1429. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to remove the means test for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/25]
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1430. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to facilitate those with disabilities into the workforce through various schemes; his plans to update them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47440/25]
1431. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the process by which his Department contacts the British Work and Pensions department seeking contribution information about people who have made DSP applications based on their British contributions; the current average waiting times for this information to be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/25]
1432. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the nature and extent of engagement his Department has had with other Government agencies and departments in relation to the problems faced by workers, who live in the North and who work for southern-based companies, who wish to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/25]
1433. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the work and access scheme; the number that are using it; his plans to increase this number and improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47453/25]
1434. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the wage subsidy scheme; the number that are using it; his plans to increase this number and improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/25]
1435. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has plans for his Department and Intreo staff to engage with employers and those with disabilities to facilitate a larger cohort of those with disabilities into employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/25]
1436. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to improve processing times for those who do not have year-long contracts and must avail of social protection payments during holiday periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/25]
1437. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce and remove the means test for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/25]
1438. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers allowance applications received in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, and the number approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/25]
1439. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for domiciliary care allowance applications in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/25]
1440. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance recipients in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47480/25]
1441. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in Dublin Bay North in receipt of the fuel allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47481/25]
1442. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of bringing all disability-related payments to €350 per week; and to provide details of this calculation, in tabular form. [47487/25]
1443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of removing the means test for the disability allowance, blind pensions and invalidity pension. [47495/25]
1444. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of removing the means test for all disability-related payments and bringing them up to at least €350 per week (details supplied). [47496/25]
1445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if she will outline the wraparound supports currently available to women accommodated in safe homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46403/25]
1446. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline to transpose the NIS2 Directive; the number of operators of essential and important entities notified; the expected audit cadence; the supports in place for SMEs within supply chains to meet the new obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47198/25]
1447. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who applied for international protection in each of the past five years who originally came to the State on a stamp 2 visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47941/25]
1448. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of court cases where it has been shown that the claimant has made a fraudulent claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44475/25]
1449. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he is taking in response to the wave of racially motivated attacks that have taken place in the past number of weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44478/25]
1450. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the guidance document will be made available for local authorities following signing of regulations for the local community safety partnerships so they can establish taskforces to tackle anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44485/25]
1451. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the one year post release re-offending rates for prisoners and those in custody, broken down by those aged under 18; aged 18-24; 25 to 34-34 to 50; 50 -64; 65 and over, by gender, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44489/25]
1452. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of safe homes in county Roscommon and in county Galway. [44493/25]
1453. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department or Cuan will step in to provide greater assistance in cases where a county (detail supplied) is struggling to source a site for a domestic violence refuge, where his Department set a date of 2026 for a new refuge to be established, given significant efforts made to find a site have not been successful and the…