395. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to ensure that suppliers for school meals comply with the removal of HFSS (high fat salt and sugar) items from meals, as a review showed suppliers still include these in 18 per cent of meals and they are the most consumed menu items by children. [69737/26]
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396. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific action he is taking to move school meals (details supplied) towards a model where meals are cooked from fresh raw ingredients from scratch in one kitchen, and away from the current predominant ‘assembly and reheat’ model used in the Irish school meal programme. [69735/26]
397. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to address issues of packaging waste in the hot school meal programme and to adjust procurement guidance, or carry out trials, to support models which reduce both packaging and food waste, support sourcing of quality local ingredients, and ensure the food is cooked and served fresh, as the nutritional review and Ipsos survey do not ad…
398. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s allowance application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70080/26]
399. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the difficulties being experienced by families who are being refused fuel allowance on household means grounds where adult children remain living in the family home due to the lack of affordable rental accommodation and housing options; whether consideration is being given to amending the means assessment for fuel allowance in such ca…
400. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has met with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to discuss supports for those living with disabilities for waste disposal; the dates on which these meetings took places; the conclusions that were reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70101/26]
401. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered providing a reduction or payment assistance in relation to domestic waste charges for disabled people particularly to persons who have excess charges because they suffer from incontinence or other similar issues that incur extra waste disposal charges. [70100/26]
402. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection If he will expedite an appeal for working family payment for a person in Waterford (details supplied). [70142/26]
403. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps a school (details supplied) should take, now that they cannot source a provider for hot or cold school meals. [69989/26]
404. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who has applied for a back to education allowance will receive an update. [70171/26]
405. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in commencing section 59 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, to provide for registration of decrees of divorce and of nullity by the Civil Registration Service; if there are inter-agency difficulties arising from the statutory designation of the Courts Service as the registrar in relation to registers to be established and maint…
406. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently provide an update on the State Pension (Contributory) for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70253/26]
407. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the treatment of inherited capital in the means test for disability allowance where the recipient has a lifelong disability and the inheritance is intended to fund their long-term care and independent living; the number of recipients whose payment was reduced or ceased due to inherited capital in each of the past three years; and if s…
408. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a State pension (contributory) application (details supplied) that has been pending for some time. [70201/26]
409. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to intervene in a situation regarding an individual's (details supplied) carer's allowance. [70375/26]
410. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the proportion of the total social welfare overpayments raised in each of the years 2016 to 2025 that was attributable to proven fraud, customer error and official or administrative error respectively; and the monetary value associated with each category. [70352/26]
411. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total value of social welfare overpayments that remained unrecovered at 31 December in each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and the amount of debt written off or deemed unrecoverable. [70351/26]
412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 6110/26, to provide the actual outstanding social welfare overpayment debt balance owed to his Department at the end of each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive; and the amount written off in each of those years. [70350/26]
413. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if the fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied) can be reinstated as soon as possible. [70334/26]
414. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection when the comprehensive review of means testing within the social protection system commenced; the status of that review; when he expects the review to be completed and its finding published; and the reasons for the length of time taken to complete the review. [70566/26]
415. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration has been given to a waste collection support for State pensioners living alone, in view of annual minimum bin charges exceeding one week's pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70578/26]
416. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to introduce a reduced rate of employers' PRSI for employees under the age of 24, to incentivise the employment of young people. [70490/26]
417. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection if a comprehensive review of the social welfare system is to be carried out to ensure capacity for all requirements including migration reforms and to ensure fairness, equity and transparency. [69756/26]
418. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application (details supplied); to confirm whether the new card has been dispatched; and when the applicant can expect delivery of same. [69722/26]
419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí, by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 25 September 2026. [69806/26]