Parliamentary questions

126. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection when his Department became aware of the overpayment of pensions to Ministers and civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/25]

127. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to abolish the means testing for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32977/25]

128. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide increased flexibility to local CE, TÚS and rural social schemes to retain participants for longer, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32744/25]

129. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail the interaction there has been between his Department’s secretary-general and the counterpart in the Department of Defence regarding a person (details supplied) who was denied the transfer of a Defence Forces’ pension that was given to his late wife following the death of their son while on UN duty in Lebanon; and if he…

130. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of expenditure to date regarding the creation and operation of the Public Services Card; the amount expended in relation to regulatory and legal challenges regarding the card; if he accepts that the card records biometric data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33202/25]

131. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his targets regarding the eradication of child poverty; his efforts to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33203/25]

132. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection when the carer's allowance weekly income disregard will increase from €450 to €625 for a single person, and from €900 to €1,250 for carers with a spouse-partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32903/25]

133. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on his Department’s annual social inclusion forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32904/25]

134. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to entitling persons on widows’ pension to claim illness benefit when off sick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33211/25]

135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a poverty impact assessment was carried out on the Government’s decision to allow for rents to be reset to market rates between tenancies; if provision will be made for increasing rent supplement in line with the increase in rents that will arise from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33027/25]

136. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that improved supports will be provided for foster carers, in view of the issues raised by a representative organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/25]

137. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is responsible for issuing gender recognition certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33213/25]

138. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection when the new roadmap for social inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32905/25]

139. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowances paid out, by county, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33120/25]

140. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for disability allowance will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/25]

141. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the farm assist payment to a credited contribution while in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33218/25]

142. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending social welfare benefits to surrogate parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33201/25]

143. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons over 66 who have qualified for the fuel allowance since the expanded means test for over 66s was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/25]

144. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to improve access to the workforce for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32382/25]

145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who have had the carer’s allowance removed from them in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32429/25]

146. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will give a timeline for implementing the Programme for Government commitment to phase out means testing for the carers’ allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33185/25]

147. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his plans to reform the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33184/25]

148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of a cohort of people in the State with five plus years of PRSI contributions who are only entitled to the minimum rate of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; if he is aware that this group, due to historically favourable circumstances in the housing market may have had the means to purchase a house, pay off a mortgag…

149. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand and build on successful programmes like WorkAbility and Employability to support people with disabilities into employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/25]

150. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 11 May 2023, if the discussions between his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure on the cost of administering the auto enrolment pensions system have taken place; if they have, the estimated cost to the exchequer of administering the scheme in 2025; the expected progre…