413. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the payment changes made to the treatment benefit scheme, from 2021 to date in 2025. [26696/25]
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414. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm reports that IPAS applicants/those who have received permission to stay are being granted vouchers (details supplied) to the value of €180 per week on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26712/25]
415. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare supports for those that work in a freelance capacity; if the exceptional needs payment can be reviewed to allow further flexibility and support for people in this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/25]
416. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. reply 794 of 15 May 2025, if his Department met with the CSO to discuss the changes to data entry on the CRCS; if there is a plan for implementation; if there is a timeline for the implementation of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26764/25]
417. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on a PPS application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/25]
418. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has provided, as requested, the record of contributions made by a person (details supplied); if she qualifies for credits as a homemaker; if she will qualify as an adult dependent on her husband's contributory pension in June 2025. [26808/25]
419. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that there is a disincentive for participants moving from TÚS to CE, given that they lose their entitlement to social protection benefits, which they were allowed retain while they were on Tús such as free travel, fuel allowance and could he explain why there is a difference between the two initiatives. [26823/25]
420. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if a lateral move can be considered for an employee of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26951/25]
421. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus those centrally es…
422. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of contracts and …
423. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27063/25]
424. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to the use of centralised or sectoral procurement frameworks, to list the top ten frameworks, by value of payments drawn down in 2022,2023,2024, the associated category for example, temporary staff, consultancy and IT support, the value of payments per framework and any known framework expiry or extension in progress. [27070/25]
425. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his plans to scale up control measures to tackle abuse of social welfare payments, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27123/25]
426. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the disability allowance payment and remove anomalies in the current means test for the payment as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/25]
427. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the payment changes made to the treatment benefit scheme from 2021 to date in 2025. [27161/25]
428. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in Roscommon in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [27162/25]
429. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to recognise Covid and long Covid as illnesses and disabilities respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/25]
430. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, indicating separately the number of applications granted, refused, and the number of refusals that were subsequently overturned on appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/25]
431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance is automatically halved if a person receives the old-age pension; when this policy was enacted; the person that signed off on it; and the reason it was deemed necessary. [27496/25]
432. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if endometriosis will be considered for long-term illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/25]
433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 13 May 2025, the total amount of public funding paid by his Department to the private JobPath providers, Seetec and Turas Nua, for the period June 2022 to June 2024, during the runoff phase of the programme (details supplied); if any payments have been made to either company since June 2024; if so, what was p…
434. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/25]
435. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the electricity allowance under the household benefits package, which has not increased in well over ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27592/25]
436. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the charges that will be levied against members of the auto-enrolment scheme, split between different categories (details supplied); if there will be any other charges either on members or on their employers; if charge levels have yet to be decided, to indicate when prospective members will be informed of charge levels under the various heading…
437. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance and the Revenue Commissioners on the regulatory impact of trustee liquidations on small pension approved retirement fund holders; if he will support the establishment of a fallback mechanism for affected pensioners to avoid hardship or disruption to income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …