112. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of fuel allowance aged 66 or over at the end of each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 and at the latest date available in 2026, by age band 66 to 69, 70 to 79 and 80 and over, in tabular form; the number of applications from persons aged 66 or over refused on means in each of those years; and the number of such refusals in whi…
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113. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the fuel allowance weekly income limit for persons aged 66 or over by €25, €50 and €100 for a single person, with the corresponding increase for couples; and the estimated full-year cost of introducing a tapered rate of fuel allowance for persons whose means exceed the limit by up to €100 a week. [69198/26]
114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of telephone support allowance; the expenditure on the allowance in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; the number of recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over who do not receive telephone support allowance; and the estimated full-year cost of extending telephone support allo…
115. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has reviewed the requirement that a person receive both the living alone increase and fuel allowance to qualify for telephone support allowance; whether the weekly income limit for fuel allowance for persons aged 66 or over will be increased in line with any increase in the State pension, so that pension increases do not remove …
116. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review social welfare income and eligibility thresholds for people who are medically certified as unfit to work due to severe long-term illnesses, such as multiple sclerosis, with a view to ensuring they are not excluded from necessary financial supports. [69235/26]
117. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider introducing a permanent weekly cost of disability payment to assist people with disabilities in meeting unavoidable additional costs, including therapies, supplements, transport and specialist footwear. [69234/26]
118. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason habitual residency requirements are invoked for an Irish person working abroad and who has to return home at short notice due to illness or change of family circumstances pertaining to the returning person themselves or other family members and may delay processing and approval of a legitimate social protection claim. [69293/26]
119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the ongoing practice of checking the military documents of men and women trying to obtain protection in Ireland, and refusing those who cannot provide them; the justification of the practice; and if he will instruct his Department to end it. [68986/26]
120. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure on the accommodation recognition payment scheme for each month since its introduction, in tabular form. [68985/26]
121. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the financial and other resources, provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69109/26]
122. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the financial and other resources, provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69108/26]
123. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the 2024 report commissioned by his Department, entitled ‘A Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland: Stakeholder Experiences’, the steps he has taken to address the under-resourcing of the criminal justice system identified in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69105/26]
124. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the 2024 report commissioned by his Department, entitled ‘A Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland: Stakeholder Experiences’, his views of the finding that under-resourcing in the criminal justice system was the primary cause of adjournments, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69104/26]
125. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has been provided with any knowledge by An Garda Siochana or his Department that information concerning protected disclosures were withheld from Tánaiste Simon Harris in 2023, when he was required to caretake the role of Minister for Justice during the second maternity leave of then Minister for Justice Ms. Helen McEntee. [69140/2…
126. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration were any protected disclosures directed for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding An Garda Siochana withheld from him or his predecessor. [69141/26]
127. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department does not fund the Cork City Coroners (details supplied). [69174/26]
128. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to identify the coroners services that are funded by his Department; and the corners services that are funded by local authorities. [69173/26]
129. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to assist an applicant (details supplied) to renew their permission to continue to stay in Ireland. [69291/26]
130. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to assist an applicant (details supplied) to renew their permission to continue to stay in Ireland. [69279/26]
131. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to assist an applicant (details supplied) to renew their permission to continue to stay in Ireland. [69337/26]
132. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gross profit margin before interest and tax used in calculating the forest road grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68984/26]
133. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fixed overheads used in calculating the forest road grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68983/26]
134. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the charge rate for approved foresters per day used in calculating the forest road grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68982/26]
135. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the charge rate for office admin and technical support cost per day used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68981/26]
136. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total overhead or management costs used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68980/26]