664. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by hi…
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86. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of former An Post employees whose initial applications for pensions were refused in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51086/25]
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the classification of employees of State and semi-State bodies (details supplied). [39838/25]
155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who qualified for the carer’s allowance, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the number of persons who applied for carer’s allowance but were refused in each of those years. [49655/25]
173. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance or job seekers benefit who listed their previous employment as agriculture, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [49654/25]
302. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of delays being experienced by former An Post employees in their applications for pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51087/25]
81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s processes in terms of purchasing Irish produce for schools under the national procurement thresholds; and to outline the economic value of Irish beef purchased by schools through his Department in the past five years. [50621/25]
418. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the time it takes to reactivate the PPS numbers for returning Irish emigrants, compared with the timescale involved in creating PPS numbers for the first time. [50294/25]
1755. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 17 July 2025, the reason he issued a hard copy response to the representation to this Deputy rather than to the individual who made the representation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no hard copy has been received by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41035/25]
1761. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid to fraudulent applicants by his Department, in each of the past ten years; and the amount which has been recouped by his Department in each of those years. [41147/25]
1762. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seeker's allowance or job seeker's benefit who listed their previous employment as farming in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41148/25]
1779. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments available without habitual residence as a stipulation. [41489/25]
1824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 16 July 2025, if he will intervene in relation to the matter; if he will instruct all State and semi-State bodies to investigate whether any of their workers have been affected by these issues; and if he will address these workers issues given this is denying the rights and privileges they were given by th…
159. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals currently with the scope section of the Department; and the number of these appeals that have run over one year. [39778/25]
160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals with the scope section of the Department with regard to State and semi-State body pensions; the average time they are ongoing; and the longest ongoing appeal. [39779/25]
161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals currently with the scope section of the Department with regards to a dispute over the modified rate of insurance governed by either paragraph 81, 82, 83 or 84 of S.I No. 312 of 1996, Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996. [39780/25]
629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a response will issue to an email (details supplied) sent to his Department. [38965/25]
561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2015. [33609/25]
569. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department has put in place to ensure that school leaders and boards of management are not required to undertake significant administrative responsibilities, such as the establishment of school meal programmes during the summer break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33841/25]
570. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no formal communication has been issued from the Department acknowledging the impracticality of introducing new initiatives, such as school meals in September, without proper support or timelines; if she will clarify her expectations for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/25]
586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34099/25]
145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who have had the carer’s allowance removed from them in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32429/25]
173. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the carers allowance at year end for each of the past ten years; and the current total number in receipt of the allowance. [32430/25]
333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for disablement benefit made in October 2023; if he will outline the reason the decision has taken so long and engage with Tusla on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/25]
912. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the regional citizen information companies are subject to FOI, the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Public Accounts Committee. [29773/25]