401. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that consideration would be given to including an increased income threshold in the Fuel Allowance for those with dependent children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66924/26]
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402. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has assessed the extent to which recipients of Carer’s Allowance are experiencing financial hardship as a result of increases in essential household costs, including electricity, heating, food, insurance and housing; and the measures that are available specifically to support carers experiencing such hardship or will they be…
403. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will further investigate the supplementary welfare allowance application of a person (details supplied) who has had no income for over six months. [66956/26]
404. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the impact of the current fuel allowance means test on lone-parent households; if he acknowledges that, for applicants under 66 years-of-age, the means test applies a single-person income threshold regardless of the presence of dependent children in the household; and if he will consider introducing higher income disregards or …
405. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person; and if he will provide an update on the application. [67037/26]
406. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the application. [67035/26]
407. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection estimated additional annual cost of increasing fuel allowance by €20 per week for current recipients. [67030/26]
408. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of abolishing the waiting period of a year for fuel allowance for those on jobseeker's allowance. [67029/26]
409. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection estimated additional full-year cost of increasing fuel allowance by €20, extending the payment period to 32 weeks and extending eligibility to all pensioners and to all in receipt of the working family payment. [67027/26]
410. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection for his Department to engage with a school (details supplied) to roll out the School Meals Programme. [67010/26]
411. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any plans or research that has been carried out into the merits of providing a family payment scheme that would allow one parent to work in the home and care for their children in cases whereby this would otherwise be impossible due to financial constraints. [66828/26]
412. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow workers enrolled in the National Auto Enrolment/My Future Fund pension scheme to make small additional personal contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67230/26]
247. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will give a commitment in the upcoming budget to eliminate and publish a definitive timeline to abolish the carer's allowance means test. …
248. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers that availed of the wage subsidy scheme for those with disabilities in 2025; the number of employees; and the total cost of the scheme in 2025. [65991/26]
249. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the weekly rate of carer's allowance and carer's benefit to €325 to recognise the additional cost of providing full-time care in a cost of living crisis. [65994/26]
250. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the shortfall in respite services, and the promised statutory home support scheme; and if there will be investment to meet demand and milage reimbursement for all home care workers. [65998/26]
251. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the hardship caused when carers reach pension age and are in receipt of carer’s allowance; if he understands the impact that transitioning to half carers has on families; if he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66097/26]
252. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66071/26]
253. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received by the Community Welfare Service for basic supplementary welfare allowance, for additional needs payments and for exceptional needs payments, at each office at which Community Welfare Services are provided, in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026; and the number of such applic…
254. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker signing and certification appointments conducted in person at each Intreo centre and branch office in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66045/26]
255. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of new claims for social welfare payments registered at each Intreo centre and branch office in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66044/26]
256. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the timetable for the extension of online appointment booking for Public Services Card registration to all offices at which that service is provided; and the criteria applied in determining the order in which offices are brought onto that facility. [66054/26]
257. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff assigned to each Intreo Centre and Branch Office, expressed in whole-time equivalents and broken down by grade, at 31 December 2024, at 31 December 2025 and at 1 July 2026; and the number of vacant posts at each such office at 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66053/26]
258. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the offices at which an appointment for Public Services Card registration may be booked online through MyWelfare.ie; the offices at which registration is available on a walk-in basis only; and the number of such appointments booked online in each of the years 2024 and 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66052/26]
259. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person is eligible for the widow's pension when there is a safety order in place at the time of the death of their spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66110/26]