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Roderic O'Gorman Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
781. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties that have been purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme, broken down by local authority and by year. [24483/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
782. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the allocations for local authority and housing adaptation grants for people with disabilities will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/25]
Jen Cummins Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
783. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the appeal of a person (details supplied). [23678/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
784. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently intervene and correct a genuine mistake in a birth certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/25]
Liam Quaide Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
785. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons no increases for child or adult dependants are paid with jobseeker's pay-related benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23175/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
786. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23176/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
787. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23213/25]
Joe Cooney Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
788. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to amend the fuel allowance eligibility criteria for recipients over 66 years in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
789. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which HAS1 payment rates are decided; the amount allocated per household member, per day of being without power and water in cases where receipts were not available; the average HAS1 payment made per week between the week ending on 7 May 2025 to week ending 2 May 2025, in tabular form. [23223/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to state who was awarded the contract to provide the auto-enrolment pension system; the amount the contract was for; when the contract starts; and if the auto-enrolment system is postponed, the payments, if any, that will be made to the service provider during the postponed timeframe. [23273/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
791. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific measures taken in his Departmental offices and operations in reducing energy usage and to assist in Ireland meeting our climate targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23327/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
792. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance submitted in August 2024 will be approved as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [23371/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
793. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be approved, as a matter of urgency, for a person (details supplied). [23431/25]
Rory Hearne Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
794. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy for listing party 1 and party 2 on marriage certificate documentation; if this policy differs between same-sex and heterosexual couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/25]
Colm Burke Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
795. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the current status of a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be reached in this case; if serious consideration would be given to granting them this allowance due to their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23532/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
796. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23562/25]
Liam Quaide Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
797. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the launch of an information campaign to promote the expanded scope of the wage subsidy scheme; his plans to promote a greater level of awareness and uptake among employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23655/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
798. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any plan to implement recommendation No. 12 from the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development, and the Islands, Report on Means Testing in the Social Welfare System in Ireland, October 2024 (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23744/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
799. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the median and mean time to process carer's allowance reviews and appeals in each of the years 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23746/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
800. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of the average processing time, average appeal processing times, the number of applications that were successful, the number of applications rejected, the number of rejected applications appealed, the number of appeals granted, and the average length of time from application to final decision, for each of the years 201…
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
801. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the roadmap for phasing out the carer's allowance means test, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23772/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
802. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system, as committed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
803. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance payment for 12 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
804. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to publish draft proposals for consultation on the new working age payment which will ensure that inconsistencies within the social welfare system which disincentivise work are removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
805. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an appeal will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23776/25]