1010. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans on including varifocals in the optical benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/25]
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1011. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the compensation available to businesses which had to close for a period due to storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11223/25]
1012. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total budget allocation to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities in each of the years since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11243/25]
1013. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to introduce a school meals scheme at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11274/25]
1014. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection what is covered under the humanitarian assistance scheme 2; if damage to farm buildings and sheds can be compensated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11331/25]
1015. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for working family payment (details supplied) that was submitted in November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11355/25]
1016. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to make the changes to the carer’s allowance means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11429/25]
1017. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if the decision to refuse disability support to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11458/25]
1018. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11473/25]
1019. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of the free travel pass for those medically unfit to drive, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11509/25]
1020. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons annually, by county, who have been sanctioned for not fully and-or in part engaging with employment activation programmes; and if she will provide a separate table by service provider in which the sanction arose from. [11510/25]
1021. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual amount paid to service providers to provide employment activation programmes since Jobpath was established to date. [11511/25]
1022. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11526/25]
1023. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments a person (details supplied) is entitled to. [11564/25]
1024. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure and number of claims over the lifetime of the Covid-19-related lay-off payment scheme; the average lump-sum payment to compensate employees made redundant between 13 March 2020 and 31 January 2025 for a Covid-related gap in their employment record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/25]
1025. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount each weekly social protection payment should be at to maintain their value compared to pre-pandemic levels (2019) in real, inflation-adjusted terms, in tabular form; the rates these should be at if indexed against employment earnings for the same period to restore the real value of core rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11…
1026. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to replace jobseeker’s assistance; what consultations have been held on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/25]
1027. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a new structure and employment supports for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/25]
1028. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have received the HAP under Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the emergency humanitarian assistance scheme operated by his Department from 31 January 2025; the average payment; the average length of time before people had to wait for payment; the number of outstanding applications to date; if additional resources will be allocated given t…
1029. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the carer’s allowance, and who has passed the means test for the fuel allowance, is assessed for the fuel allowance in their own right or does everyone in the household need to qualify in order for the applicant to be successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11644/25]
1030. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the carer’s allowance who have applied for the fuel allowance; and of these, the number of applications who have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11645/25]
1031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the lower rate of PRSI in Class D that applied to civil servants who commenced employment prior to April 1995; the reason it was discontinued in April 1995 in favour of Class A, which applies to the majority of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11654/25]
1032. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s appeal by a person (details supplied) that was submitted in July 2024. [11656/25]
1033. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal by a person (details supplied); the status of the appeal. [11658/25]
1034. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the introduction of a certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11681/25]