848. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the assessments that are carried out to determine the level of Exchequer funding that any NGO receives from his Department on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11841/26]
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849. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any direct lobbying he has received from any NGO in relation to his Department's annual funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11867/26]
850. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 18 December 2025, if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11913/26]
851. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 14 January 2026, if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11914/26]
852. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of concerns that school meal providers are mislabelling the nutritional content of their products in their marketing content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11934/26]
853. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection to extend retrospectively, without further delay, the agreed and ministerial approved changes to superannuation on health grounds in respect of An Post pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12008/26]
854. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 19 June 2025, to clarify if parents are the employer of home tutors and whether this means that they must now engage with the recently established auto enrolment pension acting as an employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12016/26]
855. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing time for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds. [12112/26]
856. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if workers who are paying into a private pension and not a work pension or have a previous work pension and now a private pension, can be fully excluded from auto enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12113/26]
857. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he considered the scenario of retired members of the Army or An Garda Síochána who retire earlier and may work in the private sector and do not want to be part of auto enrolment, can they be excluded from re-enrolment after two years where they opt out after six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12114/26]
858. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who opts out of auto enrolment is enrolled again after two years when they have chosen to opt out; the reason this is being done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12115/26]
859. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation of systems (details supplied) within his Department; whether the systems are used to process and store social welfare recipient data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12195/26]
860. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection if an official diagnosis with assessment of need report is compulsory in an application for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12274/26]
861. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will review the hot school meals programme with the aim of catering portions for the age of pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12281/26]
862. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12307/26]
863. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and-or partner funding from his Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans his Department has for the provision of matched and pa…
864. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is necessary for parents to provide a burden of proof in the form of an assessment report, which cannot be obtained due to long waiting list, for assessment of needs for children for an application for domiciliary care allowance; when an application form and medical report is all that is currently required; and if he will make a stat…
865. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if an official diagnosis, along with an assessment report, is a compulsory requirement when granting domiciliary care allowance, as the applicants are only required to submit an application form and medical report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12568/26]
866. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline whether any additional supports are currently available to parents who give birth to twins, or other multiple births; if there are any plans to expand these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12593/26]
867. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to examine improvements to key ancillary benefits, such as the fuel allowance, household benefits package and living alone allowance, to support vulnerable groups. [12594/26]
868. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will conduct a review of the means test disregards for farm assist, with a view to better rewarding farmers who avail of the scheme for enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/26]
869. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken on the Government commitment to introduce pay-related parent's benefit; a timeline for the introduction of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12702/26]
870. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has received in 2026 under the emergency response payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/26]
871. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has fully processed and paid out in 2026 under the emergency response payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/26]
872. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has received in 2026 and have not yet been paid out under the emergency response payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12736/26]