949. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools not being provided with a breakfast club; and the estimated cost of providing these schools with funding for a breakfast club. [30353/25]
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950. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the reintroduction of the ‘diet supplement’ payment for new applicants which was a payment to help with the cost of a special diet prescribed by one’s doctor or hospital consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30416/25]
951. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any social welfare benefits available to self-employed parents (farmers); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30436/25]
952. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a fuel allowance application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the details of their outgoings and financial difficulties provided as part of their appeal will be considered. [30449/25]
953. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update in relation to the introduction of auto enrolment; the engagement with different stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30471/25]
954. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the details of his Department's review of means testing across all social assistance schemes, with particular reference to the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30567/25]
955. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents eligible for parent's leave in the past twelve months; and how many weeks of leave, if any, those parents took, by county, in tabular form. [30599/25]
956. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plan to review parent's leave to make it more flexible and viable for parents, including partial weeks or single days of parent's leave; transferring unused leave to the partner parent; and the option to redistribute payment across a reduced number of days/weeks. [30600/25]
957. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to support and promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities; the progress made under the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; the new initiatives planned to improve access to the workforce for those with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/25]
958. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) for their daughter who it is documented has having medical difficulties, that serious consideration would be given to granting this domiciliary care allowance due to these difficulties and the level of care required; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
959. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending paternity benefit by two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30687/25]
960. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the fuel allowance available for 32, 40 and 52 weeks per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30688/25]
961. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance scheme to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30689/25]
962. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly schemes and other schemes payments, in tabular form (details supplied). [30690/25]
963. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of equalising the jobseekers rates for under 25s to the current rate of €244 per week for jobseekers over 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30691/25]
964. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reinstating the bereavement grant at the rate of €850 per person deceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30692/25]
965. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the qualified adults payment for his child who is sill of age to receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30717/25]
966. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will move from the Department of Justice to the Department of Housing, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/25]
967. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Mayo/Roscommon and Longford divisional protective services unit as of 26 May 2025. [28901/25]
968. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prison officers that retired from Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28902/25]
969. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Meath/Westmeath roads policing unit as of 26 May 2025. [28915/25]
970. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will increase the maximum age to join the Garda reserves to 43 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28943/25]
971. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new marked and unmarked vehicles added to Garda technical bureau fleet in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number of vehicles withdrawn from this fleet during same period, in tabular form. [28972/25]
972. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of requests or complaints received by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) under Articles 17 and 19 of the GDPR (the "right to erasure / right to be forgotten") in each year from 2018 to date. [28995/25]
973. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the problems encountered by families with children with autism who have obtained citizenship and are currently being accommodated in hotels on an interim basis, having been required to leave direct provision centres; if his Department has provided any additional supports for families in such circumstances; and if he will…