to account for the at risk of poverty rate both before and after housing costs; the reason the Department does not always measure the at risk of poverty rate after housing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49900/25]

621. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that patients being prescribed concerta for the treatment of symptoms associated with ADHD by doctors in the CAMHS service have to leave that service and the prescribing element of that service at aged 18; if she is further aware that there is no adult clinic for ADHD for persons living in North County Dublin; if she will advise where a specialist who will prescribe concerta for an 18 year old can be sourced from within the HSE for a person living in North County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49898/25]

299. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if any monies invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund have been lost for any reason, including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other; if so, to provide a breakdown of the amount of investment lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47937/25]

730. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools under contract to a supplier (details supplied) under the hot school meals programme; the number of schools that exclusively cater to additional educational needs; the number that are DEIS schools; the number that are DEIS+ schools; his plans to provide parents of children affected by the cessation of the services with a stipend while a new contractor is being procured; the options for school meal provision for children affected in the meantime; if alternative cold lunches will be subsidised or provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47864/25]

848. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of children who were referred by An Garda Síochána to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each year between 2014 and 2024, in tabular form. [47938/25]

350. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the recently introduced E1 bus service does not include a passenger shelter; if he will reconsider this decision to ensure safe and comfortable waiting conditions for passengers; if he is aware that at present, there is no live feed or digital display showing bus timetables and arrival times; when such a system will be installed; if he is aware that overcrowding has become a frequent issue at the terminus (details supplied); if he will consider taking measures to either enlarge the terminus or manage bus scheduling more effectively to avoid oversubscription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46210/25]

526. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the first year and full year cost of increasing the rate of tax relief on food products for additional diet expenses for coeliacs and diabetics from 20% to 30%. [45797/25]

1372. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the maximum rate of the additional needs payment for additional diet expenses by €1. [45798/25]

1373. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of two double monthly child benefit payments. [45874/25]

1385. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [46301/25]

1386. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the income disregard for jobseekers transitional payment by 10%. [46302/25]

1387. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the income disregard for working family payment by 10%. [46303/25]

1388. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of introducing a part-time rate of job seekers for self employed making less than a 40 hour week at the current minimum wage. [46304/25]