515. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the basis upon which a commercial bus operator can be covered by the free travel pass, including the main criteria that must be met by the operator; and to identify the agency, Department or Minister that is responsible for making the decision. [35509/25]
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516. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was denied carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35593/25]
517. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the parental leave entitlements for surrogate parents (details supplied). [35597/25]
518. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all headline weekly social protection payment to €300 per week, excluding disability allowance, invalidity pension, partial capacity, disablement pension and blind person’s pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/25]
519. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing disability, blind pensions and invalidity pension to €350 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/25]
520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the pension age to 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35640/25]
521. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by 10% and extending payment to all children aged 18 years or under, including those in the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/25]
522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing qualified child rates by €6 for children under 12 and €15 for children 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/25]
523. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the means test for carer’s allowance and providing access to all who meet the other criteria for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35643/25]
524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to all pensioners, to all in receipt of the working family payment and-or a medical card; the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the waiting period of a year for those on jobseeker’s allowance,; the cost of increasing the rate by €20 per week; and if he will make a…
525. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending parent’s benefit to 52 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/25]
526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing free school meals for all post-primary school pupils in public schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35646/25]
527. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons his Department does not recognise civil partnerships registered in Northern Ireland between 16 May 2016 and 12 January 2020 for social welfare purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35693/25]
528. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending parent’s benefit by one week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35706/25]
529. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly payments for maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, paternity benefit, and parent’s benefit to €350 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35707/25]
530. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the pay disparity affecting regional administrators in the Citizens Information Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35711/25]
531. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for domiciliary care allowance claim reviews and domiciliary care allowance claim appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35721/25]
532. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for carer's allowance claim reviews and carer's allowance claim appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35722/25]
533. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the same paid parental leave rights can be claimed by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35746/25]
534. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the issue of supports for families who are sharing custody of children with special needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/25]
535. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35868/25]
536. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 150 of 19 June 2025, the reason for the difference between the €794 million estimate for the year-10 Exchequer contribution to auto-enrolment provided in that reply and the €539 million estimate for the year-10 Exchequer contribution to auto-enrolment provided in the regulatory impact assessment accompanying t…
537. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a medical report (carer’s support grant) would have to be updated for a person who has a life-long condition that will not change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35942/25]
538. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a pension in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35998/25]
539. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to including long-Covid for social welfare benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36005/25]