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Barry Heneghan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1202. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the options which are currently available to provide assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58946/25]
Sean Fleming Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1203. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) who has submitted an additional payment under the disablement payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58964/25]
Colm Burke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1204. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a non-contributory pension for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; if serious consideration will be given to awarding this pension due to their means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59046/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1205. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection his intention to decrease the age where parental income is taken into account for jobseekers allowance applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59065/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1206. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Naas in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59084/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1207. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Leixlip in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59085/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1208. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Celbridge in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59086/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1209. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Kilcock in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59087/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1210. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Maynooth in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59088/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1211. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Sallins in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59089/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1212. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Clane in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59090/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1213. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Straffan in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59091/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1214. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Caragh in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59092/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1215. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Johnstown Bridge in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59093/25]
Brian Brennan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1216. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the child benefit application for a person (details supplied); when the payment will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59141/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1217. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons receiving a pension are only offered a half-rate carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59149/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1218. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the bereaved parent grant extended to co-habitating couples has been limited to those whose partners died on or after 21 July 2025, when the widows’ pension was backdated further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59175/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1219. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if will clarify whether a company (details supplied) had and or has a contract with his Department in the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if so, the nature of services this company provided to his Department, by year, in tabular form. [59308/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1220. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasoning behind limiting the options on a birth certificate to ‘male, female and undetermined’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59359/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1221. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used to allow ‘undetermined’ to be used as an option on a birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59360/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1222. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools affected by the withdrawal of hot school meal provision by county, in tabular form; the number of pupils effected in each county in tabular form; the steps the Government will take to provide meal reheating facilities to the schools which need same; the timeframe for same; the provisions the government will make in the meanti…
John Lahart Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1223. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection whether it is Government policy to support a balanced approach between small-scale pension investors, including self-directed PRSA holders investing in individual properties, and large institutional investors (vulture funds); whether he has concerns that the investment restrictions under consideration by the pensions authority could be disproportionate…
Ruth Coppinger Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an appeal for disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59588/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1225. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time each social welfare appeal takes, in tabular form; what his Department is doing to reduce these times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59666/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1226. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently investigate and allow a pro rata payment of maternity benefit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59844/25]