Parliamentary questions

430. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, indicating separately the number of applications granted, refused, and the number of refusals that were subsequently overturned on appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/…

431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance is automatically halved if a person receives the old-age pension; when this policy was enacted; the person that signed off on it; and the reason it was deemed necessary. [27496/25]

432. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if endometriosis will be considered for long-term illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/25]

433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 13 May 2025, the total amount of public funding paid by his Department to the private JobPath providers, Seetec and Turas Nua, for the period June 2022 to June 2024, during the runoff phase of the programme (details supplied); if any payments have been made to either company since June 202…

434. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/25]

435. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the electricity allowance under the household benefits package, which has not increased in well over ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27592/25]

436. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the charges that will be levied against members of the auto-enrolment scheme, split between different categories (details supplied); if there will be any other charges either on members or on their employers; if charge levels have yet to be decided, to indicate when prospective members will be informed of charge levels under…

437. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance and the Revenue Commissioners on the regulatory impact of trustee liquidations on small pension approved retirement fund holders; if he will support the establishment of a fallback mechanism for affected pensioners to avoid hardship or disruption to income; and if he will make a state…

438. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the estates section of his Department has not issued the relevant documents in relation to the estate of a deceased person (details supplied) as the executor is unable to distribute the estate until this matter is finalised; if he will arrange to have it finalised promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

439. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is putting in place to ensure Ireland's compliance with the recent European Court of Justice ruling in the case of Deldits (C-247/23); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27712/25]

440. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection for a status update on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 and its timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/25]

277. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if at any stage since taking up a position as Minister he has deleted any SMS or messages on other messaging apps that would fall under freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26432/25]

278. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal for a person (details supplied) has been ongoing for over a year and has not been assigned to an appeal officer yet, despite all documentation having been submitted. [26439/25]

279. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer’s allowance will issue for a person in County Mayo (details supplied). [26477/25]

280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if post-primary teachers will be entitled to pay-related jobseeker's benefit when they become unemployed at the end of this academic year in May 2025 and where they have been unable to secure an employment contract for September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26479/25]

281. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for widow’s pension will be approved for a person (details supplied). [26484/25]

282. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full State pension. [26485/25]

283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if financial assistance is available for vehicle adaptation for a person (details supplied) in the event that there is no other funding source available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26520/25]

284. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26561/25]

285. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if a scheme will be put in place whereby people on employment schemes who are refused fuel allowance, as they came on to the scheme from a social welfare benefit payment as opposed to a means-tested payment, have their current means assessed to see if they are eligible for fuel allowance, as the current qualifying criteria is unfair …

286. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the version of software programmes (details supplied) used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26604/25]

287. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has full access and use of a software programme (details supplied); if not, the alternative provider being used and the version of that provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26622/25]

288. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the cloud services currently being used by his Department, by name and version; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26640/25]

289. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department currently uses a software programme (details supplied); if so, the version of the programme that is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/25]

290. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department currently uses a commercial internet service provider; the name of the provider; the value of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/25]