421. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the age-limit of the jobseeker’s transitional payment until a family’s youngest child has completed secondary education or turns 18, whichever is older. [28451/25]
422. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending the fuel allowance eligibility to all working family payment recipients. [28452/25]
423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension for 65-year-olds. [28453/25]
424. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by 1 week. [28454/25]
425. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 Christmas bonus for all recipients of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s pay-related benefit, jobseeker’s transitional payment, jobseeker’s benefit self-employed. [28455/25]
426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the working family payment [28456/25]
427. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the disability allowance. [28457/25]
428. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s allowance. [28458/25]
429. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the living alone allowance. [28459/25]
430. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of €50 qualified child increment lump sum payment. [28460/25]
431. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of doubling a single payment of the foster carer allowance payment. [28461/25]
454. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the opening hours for Rush Garda station; the number of Gardaí assigned to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28438/25]
142. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the new clubhouse and facilities (details supplied) which will be opened shortly in Balbriggan; if he is aware that the area immediately surrounding this new clubhouse does not have access to high speed broadband; if the installation of a BCP has been considered for this site; if will provide an update on …
901. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the growing population in Fingal west; if he understands that there are no third level education facilities in this area; if he will provide an update on his plans to address this deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27695/25]
902. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that a large industrial facility in Fingal west that has recently closed (details supplied); if he will give consideration to examining this site for a possible third level college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27696/25]
65. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is aware of recent media reports from GAA clubs about their concern regarding the decline in population in rural Ireland; the impacts this has on the clubs; if he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26571/25]
80. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a person whose home was purchased under the mortgage-for-rent scheme by an organisation (details supplied) is eligible for a transfer through their local authority if they meet all other criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26245/25]
346. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the home carer tax credit to €2,000. [25922/25]
604. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that entitlement to survivor's pensions was expanded to included divorced people as part of a suite of measures in the mid-1990s to ensure that "no spouse would lose out in terms of his or her social welfare entitlements on becoming divorced" (details supplied); if he still supports that policy position; the rationale for reducing the…
605. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that people who suffer the loss of a second spouse or civil partner may access their original survivor's pension or rate of pension pursuant to section 124(4) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; if he is aware that the original policy rationale behind this provision was to ensure that the "pension position of these people wi…
606. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that divorced and separated people whose former partner dies after the enactment of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 (as currently drafted) will no longer have an entitlement to a survivor's pension; if his Department has undertaken any risk assessment or poverty-proofing process concerning the proposals to re…
607. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has undertaken any human rights and equality impact assessment concerning the proposals to reduce the social welfare entitlements of divorced and separated people whose former partner has died in the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025; if he is aware that undertaking such an assessment is consistent with his Depa…
608. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who were divorced or separated from their former spouse or civil partner at the time of their death who then began receiving a widows, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension in each of the years 2019 to 2024; the number of those claims included an increase in respect of a qualified child or children; the t…
609. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who suffered a second bereavement and who re-commenced receipt of a widows, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension (or higher rate of pension) pursuant to section 124(4) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 in each of the years 2019 to 2024; the number of those claims included an increase in respec…
610. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline any estimates or projections available to his Department concerning the annual cost to his Department, the Exchequer and the Social Insurance Fund of expanding the scope of widows, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension schemes to include qualified cohabitants (as per the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) …