568. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received under the humanitarian assistance scheme for stages 1, 2 and 3 following Storm Éowyn; the total number of applications received by his Department; the number of applications processed to date; the number of applications approved and rejected, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37408/25]
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569. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 24 June 2025, if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the report on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments; the timeline needed to consider the matter, in light of the substantial time that has passed since the undertaking was given to carry out this process; when he inte…
570. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [37454/25]
571. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the child support payment for those over 12 and those under 12, by €1, in tabular form. [37455/25]
572. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing child benefit by €1. [37456/25]
573. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance by €1. [37457/25]
574. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €1. [37458/25]
575. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards by €1 for the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/25]
576. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of expanding the free travel scheme to recipients of the domiciliary care payment. [37460/25]
577. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance by €1. [37461/25]
578. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to include schoolteachers who are without a permanent contract or a contract of indefinite duration in the eligibility criteria for the jobseekers pay-related benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37466/25]
579. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will conduct a review of the social protection supports available to widowed persons (details supplied); and if he will outline any planned reforms to address these issues with a view to delivering more equitable and compassionate supports for widowed individuals and families. [37486/25]
580. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) ceased without notification; if the payment will be reinstated; and if arrears will be paid. [37494/25]
581. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending access to the State pension to foster carers so that they can receive contributions for time spent caring for vulnerable children; if the Minister has commenced work on this Programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/25]
582. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of self-employed people who have availed of carer's benefit since it was extended to the self-employed; if he can provide a breakdown by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/25]
583. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to working family payment recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/25]
584. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications received by his Department under the humanitarian assistance scheme in respect of Storm Éowyn; if he will confirm the total value of applications received and the total value of applications approved; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications approved, by county, and the number refused, by county;…
585. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the average processing time for applications under each payment scheme in his Department; and how this compares with the Department's own targets for processing times for each payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37526/25]
586. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of live social welfare appeals which have been waiting for a decision for one year or longer; if he can provide a breakdown by payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37527/25]
587. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the number of oral hearings held by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/25]
588. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the ESRI's proposal for a second tier of child benefit; his views on whether the ESRI's proposal could give rise to work disincentives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37529/25]
589. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if some families currently in receipt of the working family payment would receive a lower payment under the ESRI proposal for a second tier of child benefit; if his Department has any estimates on the number of families who could see their payment reduced under this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37530/25]
590. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether changes to expand the working family payment and the child support payment could be more effective at reducing child poverty than introducing a second tier of child benefit; if his Department has carried out any analysis in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37531/25]
591. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the child poverty rate according to the survey on income and living conditions for each year 2005 to 2025, in tabular form; if he will further outline progress on reaching the current child poverty target of 2.8%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37532/25]
592. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department or any body under its aegis has any estimate of the value of unclaimed private pension assets in Ireland; if he outline what happens to such funds; if he will outline the current tracing system in place to ensure that deferred scheme members receive the pension they are entitled to; if he has any plans to improve the pension tracing…