Parliamentary questions

1166. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review a fuel allowance case and take into consideration the exceptional circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58268/25]

1167. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to review an application for the carer's support grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58277/25]

1168. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if the UK social insurance record of a person in County Kerry (details supplied) was used in assessing their rate of State pension (contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58308/25]

1169. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of all contracts, and the value of each, awarded to external IT consulting firms between 2020 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58324/25]

1170. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding streams available through his Department for foodbanks, or other initiatives involving food supports. [58334/25]

1171. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding streams available through his Department for foodbanks, or other initiatives involving food supports. [58336/25]

1172. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding streams available through his Department for foodbanks, or other initiatives involving food supports. [58337/25]

1173. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection if a State-funded primary school may refuse to participate in the free school meals programme; the circumstances in which it may decide to refuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58363/25]

1174. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of primary schools that have refused to participate in the free school meals programme; the percentage this amount is of the total number of primary schools in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58364/25]

1175. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit continuously since December 2019; the ages and geographical locations of these recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58372/25]

1176. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have had their receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit permanently withdrawn or revoked for breach of the conditions associated with their claim, and who have not subsequently had their claim reinstated, from January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58373/25]

1177. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has any plans, or if he has done any work on reciprocal arrangements, whereby Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland will access core welfare payments, such as carer's allowance, when their PRSI contributions have been used up and they are no longer eligible for carer's benefit; if he is aware of the hardship incurred…

1178. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the specific circumstances under which a person who is working is not entitled to be auto-enrolled in My Future Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58378/25]

1179. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the specific circumstances under which a person who is working may be a member, simultaneously of a private pension and My Future Fund where the employer contributes to the private pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58379/25]

1180. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of languages in which a comprehensive guide to My Future Fund is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58380/25]

1181. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a copy of the guidelines issued to employers regarding auto-enrolment and the treatment of workers eligible for auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58381/25]

1182. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the options for workers for whom My Future Fund would be more financially favourable than their existing pension plan; if such persons can become enrolled in the My Future Fund and under which circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58382/25]

1183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the refusal of a fuel allowance application can be re-examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58387/25]

1184. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the law restricts civil solemnisation exclusively to HSE-employed registrars; whether there are policy or safeguarding reasons underpinning this; if there are plans to review or update legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58394/25]

1185. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to reconsider the application for disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58395/25]

1186. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the sanctions in place for employers who refuse to implement auto-enrolment by the January 2026 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58436/25]

1187. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the sanctions in place for employers who are shown to be illegally obliging workers to join another pension scheme such that they are prevented from accessing My Future Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58437/25]

1188. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department and bodies under its aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and, if so, the amount in each case. [58464/25]

1189. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the reason 50,000 fewer employees are expected to be enrolled in My Future Fund; the demographics of this group, by age, profession and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58467/25]

1190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58500/25]