651. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) [2361/25]
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652. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2379/25]
653. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently enact the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/25]
654. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection how the budget increase of €12 for contributory and non-contributory pensions has been reached each year; if consideration has been given to index-linking these payments, as done in some EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2400/25]
655. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on an application for a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied). [2402/25]
656. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2439/25]
657. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for when the means test will be abolished for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2441/25]
658. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-establish the independent and impartial County Tipperary Citizens Information Service (details supplied); if he will resource a re-established countywide citizens information service to attain European Foundation for Quality Management accreditation, as was in place at the time of its abolition; if he will ensure that the re-established ser…
659. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if the supplementary welfare allowance can be used to replace gas boilers for those who do not have the means to pay to replace them on their own (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/25]
660. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to address an issue over the hot lunch programme affecting a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2480/25]
661. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will take to address the exclusion of coeliac children from hot school meals, to ensure their dietary needs are met in a fair and equitable manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2481/25]
662. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024; the current position of the Bill; the estimated time to enact the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2494/25]
663. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2500/25]
664. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare recipients can be refused an additional needs payment to help cover the increased cost of fuel or heating because they are in receipt of the fuel allowance, given the cost of fuel has increased and the fuel allowance does not meet the current cost, nor is it set to meet the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2502/…
665. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused an additional needs payment for being in receipt of the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2503/25]
666. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill 2024; if he will commit to urgently progressing this legislation to give effect to the O’Meara judgment from January 2024; the timeline to publish the Bill; if he plans to act on the pre-legislative scrutiny recommendations of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development, an…
667. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2541/25]
668. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance ceases at 16 years of age; if he will increase the age limit in line with child benefit due to the number of 16-year-olds not eligible for disability allowance who still have a condition requiring care by their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2543/25]
669. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for when the means tests will be removed for carer’s allowance; if there will be any change to the way carer’s allowance is taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/25]
670. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for legislation to be enacted on the Supreme Court’s judgement to the entitlement of an unmarried co-habitant to a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/25]
671. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2602/25]
672. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the renewal of a public service card needs to be done in person and no longer via phone or online, appreciating the challenge this poses for elderly citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/25]
673. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the status of illness benefit payments to a person (details supplied). [2668/25]
674. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2697/25]
675. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection if provision can be made under the additional needs payment to fund the emptying of septic tank systems until power is restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2732/25]