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Mairéad Farrell Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
617. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on an appeal lodged with regard to invalidity pension (details supplied); the current average waiting time for a decision on an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
618. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance. . [25907/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
619. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the fuel allowance. [25908/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
620. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the fuel allowance for 2025. [25909/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
621. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of child benefit for the year. [25910/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
622. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to recruit and pay an annual salary to a single welfare officer. [25911/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
623. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost the estimated cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the fuel allowance. [25912/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
624. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of part-time, seasonal, casual and short-time workers in receipt of Jobseeker’s benefit. [25913/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
625. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of a €1 increase per person to the fuel allowance. [25914/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
626. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of the fuel allowance. [25915/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
627. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the working family payment. [25916/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
628. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of a combination of one, some or all of disability allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension payments. [25917/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
629. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to increase the age limit for the one family payment to 12 years. [25918/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
630. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €50. [25919/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
631. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a long-term carer’s pension [25920/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
632. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of a once-off €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s support grant, carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance. [25921/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
633. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of increasing State pension payments by €1. [25923/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
634. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of equalising rates of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s pay-related benefit for those under the ages of 18 to 24. [25924/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
635. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of a €1 increase in the child benefit monthly rate. [25925/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
636. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan 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. [25988/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 20 May 2025 · to Social
637. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the long application processing times for social welfare payments to school bus drivers during annual school holiday periods will be streamlined, as there are many cases where drivers are without any income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26035/25]
John McGuinness Written 15 May 2025 · to Social
253. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24941/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 15 May 2025 · to Social
254. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting eight months for a decision to be made in respect of his appeal of a rejected application for the working family payment; if he is aware of the undue hardship and distress this causes the appellant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24990/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 15 May 2025 · to Social
255. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of working family payment applications received; the number of working family payment applications awarded; the number of working family payment applications withdrawn; the average time in weeks from date of application submission to award in the first instance; the number of working family payment applications that were carried over to t…
Pádraig Rice Written 15 May 2025 · to Social
256. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of same-sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25024/25]