Louise O'Reilly

160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional first-year and full-year cost of increasing the age limit for the one-parent family payment to 12 years. [36575/25]

161. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional first-year and full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance. [36576/25]

162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the current cost of non-State pension social protection payments to people aged 65. [36577/25]

163. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children resident in IPAS accommodation who are eligible to receive the child benefit payment. [36578/25]

164. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first-year and full-year cost of providing a carer’s pension, at 2% contribution of the minimum annual living wage. [36586/25]

207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the weekly foster care allowance by €10. [36585/25]

96. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the spending by Fingal County Council on the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2024; if he will provide a projection for the spending in 2025 (specifically the number of dwellings that will be purchased); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35376/25]

101. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will agree that persons (mostly women, but not exclusively) who are victims and survivors of domestic abuse face particular challenges navigating the housing crisis; if he will provide details of any specific supports in place to recognise this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35375/25]

509. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children currently residing in IPAS accommodation who are eligible for child benefit as opposed to the DEA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35291/25]

277. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the case of a social welfare appeals office decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35090/25]

382. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding will be provided as indicated by a DDLETB officer for a post to be split between administration and youth support worker for a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33602/25]

558. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that women forced to leave the civil service due to the marriage bar can access a non-means-tested State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/25]

562. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that due to a recent change in Department policy, activation officers are now required to meet with jobseeker’s when they have only been on a social welfare payment for 300 days; if he is aware that they are then referred to Intreo partners, i.e., local employment area service, and so on; if he is aware that individuals cannot be referred on to a community employment programme until they have been on a social welfare payment for 365 days and as a result jobseekers are meeting with at least two different agencies in the time before they become eligible for the programme; if he understands that this means those who are suitable for community employment are not getting the best chance to be referred on to the programme; if he is aware that this has resulted in local community groups in Meath and Louth noticing many issues with those who are being referred to them regarding their suitability for the programme (details supplied); if his Department will consider changing its eligibility policy on accepting trainees at the 300-day stage instead of waiting until 365 days have passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33622/25]

85. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the groups excluded from the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit, in particular the seasonal, casual, short-time or part-time workers such as school caretakers and secretaries who could benefit considerably from receiving the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit in lieu of the jobseeker’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33101/25]

87. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the considerable financial burden the cost of school tablets imposes on parents; if he will consider expanding the back-to-school payment or introducing a device allowance for children attending schools that require tablets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33102/25]

93. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the child poverty monitor report from a group (detail supplied); if he has any plans to address its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33106/25]

148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of a cohort of people in the State with five plus years of PRSI contributions who are only entitled to the minimum rate of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; if he is aware that this group, due to historically favourable circumstances in the housing market may have had the means to purchase a house, pay off a mortgage or accumulate savings and as such fail the means-test or qualify for a reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance; if he is aware that this group are often women who historically worked part-time in order to do unpaid care work, who often worked for minimum wage their entire career and whose spouse/civil partner/qualified cohabitant’s income means they fail the means-test or qualify for a reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance; if he is aware of the hardship incurred on these groups as a result of the limitations of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; if he will consider extending the scheme to include more of those who fall into former group; if he will consider raising the minimum rate of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33104/25]

156. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that employers are not obligated to make pension contributions during unpaid maternity leave unless stipulated in the employment contract; if he is aware of the hardship this incurs on new mothers and parents later in life; if he plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33105/25]

162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if, further to the most recent fine imposed on his Department by the data protection commissioner for deficiencies in compliance with data protection rules, he will provide details of each Government Department or agency that this data was shared with; if he will confirm that the data in question has been deleted by his Department and/or other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33107/25]

180. 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; the children’s allowance instead, when there is a mother and father co-parenting, goes to the mother regardless of circumstances; if he is aware of the financial hardship this can incur on fathers who co-parent equally; if he has any plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33103/25]

314. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm unequivocally whether he is satisfied that the current policies, priorities, decisions and actions of his Department, including in particular, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, both should and do always treat the protection of public health and safety of citizens (especially but not exclusively, children, immune-compromised, otherwise vulnerable and elderly citizens) as being more important than the protection of wild birds, in particular in high density urban settings (for example, residential, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, food premises, and so on) as distinct from in natural/protected wild bird habitats; if he is not so fully satisfied, if he will advise of any circumstances and associated justifications, where he considers and or is advised by his Department/NPWS that the protection of wild birds is of higher importance than the protection of citizens, in particular in high-density urban settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33273/25]

110. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the hardship endured by parents of multiples (twins, triplets etc.) who are only entitled to one set of maternity/paternity/parental leave; if he will give consideration to additional supports for these parents in recognition of the additional care work and expense for parents of multiples; if she will consider extending maternity/paternity/parental leave for these parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21763/25]

552. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person's income averaged over a number of years can be used to calculate the amount of pay-related jobseeker's payment in cases in which their income for the previous 12 months is not representative of their income for the duration of their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31953/25]

195. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if kinship carers are eligible for the back to school allowance. [31180/25]

196. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of extending child benefit to families in the international protection process. [31181/25]