Parliamentary questions

1043. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a €50 weekly cost of disability payment to all recipients of disability-related social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/25]

1044. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the amount paid under the HAS1 and HAS2 humanitarian aid scheme due to storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11941/25]

1045. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm whether on 7 March 2025 an email went from the Department of Social Protection to all Social Welfare offices advising them to shred all applications not yet filed for the humanitarian aid HAS1 and HAS2 due to storm Éowyn; the number of applications processed and paid under HAS 1 and HAS 2; the number of people who…

1046. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/25]

1047. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine subsidies for the elderly (details supplied) who cannot claim them because their children are still living at home due to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11988/25]

1048. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will reconsider the refusal of the humanitarian assistance scheme payment to a person (details supplied). [12039/25]

1049. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if child benefit payments can be backdated in a case in which a parent (details supplied) did not register their child at birth; and if missed payments can be backdated given the child is now registered. [12050/25]

1050. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection if direction has been given to staff in his Department to refuse humanitarian assistance scheme applications based on the cost of food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12067/25]

1051. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason applications to the humanitarian assistance scheme based on lost contents of fridges and freezers are now being rejected given that they were approved heretofore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12068/25]

1052. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a distinction is being made under the humanitarian assistance scheme between lost contents of fridges and freezers and additional food costs as a result of having to eat out while without electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/25]

1053. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person needs to be in receipt of jobseekers allowance for three months to qualify for the training support grant; if so, the reason this is not stated on the Government website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12090/25]

1054. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason some people who were left without power for an extended period due to Storm Éowyn are being refused payments under the humanitarian assistance scheme, HAS, for loss of food in their fridge or freezer in cases where their insurance does not cover this or they are renters; if the eligibility guidelines for this payment …

1055. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received under the humanitarian assistance scheme for loss of food due to extended power outages following storm Éowyn; the total number of applications received by his Department; the number of applications processed to date; the number of applications approved and rejected; to provide a breakdown, by…

1056. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individual domiciliary care allowance applications or social welfare appeals relating to domiciliary care allowance applications where the Minister or Department has either directly or indirectly received solicitor letters pertaining to that individual application or appeal for each year between 2020 and to date in…

1057. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12161/25]

1058. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of th…

1059. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year…

1060. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…

1061. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the humanitarian assistance scheme received by his Department in 2025 and for each of the past five years; the total number of successful applications and unsuccessful applications this year and for each of the past five years; and the total amount distributed under the scheme in 2025 and for each of…

1062. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update for a person (details supplied) on their carer’s allowance application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12278/25]

1063. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will issue clear guidelines on the humanitarian assistance scheme given that many applications are now being rejected without explanation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12323/25]

1064. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department intends to restore child benefit for children in full-time third level education beyond 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12332/25]

1065. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for carers will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12342/25]

1066. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill; and when he anticipates the pension will be available to eligible applicants. [12360/25]

1067. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the decision not to award the household benefits package to (details supplied). [12363/25]