620. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people refused carer’s allowance in the first six months of 2025 due to exceeding the income threshold. [38830/25]
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621. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters that issue each year from the child benefit section as part of ongoing control measures to ensure parents remain eligible for child benefit payments; the number of letters that issued respectively in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the postal cost of those letters in each year; the reason there is no option for parents to retur…
622. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents that had their child benefit stopped in each year from 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025, due to a failure to return a posted control measure form in time; of those stopped, the number that subsequently had their payment reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38844/25]
623. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has access to school attendance records from the Department of Education and Youth for the purposes of child benefit control measures; the action his Department takes with the school attendance information it collects as part of ongoing control measures; if the information collected is cross-checked against school records; and if he will…
624. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the saving from child benefit control measures in each year from 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38846/25]
625. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters that issue each year from individual payment sections of his Department as part of on-going control measures; the total cost of those letters by payment section, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38847/25]
626. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare payments will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); if the arrears will be paid; and if an application for disability allowance will be approved. [38894/25]
627. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a disability appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [38906/25]
628. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the State pension (contributory) in the name of a person (details supplied);and if their years as a homemaker and foster carer will be considered. [38917/25]
629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a response will issue to an email (details supplied) sent to his Department. [38965/25]
630. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children who would benefit from extending the free travel pass to families in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38985/25]
631. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment for two years or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38986/25]
632. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment for five years or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38987/25]
633. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/25]
634. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of fuel allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/25]
635. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the cost of a €1 increase in each of his Department’s payment schemes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/25]
636. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of a €1 increase in jobseekers’ payments; the cost of a €10 increase in jobseekers’ payments; the cost of a €12 increase in jobseekers’ payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/25]
637. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people, by county, who have availed of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38992/25]
638. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal decision in respect of a person from County Louth (details supplied), noting that the appeal was received by the appeals office on 31 July 2024. [39007/25]
639. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a system for privately employed playschool workers who must sign on for social welfare payments each time they are temporarily unemployed for school holidays, to allow their claims to be suspended and reactivated, rather than them having to make a new claim each time which can involve delays in receiving payments, if he will co…
640. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the roadmap for social inclusion goals; and the estimated cost of the follow-up goals. [39069/25]
641. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of the roadmap for social inclusion goals were reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39070/25]
642. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which he seeks to improve the roadmap for social inclusion’s next iteration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39071/25]
643. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39106/25]
644. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that must be taken and the documentary evidence that must be provided, by a couple giving notification to marry to the Civil Registration Services, where that notification is of a timeframe shorter than the standard three months due to the medically affirmed likelihood of a greatly shortened lifespan of one of the couple; and if he will mak…