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]
87. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the progress of implementing the national public library strategy; the amount of funding allocated to the strategy; the current expenditure on the implementation of strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38316/25]
126. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he intends on expanding the senior alerts scheme to include a wider range of technological supports as part of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38314/25]
128. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline his recent engagement with Water Safety Ireland to increase water safety awareness; and whether he will consider running an awareness campaign during the summer months, given the number of tragic deaths that have occurred over the past number of months. [38313/25]
135. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the funding his Department contributes to the right to read programme to local authorities; the amount provided under the programme to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38312/25]
136. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the expenditure allocated to each project under the libraries capital programme 2023 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38315/25]
406. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his plans to expand the number of remote working hubs in County Kildare under the connected hub network programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38311/25]
271. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the progress made on implementing the "Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities: A five-year strategy" to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland 2019-2024, which was extended into 2025; the actions outstanding; and his plans for a new strategy for the community and voluntary secto…
235. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence where the military archives for the past 50 years are held; if they are accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37793/25]
535. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of retained female firefighters within the State, and the fire station they are stationed to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37790/25]
536. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time female firefighters within the State, and the fire station they are stationed to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37791/25]
537. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by each local authority on female specific facilities to support their female firefighters over the past three years; the amount per year, per station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37792/25]
570. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [37454/25]
571. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the child support payment for those over 12 and those under 12, by €1, in tabular form. [37455/25]
572. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing child benefit by €1. [37456/25]
573. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance by €1. [37457/25]
574. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €1. [37458/25]
575. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards by €1 for the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/25]