Parliamentary questions

1804. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41982/25]

1805. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/25]

1806. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41984/25]

1807. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41985/25]

1808. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for appeals with the social welfare appeals office for disability allowance, broken down into county and wait time by 1 month, 3 months and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41986/25]

1809. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for appeals with the social welfare appeals office for carer's allowance, broken down into county and wait time by 1 month, 3 months and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41987/25]

1810. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for appeals with the social welfare appeals office for invalidity pension, broken down by county and wait time by 1 month, 3 months and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41988/25]

1811. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for appeals with the social welfare appeals office for domiciliary care allowance, broken down by county and wait time by one month, three months and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41989/25]

1812. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications received in 2025 to date for exceptional needs payments in Wicklow; the current processing timeframes for new applications, broken down by wait time from the date that the application was received until a decision was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41990/25]

1813. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing time for disability allowance claims. [42005/25]

1814. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for disability allowance payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42006/25]

1815. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42008/25]

1816. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection with reference to the programme for Government’s commitment to ‘examine how the social protection system can better support people fleeing domestic violence’ to outline the achievements to date to support victims of domestic violence and future plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42129/25]

1817. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of recipients of the domestic violence rent supplement since it was introduced in 2020, in tabular form; the learnings from the first five years of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42130/25]

1818. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to the introduction of a dedicated 'safe fund', similar to the fleeing fund in the UK, to provide immediate (non means tested) financial assistance to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence who need to leave abusive situations; if this measure can be considered as part of Budget 20…

1819. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he uses personal emails for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42152/25]

1820. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); the actions he is taking to ensure that this behaviour is prevented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42182/25]

1821. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) will be approved immediately. [42234/25]

1822. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a detailed response will issue to a carer’s allowance case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42287/25]

1823. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection when it will be possible for qualified cohabitants to apply for a bereaved partner’s pension, given that the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 has now been signed into law by the President; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42318/25]

1824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 16 July 2025, if he will intervene in relation to the matter; if he will instruct all State and semi-State bodies to investigate whether any of their workers have been affected by these issues; and if he will address these workers issues given this is denying the rights and privileges t…

1825. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection for all social welfare claim forms to be available to download online; if he is aware of the delay in emailing a request for a form and the form being received, and the adverse effect of this on individuals who do not have access to a MyGovID verified account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42364/25]

1826. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of education-upskilling courses available under the back to education scheme; the measures being taken to expand the number of courses available under this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42365/25]

1827. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of ongoing issues with the PSC online renewal system in accepting photographs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42366/25]

1828. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection for consideration on providing free travel for all means tested social welfare recipients, to promote the use of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/25]