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Paul McAuliffe Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1161. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to arrange for a review of the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied). [58031/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1162. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence regarding the decision to deny funding for a school breakfast club (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised about the impact this decision may have on students' well-being and participation in education; if he will outline any alternative funding streams, grant opportunities, or forms they could comple…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 14 October 2025, the reason the changes outlined in the procurement documents are prohibiting smaller schools from accessing school lunches (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58068/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports which are available to a parent/guardian when the second parent has passed away (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58189/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1165. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58210/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
John Paul O'Shea Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Eoin Hayes Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
David Cullinane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
David Cullinane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
David Cullinane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Louise O'Reilly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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 on carers resident …
Louise O'Reilly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Louise O'Reilly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Louise O'Reilly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Louise O'Reilly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Louise O'Reilly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
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]