36. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on phasing out the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31305/26]
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85. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he expects to introduce a cost of disability payment in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31306/26]
663. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1417 of 8 September 2025, if he will provide updated details of the number of fuel allowance recipients following its recent extension, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21672/26]
33. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given consideration to removing means testing for people with an end-of-life cancer diagnosis for access to social protection schemes such as household benefits package and fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14956/26]
451. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the most recent auto enrolment figures for each county, including the total number of individuals enrolled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/26]
705. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the new national child poverty target, which he recently announced. [3793/26]
5. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s initiatives to assist persons with disabilities in accessing and sustaining employment, including any specific supports or schemes currently in place, plans for future measures to promote workforce participation, and the timeframe for implementation of these initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2946/26]
78. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason so many applications for the domiciliary care allowance are rejected; the plans in place to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62262/25]
277. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people convicted of welfare fraud in the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60883/25]
278. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of paternity leave and benefit in the years 2024 and 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60884/25]
279. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in each county that have received the new baby grant since it was introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60885/25]
280. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people whose welfare payment has been stopped for refusing to engage with training and/or employment supports in the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60886/25]
281. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people that have received the pay related job seekers benefit since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60887/25]
211. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in each county currently receiving the working family payment that will qualify for the fuel allowance following Budget 2026, in tabular form. [55621/25]
212. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and of children, in each county that will benefit from the back-to school clothing and footwear allowance extended to two-and three-year-olds following Budget 2026, in tabular form. [55622/25]
213. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in each county that will benefit from working family payment income thresholds increasing by €60 per week following Budget 2026, in tabular form. [55623/25]
106. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which he is enhancing application processes within his Department, and providing additional resources where necessary, to ensure that individuals receive decisions on their applications in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50711/25]
109. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50710/25]
1407. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]
1408. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers that qualify for the carer’s allowance in the wake of changes to income disregards, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/25]
1417. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail the number of homes that currently qualify for the fuel allowance, in tabular form, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/25]
90. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on plans to abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance, given the strong support for this in the programme for Government; to confirm if it will be included in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32829/25]
832. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families that have received newborn baby grants since the scheme commenced in February, in tabular form, on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/25]
111. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider removing the means test for the fuel allowance for individuals aged 70 and over, this will also make them eligible for free home energy upgrades (warmer homes scheme), from which they are currently excluded, allowing all elderly citizens to live more comfortably in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …