1597. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection with regard to his responsibility for the General Register Office, when the digitisation of death registrations from 1864-1871 will be completed and made available online. [2174/26]
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1599. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department uses artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2254/26]
1600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2272/26]
647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of illness benefit is allowed to withdraw savings from their business account to their personal account to pay for long-term illness without this having an impact on their of social welfare receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71822/25]
383. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection when workers will be informed of the charges under which the ‘My Future Fund’; and if workers will not be informed till after the scheme commences on 1 January 2026. [67863/25]
384. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is proposed to charge a fixed fee to administer members’ auto enrolment accounts, which may be in breach of Section 104 of the Pensions Act; if his Department think that Section 104 does not apply and that it can therefore discriminate against low-paid members. [67864/25]
385. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department plans to ascertain members' investment preferences before contributions are received to the auto-enrolment scheme on 1 January 2026, as required under Section 70 of the Act. [67865/25]
387. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration given to an individual’s outgoings when it comes to calculating eligibility for means-tested disability payments (details supplied). [67993/25]
498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the maximum rents payable under the rent supplement scheme have remained unchanged since October 2019; his views that rents have risen substantially, by almost 40% in cities and commuter belts, to date; if he will revise maximum rents to reflect current rents and commit to a regular review given the consistent upward trajectory of rents; and…
712. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that while the Government has spoken about sustainable increases and restraint, the reality is that disabled persons are facing a real and substantial loss of income compared with 2025 (details supplied); if he will commit to introducing an emergency winter payment to offset the extra cost of disability, and bring forward a cost …
713. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is consistent with national policy to cut off disability allowance payments to persons on the basis of their partners' income, given this has the result of creating a state of poverty for the household (details supplied). [63197/25]
714. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether State and employer contributions towards the My Future Fund pension savings scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for any other public services or schemes. [63244/25]
715. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection his views that it is appropriate that officials in his Department infer lack of qualifying disability from blank sections of disability allowance paperwork; and if he has satisfied himself that the systems in place to determine eligibility for the allowance are sufficiently accommodating of transient and conditional manifestations of disability…
117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making the disability allowance into a non-means tested benefit rather than an allowance. [61674/25]
149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider excluding the working family payment from being reckonable for all means tested payments and services. [61673/25]
349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1151 and 1152 of 4 November 2025, to confirm that there is no strategic policy in place at Departmental level to bring down household costs and environmental impact of households benefitting from the additional needs payment for the purchase of white goods, by promoting the purchase of goods with better en…
1151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of any legislation, circular or regulation limiting the approval of the exceptional needs payment for household goods to entry-level items in terms of cost (details supplied); whether his Department considers the life cycle costs, for instance the savings arising from the durability or energy efficiency of goods with a higher upfro…
1152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the data that is recorded on household goods purchased using the exceptional needs payment; and the estimated total annual value of these goods, by region and category. [57918/25]
528. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 8 October 2025, if charges under My Future Fund differ for participants who are actively contributing and for those who have ceased or paused contributions. [57126/25]
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline, separately, the fixed charge, the annual management charge, and the contribution charge that will apply to My Future Fund participants; to specify if and how much the three aforementioned charges differ for participants who will be actively contributing and those who will not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53971/25…
350. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection for a summary of all recent changes to means tests for the disability allowance, including any changes to income disregards and maximum working hours. [53220/25]
1370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will consider moving the payment of the back-to-school allowance to an earlier point in the school year (details supplied). [45653/25]
1411. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 1 July 2025, if the full-year cost of increasing all headline weekly social protection payments to €300 per week, excluding disability allowances, includes State pensions; the breakdown of the estimated total cost of increasing social protection payments to €300 per week including State pensions; an…
1442. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of bringing all disability-related payments to €350 per week; and to provide details of this calculation, in tabular form. [47487/25]
1443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of removing the means test for the disability allowance, blind pensions and invalidity pension. [47495/25]