Parliamentary questions

1429. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and the current status of this specific carer’s allowance case. [19688/25]

1430. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if he has considered a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if he will make a st…

1431. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans to review the hot school meals programme with regard to nutritional content and consistency with State-issued public health and dietary advice. [19712/25]

1432. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding State pension category (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19741/25]

1433. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to allow part-time workers or learners to avail of the back to education payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19766/25]

1434. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the back to education rates by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/25]

1435. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will give prompt consideration to the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/25]

1436. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will change the rules in order to backdate jobseeker's pay-related benefit for workers who have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2025; the reason the decision was taken to limit eligibility to workers made unemployed from 31 March despite the scheme having being legislated for in 2024; and if he will make a statement on …

1437. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the carer's allowance entitlement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19884/25]

1438. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider including androgenic alopecia in the treatment benefit scheme in order that those affected can be assisted with the cost of purchasing wigs which can be very expensive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/25]

1439. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for qualification for half carer’s allowance. [19911/25]

1440. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an invalidity pension appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19937/25]

1441. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm if it is possible for self-employed workers to increase their PRSI contributions to allow them to avail of social welfare entitlements, such as illness benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19941/25]

1442. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection what interventions can be undertaken by his Department to address the difficulty faced by a person (details supplied) in accessing his social welfare due to medical problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20048/25]

1443. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on a claim made under the humanitarian assistance scheme (details supplied); if he will investigate the reason no correspondence has issued to the applicant to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20074/25]

1444. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on a claim made under the humanitarian assistance scheme (details supplied); if he will investigate the reason no correspondence has issued to the applicant to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20075/25]

1445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by raising by 0.1% rate of employers PRSI. [20153/25]

1446. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made for a humanitarian assistance scheme application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose electricity supply was out following storm Éowyn [20175/25]

1447. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the disability claim decision in relation to person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20222/25]

1448. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Citizens advice centres in Limerick; and the number employed in each centre and the grade of each employee, in tabular form. [20255/25]

1449. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20308/25]

1450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [20319/25]

1451. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20335/25]

1452. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20353/25]

1453. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20371/25]