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James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1427. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1844 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47382/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1428. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a cost of disability payment as recommended by the 2021 Government commissioned Indecon Report and in view of the commitment to it in the Programme for Government to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment to be increased incrementally over its lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statemen…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1429. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to remove the means test for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1430. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to facilitate those with disabilities into the workforce through various schemes; his plans to update them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47440/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1431. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the process by which his Department contacts the British Work and Pensions department seeking contribution information about people who have made DSP applications based on their British contributions; the current average waiting times for this information to be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1432. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the nature and extent of engagement his Department has had with other Government agencies and departments in relation to the problems faced by workers, who live in the North and who work for southern-based companies, who wish to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1433. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the work and access scheme; the number that are using it; his plans to increase this number and improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47453/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1434. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the wage subsidy scheme; the number that are using it; his plans to increase this number and improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1435. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has plans for his Department and Intreo staff to engage with employers and those with disabilities to facilitate a larger cohort of those with disabilities into employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1436. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to improve processing times for those who do not have year-long contracts and must avail of social protection payments during holiday periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1437. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce and remove the means test for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1438. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers allowance applications received in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, and the number approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1439. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for domiciliary care allowance applications in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1440. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance recipients in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47480/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1441. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in Dublin Bay North in receipt of the fuel allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47481/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1442. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of bringing all disability-related payments to €350 per week; and to provide details of this calculation, in tabular form. [47487/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of removing the means test for the disability allowance, blind pensions and invalidity pension. [47495/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1444. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of removing the means test for all disability-related payments and bringing them up to at least €350 per week (details supplied). [47496/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1742. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the work being done to resolve the problem of bogus self-employment in the building sector; if he will provide an assessment of the way in which the building sector is being impacted and the way it is intended to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43435/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1743. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on progress in respect of fulfilling the Government’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (ending food poverty by 2030). [43586/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1744. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on plans to reduce wealth and income disparity and inequality in Ireland; and to provide a progress report in the context of the Government’s overall commitments to Sustainable Development Goal 10, specifically the commitment to reduce inequality within countries. [43587/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1745. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools that currently do not offer a breakfast club, and to provide the estimated cost of providing breakfast club in these schools regardless of whether the request to offer the service. [44210/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1746. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated average cost of a DEIS primary and secondary school offering a breakfast club respectively, in tabular form. [44211/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1747. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a social enterprise seeking to support survivors of SGBV would not be eligible for BTWEA/STEA; if he has plans to review the eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44355/25]
George Lawlor Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1748. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of refusal of carer's support grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40736/25]