126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6694/25]
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127. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a framework for compensating individuals for losses, such as spoiled food, due to electricity outages during Storm Éowyn. [6462/25]
128. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the amended social welfare Bill due to come into effect from 31 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6459/25]
129. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the costing for hot school meals, per child, per school; and to identify the providers of the service, in tabular form. [6475/25]
130. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools refused the hot meals scheme; and the reasons given in each incidence, in tabular form. [6478/25]
131. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for social welfare appeals by scheme between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6485/25]
132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students in receipt of the school meals scheme in counties Offaly and Laois for each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6507/25]
133. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the further pl…
134. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools per county in receipt of the hot meals scheme, in tabular form. [6560/25]
135. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the hot meals scheme, by county, in tabular form. [6561/25]
136. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if they will outline the once-off additional payments announced under Budget 2025; if the Department has made available any such additional payment to persons who have transferred from invalidity pension to the contributory pension on the basis of their health having not improved arising from the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
137. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to introduce new legislation to further recognise and support homemakers in relation to non-contributory pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6610/25]
138. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6615/25]
139. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding the qualified adult allowance on a contributory pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6656/25]
140. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the changes that will come into effect in 2025 in relation to the interaction between ex-gratia lump sum redundancy payments and entitlement to jobseeker's benefit for workers who are made redundant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6665/25]
141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/25]
142. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of international protection applicants who received a clothing allowance for each year from 2021 to date; the total costs involved for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/25]
143. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of international protection applicants who have qualified for the working family payment for each year from 2021 to date; the total costs involved for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6703/25]
144. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the wage subsidy scheme is restricted to employees that have been employed for less than 12 months; the supports available for longer-term workers who have recently become disabled in such a way that their productivity may be reduced, but wish to remain in their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6739/25]
145. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of international protection applicants in receipt of a homeless daily expenses allowance for each year from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6755/25]
146. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 842 of 22 January 2025, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6772/25]
147. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice his views on the serious issues in visa applications for Ireland from South Africa, including issues with recommended steps to apply for the visa via a company (details supplied) appointed to deal with all South African visa applications; if he will investigate this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6464/25]
148. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review of the family reunification policy; if income thresholds will be considered as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6465/25]
149. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the further plans to ens…
150. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare-Tipperary Garda division during 2023 and 2024 with a breakdown for counties Clare and Tipperary; and the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been assigned to the Clare-Tipperary Garda Division for duty during the same periods with a breakdown for counties Cla…