Mark Wall

166. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the living alone allowance for each of the last four years; the number per county; and the cost to his Department for each of those last four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/25]

167. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons or couples in receipt of the telephone allowance for each of the last four years; the number per county; and the cost to his Department for each of those last 4 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39882/25]

241. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current total personnel headcount of the Defence Forces; the total number of personnel who served overseas since 2024; and the total who have completed an overseas trip between 2024 and 2025. [39297/25]

242. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he would consider offering members of the Reserve Defence Forces full time contracts to expedite PDF recruitment to achieve the Commission on the Defence Force's stated target of 11,500 personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39298/25]

243. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown of the initial estimated costs of each project listed in the Defence Forces Infrastructure Plan 2022-2027, and the actual cost of each completed project to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39299/25]

244. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown on his department's investment in housing and accommodation for the Defence Forces. [39300/25]

245. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of actions recommended by the Commission on the Defence Forces which have been fully completed and implemented to date. [39301/25]

246. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the climate and environmental measures the Defence Forces has undertaken to reduce their carbon emissions in line with the Climate Action Plan; what related investment has been made to reduce emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39302/25]

247. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown, by rank, of the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, in tabular form, as of the end of May 2025. [39303/25]

248. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current status regarding the procurement of Defence Forces uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39304/25]

249. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown of the established strength and current strength of both the Army and Naval Service Reserve, by rank, in tabular form, as of the end of May 2025. [39305/25]

621. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters that issue each year from the child benefit section as part of ongoing control measures to ensure parents remain eligible for child benefit payments; the number of letters that issued respectively in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the postal cost of those letters in each year; the reason there is no option for parents to return the form electronically; if he intends to provide such an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38843/25]

622. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents that had their child benefit stopped in each year from 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025, due to a failure to return a posted control measure form in time; of those stopped, the number that subsequently had their payment reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38844/25]

623. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has access to school attendance records from the Department of Education and Youth for the purposes of child benefit control measures; the action his Department takes with the school attendance information it collects as part of ongoing control measures; if the information collected is cross-checked against school records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38845/25]

624. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the saving from child benefit control measures in each year from 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38846/25]

625. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters that issue each year from individual payment sections of his Department as part of on-going control measures; the total cost of those letters by payment section, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38847/25]

649. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection for the cost of increasing the Telephone Support Allowance by €1. [39260/25]

650. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the means-test for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for all children and young people in State care, including those in foster care. [39262/25]

651. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer’s allowance weekly travel disregard by €1. [39263/25]

652. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards for the Jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [39264/25]

653. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the 18.5-hour ceiling rule for the carer’s allowance for those who wish to undertake training or education and whose child is in school for more than 18.5-hours. [39265/25]

654. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the weekly earnings limit for the carer’s benefit. [39266/25]

823. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of increasing the aftercare allowance to the rate of the foster care allowance and extending it to the age of 23. [39261/25]

933. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 14 May 2025, what the revenue generated by each hospital from parking charges was used for in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39162/25]

80. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the amount of funding allocated to local libraries, in each county, for the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38310/25]