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Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
422. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending the fuel allowance eligibility to all working family payment recipients. [28452/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension for 65-year-olds. [28453/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
424. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by 1 week. [28454/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
425. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 Christmas bonus for all recipients of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s pay-related benefit, jobseeker’s transitional payment, jobseeker’s benefit self-employed. [28455/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the working family payment [28456/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
427. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the disability allowance. [28457/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
428. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s allowance. [28458/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
429. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the living alone allowance. [28459/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
430. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of €50 qualified child increment lump sum payment. [28460/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
431. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of doubling a single payment of the foster carer allowance payment. [28461/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
432. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of disability allowance, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
433. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of invalidity pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28511/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
434. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of illness benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
435. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of blind pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
436. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of injury benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
437. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of disablement benefit, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
438. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of partial capacity benefit, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
439. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if a school (details supplied) are eligible to provide a breakfast club through the school meals or DEIS programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
440. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any additional supports in place for expectant mothers who will not be able to meet their mortgage repayments while relying on maternity benefit; if he intends to increase the rates of maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28551/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
441. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on a carer’s allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
442. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the adequacy of financial supports available to parents caring for children with life-limiting conditions, particularly in light of survey findings (details supplied) that 83% of families have had to give up work and that means-testing discourages caregivers from reducing their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Keira Keogh Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
443. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that can be taken in the case of a person (details supplied) who falls short of the required contributions for their State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28579/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
444. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to carry out a review of the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied). [28772/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
445. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the farm assist payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28849/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
446. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the disability appeal (details supplied). [28855/25]