242. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to extend the back to school allowance to all children in State care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54309/25]
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243. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider allowing older persons with disabilities to access disability allowance along with their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54318/25]
244. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to pension security for foster carers to recognise the years spent caring for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/25]
245. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the back to school allowance to all children in state care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54336/25]
246. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person with a private non-workplace pension can opt-out of the six-month auto enrolment pension. [54346/25]
247. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for long term carers contributions (details supplied) will be expedited. [54469/25]
248. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the fuel allowance can be paid to a qualifying household when there is a change of circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54527/25]
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…
254. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an application (details supplied) for disability allowance to be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54023/25]
255. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) with the social welfare appeals office; the reason for the long delay in deciding said appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54056/25]
256. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of humanitarian assistance payments applications that were submitted in respect of garages and sheds; the number of these applications approved; and the number rejected. [54083/25]
257. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the criteria by which those with disabilities, who apply for positions under the disability-specific schemes such as WAM, are assessed; what information applicants have to supply to outline their disability in their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54087/25]
258. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the carer’s benefit claim for a person (details supplied); the options available to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54132/25]
259. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a person's application for the bereaved widows pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54164/25]
331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has a unified position on whether the retirement age will be raised in this Dáil [53107/25]
332. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will commit to introducing legal recognition for those who identify as non-binary, including an ‘X’ marker option on passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53797/25]
333. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of the means test in the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused the State pension (non-contributory) on the basis that the household means exceed the statutory limit by €148; if he will clarify whether this amount refers to a weekly or monthly calculation; if consideration will be given to reviewing or increas…
334. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 25 September 2025, if he will review the details of a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/25]
335. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the increase in income disregards carer's allowance as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52972/25]
336. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the merits of eliminating the means test for the carer's allowance; the research his Department has carried out into this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52973/25]
337. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the carers grant application for a person (details supplied). [52995/25]
338. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a guardian's payment application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53034/25]
339. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the full cost of providing hot school meals at primary and secondary level; if he has carried out a review of the levels of waste involved in this scheme, including food waste and non recyclable waste; if he has examined more cost efficient and environmentally friendly ways of providing hot meals; if a review has been carried out on the quality of th…
340. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports available to cross-Border workers who live in this jurisdiction but are employed in the north of Ireland in the situation where they now no longer qualify for the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53059/25]
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to increase the State pension age in response to recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53100/25]