36. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will introduce a cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14631/26]
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39. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families getting the working family payment who now qualify for fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/26]
41. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the working family payment in Dublin that will benefit from the extension of the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14953/26]
47. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to update the emergency response payment, recognising that apartments are becoming a significant proportion of Irish dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15602/26]
49. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent on child-related payments in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14958/26]
53. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the work being done to provide a cost of disability payment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/26]
56. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to the introduction of a support payment for those who are required to take leave due to a miscarriage or early pregnancy loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15524/26]
64. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason pensions and social welfare payments cannot be paid together or at the same time, with the exception of carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14763/26]
88. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for clarity on the duties of landlords to tenants as regards payments made under the second HAS designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15412/26]
418. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider awarding domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16087/26]
419. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of a €100 lump sum payment to all recipients of the disability allowance; blind pension: invalidity pension; domiciliary care allowance; disablement benefit; incapacity supplement; illness benefit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16166/26]
420. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of a €100 lump sum to all recipients of the working family payment. [16167/26]
422. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider a once-off emergency winter payment for disabled people, as it would provide immediate relief in the disproportionate burden being carried by most of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/26]
210. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will update the name of a person (details supplied) on the MyGovID platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13113/26]
839. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a full disability allowance payment can be urgently reinstated for a person living in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11631/26]
855. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing time for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds. [12112/26]
440. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is working on reforms to the domiciliary care allowance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/26]
441. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11158/26]
214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing one double child benefit payment. [11053/26]
215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing a one-off payment of €100 to all core welfare payment recipients and pensioner. [11054/26]
216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing double payment to all core welfare payment recipients and pensioner. [11055/26]
737. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps his Department has taken in recent years to notify carers of their tax obligations in respect of carer’s allowance, particularly in view of recent changes to automatic data-sharing between his Department and the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9337/26]
738. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the Government’s current policy on the means test for carer’s allowance, including any specific timeline or milestones for its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9340/26]
739. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department plans to publish an interdepartmental or policy review on the future of the carer’s allowance means test; the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9341/26]
740. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify in which Budget or fiscal year the means test will be abolished or substantially reformed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9342/26]