146. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any data is available on the number of recipients of carer’s allowance in Dublin west, broken down per LEA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/26]
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152. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the age limit for families with adult children in full-time education receiving the Working Family Payment could be extended to 23 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28990/26]
605. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for guardian's payment. [28256/26]
256. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the disallowance of an illness benefit claim of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/26]
276. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to partial capacity benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27388/26]
1846. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total annual cost to the State of parent’s benefit and paternity benefit respectively each year since the inception, the breakdown of expenditure on both payments, in tabular form. [23977/26]
1862. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any assessment has been carried out on the feasibility of introducing real-time residency verification, including the use of exit-entry data or airline passenger data, to ensure that payments do not continue to issue to persons no longer resident in the State; and if he will provide the outcome of any such assessment. [24545/26]
1863. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to quantify the average duration for which a payment continues to issue after a recipient ceases to satisfy the habitual residence condition before detection occurs; and the estimated financial exposure arising from this delay. [24546/26]
1864. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to explain the increase in child benefit overpayments arising from absence from the State between 2023 and 2025; and to outline the specific control or enforcement measures introduced during this period to address this trend. [24547/26]
1865. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of overpayments arising from absence from the State that are ultimately recovered in full; the average recovery timeframe; and the proportion written off or unrecovered. [24548/26]
1866. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of any internal audit or compliance review carried out since 2022 specifically examining payments issued to persons no longer resident in the State, including any control weaknesses identified and corrective actions taken. [24549/26]
1879. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a rent supplement application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if the application will be expedited. [25097/26]
1882. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 27 January 2026, when the calculation of means of a couple (details supplied) for their disability allowance claim will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/26]
1883. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider an important matter in relation to a DCA payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/26]
1889. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis that has been undertaken of the share and number of State pension recipients that do not qualify for the fuel allowance. [25400/26]
1890. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the benefits that are calculated based on gross income; the benefits that are calculated based on net income and the rationale for using two different types of basis of calculation. [25402/26]
1899. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer’s allowance can be assessed for the back to work enterprise allowance prior to ceasing their payment. [25463/26]
1900. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the grounds and criteria for individuals with dementia to be accepted or rejected for disability payment when under 65 years-of- age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/26]
1905. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on their disability allowance application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25580/26]
1910. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to carers allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/26]
1911. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer's and disability allowance applications for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25787/26]
1923. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will abolish the requirement of a means test for Irish citizens in order that they may qualify for a carers allowance, to ensure the continuance of this vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26368/26]
1930. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26570/26]
172. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for supplementary welfare allowance, including additional needs payments and exceptional needs payments, received in each of the counties of Westmeath and Longford in each of the past 24-months; the number of those applications approved and refused; the breakdown of the purpose for which each application was made; and if he w…
173. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for supplementary welfare allowance, including additional needs payments and exceptional needs payments, received per county, in each of the past 24-months; the number of those applications approved and refused; and a breakdown of the purpose for which each application was made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statemen…