751. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has considered targeted supports for carers of older people, in recognition that early intervention and consistent community presence will reduce the burden on both the health and social protection systems. [48366/25]
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752. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection given the shift toward permanent, targeted measures in Budget 2026, the provisions that will be specifically allocated to tackle child poverty and housing instability in Cork city, including Blarney, Mallow and Glanmire. [48377/25]
753. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific reforms being proposed or considered to introduce a second-tier child benefit, as recommended in the ESRI report of 9 September 2025 on child poverty. [48416/25]
754. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which current child poverty reduction targets are being aligned with housing-adjusted poverty measures; and the steps being taken to address the persistence of child poverty rates at recession-era levels when housing costs are taken into account. [48417/25]
755. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if additional supports, such as an enhanced qualified child allowance, targeted housing subsidies, or expanded childcare supports, are planned for households in or near poverty particularly affected by housing costs; and the timeline and funding plan for such measures. [48418/25]
756. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the indicators and timelines being used to measure progress against the reduction of housing-cost-adjusted child poverty rates; and when her Department will next report such progress to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [48420/25]
757. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will have their supplementary dietary allowance reinstated. [48533/25]
758. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of registered ISL interpreters currently available in each county. [48537/25]
759. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the barriers faced by ISL interpreters in the delivery of services, including issues in relation to recruitment, training, career, progression and retention; the steps being taken to address these challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48538/25]
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the final contract value, term, and reference number for the managed service contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for the My Future Fund auto-enrolment scheme; the names of all bidders and the evaluation weighting applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48582/25]
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish the contract, KPI schedule, service-credit regime, and termination/step-in clauses for the My Future Fund administration contract, subject to necessary redactions; and to outline the independent assurance in place before go-live. [48583/25]
762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the data-hosting location(s) for My Future Fund; if all personal data will remain within the EEA; the list of approved sub-processors and audit rights; and the schedule for publishing the data protection impact assessment summary. [48584/25]
763. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff (details supplied) working in Letterkenny and Dublin; the roles they perform; and the way his Department is ensuring knowledge transfer and State control over critical functions. [48585/25]
764. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the revised timeline to contributions from 1 January 2026, key readiness milestones, results of end-to-end testing, and contingency plans if payroll integration or employer onboarding falls behind. [48586/25]
765. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department has assessed vendor legal and reputational risk in light of US whistleblower litigation against a company (details supplied); and if any contractual safeguards address adverse findings by foreign courts or regulators. [48587/25]
766. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the automatic enrolment retirement savings system supervision model addresses concerns raised by the Department of Finance in 2024 regarding forward-looking, risk-based supervision by the Pensions Authority. [48588/25]
767. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to quantify the budgeted and actual spend to date on the My Future Fund, by line item (details supplied); and the cost impacts from the 2025 reschedule to 2026. [48589/25]
768. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the cybersecurity standards required of the contractor for example, ISO 27001, SOC 2, the cadence of independent security audits; and the incident-response and breach notification timelines agreed with the Data Protection Commission. [48590/25]
769. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if participant data will be used solely for administering My Future Fund and not for marketing or unrelated analytics by any contractor or sub-processor; and the way in which this is enforced contractually. [48591/25]
770. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a primary school can refuse the hot school meals programme against the wish of parents. [48601/25]
771. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of applications for disability allowance that were refused in each month for the first eight months of 2025, in tabular form. [48615/25]
772. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case for travel cost assistance for the parents of child (details supplied) who attends a school for the blind. [48618/25]
773. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the average wait time for a decision on an appeal for each social welfare payment, in tabular form. [48654/25]
774. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48684/25]
775. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied). [48688/25]