101. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the Government’s commitment to establish a permanent annual cost of disability support payment; to outline the eligibility and payment level that will be established; the number of recipients expected to be impacted in the coming year; the means by which his Department will progress the phasing-out of t…
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102. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received to date in 2025; the number approved; the number rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62130/25]
103. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the percentage of primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire constituency that are currently participating in the hot school meals programme or have started the process of providing this service in the school; the actions being taken to further expand this to all remaining primary schools in the area; and if he will make a statement on t…
104. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to ensure that older people living alone receive timely access to the living alone allowance and the household benefits package, particularly where delays in processing applications are causing hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62166/25]
105. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection for an overview of the Budget 2026 measures to support carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62061/25]
106. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department uses a different model of SWITCH compared to that of the ESRI; the reason for the choice to use a simplified model; if he will provide a breakdown of the specific differences between the SWITCH models used by the Department and the ESRI; to provide a breakdown of variables available in the ESRI SWITCH model that are not ava…
107. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the introduction of auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62054/25]
108. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of his withdrawal of energy credits and the steady increase in households seeking financial support with energy costs, the additional supports or measures he will provide above what has already been committed to in Budget 2026 to address this rising need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62185/25]
109. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department are currently examining to better support victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62156/25]
110. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools enrolled in the school meals scheme 2025; when he expects to receive a report on the nutritional standards of the hot school meals as part of the review currently being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61988/25]
111. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on jobseeker's benefit; the number of persons that have applied for jobseeker's benefit, by year, for the past five years; the steps he is taking to address the rising unemployment rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61990/25]
112. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of social-welfare payments written off in the past two years; the proportion that relates to deceased recipients; the steps his Department is taking to reduce future write-offs (including digital checking, beneficiary verification, and inter-agency data sharing); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61987/25]
113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been refused the disability allowance in each of the past ten years; the numbers of whom were successful in their appeal against the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61981/25]
114. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the collection of biometric data with Safe 2 registration has ceased. [62058/25]
115. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of successful domiciliary care allowance applications for the past three years; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62024/25]
116. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific support his Department has available, or is planning to make available, to those who are due to lose their incomes as a result of the receivership of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62250/25]
117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making the disability allowance into a non-means tested benefit rather than an allowance. [61674/25]
118. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that will benefit from the changes in the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance announced in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62282/25]
119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that many parents are completely dissatisfied with the school meals scheme and concerned about the quality and nutritional value of the lunches provided to schools; and the measures being taken to restore confidence in the hot school meals scheme. [59669/25]
120. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the operation and effectiveness of the Department’s community employment and work activation schemes, including Tús, community employment and the rural social scheme; his Department’s assessment of their impact on participants’ progression to sustainable employment, education or training; whether there are plans to modernise…
121. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider introducing an automatic or simplified transition mechanism for children who meet the criteria for domiciliary care allowance to continue receiving support through disability allowance at the age of 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62168/25]
122. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if under the new rules for the rural social scheme, if a person from a rural area with no distinct ties to farming or fishing, but living in the rural area, qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62021/25]
123. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to support pensioners living alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62067/25]
124. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken by his Department to improve access to training and upskilling opportunities for jobseekers, particularly those who have been long-term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61550/25]
125. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny that will benefit from the changes in criteria for the fuel allowance announced in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62025/25]