696. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to reconsider an application a rent supplement application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63799/25]
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697. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the free travel scheme can be extended to persons with cancer who, due to their condition and treatment, may be able to drive some days and not others, or for an undetermined time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62720/25]
698. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection the levels of support available to those impacted by long-Covid following the final extension of the temporary special scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62775/25]
699. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the decision to reject a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied), who had previously been in receipt of the allowance but had it withdrawn on the basis of means testing; the reason, upon reapplying, the individual was refused on medical grounds despite having lifelong and well-documented disabilities; and if he w…
700. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the post budget campaign of an organisation (details supplied); the actions he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62835/25]
701. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider extending children’s allowance payments to a full year following the death of a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62860/25]
702. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which employment and income-support policies will be aligned with Pillar Two (Employment), including measurable targets for workforce participation, employer engagement, and reduction in disability-related poverty under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People. [62873/25]
703. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of pending appeals in respect of jobseeker’s allowance; and the average waiting time for a decision. [62968/25]
704. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the means test threshold for the disability allowance in line with the changes made to carer's allowance in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62992/25]
705. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the age cut-off of seven for the one-parent family payment, in light of the continued care and financial needs of one-parent households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62993/25]
706. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if jobseekers benefit payments for the month of August will be awarded to a substitute teacher (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63015/25]
707. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of these vacancies filled between internal and external methods; the number of vacancies each year at principal officer level filled by mobility; the number of in…
708. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the schools across County Louth that operated a breakfast club for the academic school year 2024-2025 ; and the number of children in each school who received meals through each breakfast club, in tabular form. [63041/25]
709. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the schools who operated school meals scheme across County Louth for the academic school year 2024-2025; and the number of children in each school who received meals through the scheme, in tabular form. [63042/25]
710. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools in County Louth that have applied for the school meals scheme to date in the current academic school year 2025-2026. [63043/25]
711. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department intends to contact schools that do not apply for the extended school meals scheme in the current academic school year to determine the reasons they have not applied. [63044/25]
712. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that while the Government has spoken about sustainable increases and restraint, the reality is that disabled persons are facing a real and substantial loss of income compared with 2025 (details supplied); if he will commit to introducing an emergency winter payment to offset the extra cost of disability, and bring forward a cost …
713. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is consistent with national policy to cut off disability allowance payments to persons on the basis of their partners' income, given this has the result of creating a state of poverty for the household (details supplied). [63197/25]
714. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether State and employer contributions towards the My Future Fund pension savings scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for any other public services or schemes. [63244/25]
715. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection his views that it is appropriate that officials in his Department infer lack of qualifying disability from blank sections of disability allowance paperwork; and if he has satisfied himself that the systems in place to determine eligibility for the allowance are sufficiently accommodating of transient and conditional manifestations of disability…
716. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has prepared guidance for charities and non-profit organisations that are concerned their required contributions to autoenrollment pensions for their staff will place a financial burden that will lead to a reduction of services and staff layoffs; if specific guidance has been prepared; the advice he will offer to those organisations; an…
717. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide analysis from his Department on the progress towards achieving Minimum Essential Standard of Living over the past five budgets across all income groups, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63302/25]
718. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average waiting time for disability allowance and for carer’s allowance applications, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63361/25]
719. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for disability allowance cases, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63362/25]
720. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the impact of the withdrawal of support payments on persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63368/25]