Questions

426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the working family payment [28456/25]

427. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the disability allowance. [28457/25]

428. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s allowance. [28458/25]

429. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the living alone allowance. [28459/25]

430. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of €50 qualified child increment lump sum payment. [28460/25]

431. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of doubling a single payment of the foster carer allowance payment. [28461/25]

432. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of disability allowance, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/25]

433. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of invalidity pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28511/25]

434. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of illness benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/25]

435. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of blind pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/25]

436. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of injury benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/25]

437. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of disablement benefit, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/25]

438. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of partial capacity benefit, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/25]

439. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if a school (details supplied) are eligible to provide a breakfast club through the school meals or DEIS programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/25]

440. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any additional supports in place for expectant mothers who will not be able to meet their mortgage repayments while relying on maternity benefit; if he intends to increase the rates of maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28551/25]

441. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on a carer’s allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/25]

442. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the adequacy of financial supports available to parents caring for children with life-limiting conditions, particularly in light of survey findings (details supplied) that 83% of families have had to give up work and that means-testing discourages caregivers from reducing their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

443. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that can be taken in the case of a person (details supplied) who falls short of the required contributions for their State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28579/25]

444. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to carry out a review of the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied). [28772/25]

445. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the farm assist payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28849/25]

446. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the disability appeal (details supplied). [28855/25]

447. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on engagements between the General Registers Office and the Department of Justice on the commencement of section 59 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 on the registration of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity; the timeline for when the register of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity will be operational; and …

448. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of staffing costs for the bail supervision service, by job position; the breakdown of staffing levels by job position; the plans to increase this funding in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28405/25]

449. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of funding for restorative justice practices involving young offenders for 2024; the number of young people who availed of restorative justice for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28406/25]

450. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the plans for new youth diversion programmes across the State and the locations; the timeline for when they will be operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/25]