Parliamentary questions

314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if they will instruct his Department to reevaluate partnerships with private companies supplying food as part of the hot school meal programme to ensure that nutritional needs of the students are being met and waste kept to a minimum. [10358/25]

315. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 February 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of payments under the humanitarian assistance scheme, by county, in the aftermath of storm Éowyn to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10407/25]

316. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 February 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of payments made under the humanitarian assistance scheme, per county, in the aftermath of storm Bert, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/25]

317. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department has paid each external security company to provide security personnel at Intreo offices to date in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the contract with each security company due to expire, in tabular form. [10439/25]

318. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the more than 400,000 households that received a €300 fuel allowance lump sum payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10476/25]

319. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the 213,000 people with disabilities that received a €400 disability support payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10477/25]

320. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the 46,000 households that received a €400 lump sum working family payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10478/25]

118. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update and timeline for the removal of the means test for carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9860/25]

119. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending the domiciliary care allowance eligibility criteria from 16 years of age to 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/25]

120. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á ndéanamh aige agus ag a Roinn chun an céatadán Gaeilgeoirí sin a ardú. [9969/25]

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection what the new pay-related jobseeker’s benefit will mean for workers (details supplied) who sign on for jobseeker’s benefit during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10034/25]

122. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to further roll out the school meals programme; if so, the way the programme will expand and develop in terms of school numbers; and if the roll out will be countrywide or regional. [10124/25]

123. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10231/25]

462. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of HAS1 and HAS2 applications received in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; the number of each that have been processed to date; the average length of time it is taking to process HAS1 applications, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/25]

463. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the correct decision was made in revoking carer’s allowance from person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9110/25]

464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection how he intends to progress the measures contained in the Industrial Relations (Provision in respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9177/25]

465. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 16 February and No. 598 of 25 February 2025, given it is possible to track journeys of individual applications, if a research sampling exercise can be undertaken to provide an answer, under each specified sub-category reflective of that research sampling, to the original question asked…

466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department is seeking to cut the rate of carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9332/25]

467. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection his intentions to enact the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill; and if, in light of the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the O’Meara family, eligibility and payments will be backdated from the date of the ruling. [9362/25]

468. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if named payments have been approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the long-term carer’s contribution, homemaker’s scheme and home caring periods were awarded in the context of the pension and other payments. [9391/25]

469. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued for overpayment of half-rate of pay and for overpayment of the temporary rehabilitation payment when none of the fault for the overpayments lies with the member of staff and all the blame for these overpayments arises from a “delay in processing” and internal failures by her …

470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a decision on carer’s allowance appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9463/25]

471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in Donegal (details supplied) will be repaid illness benefit that was paid to the wrong bank account; the steps his Department is taking to recover the money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9512/25]

472. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the total amount paid in cash, the total amount paid directly to a bank account and the amount lodged directly to an account at a post office in respect of each category of welfare payment administered by his Department in 2024. [9594/25]

473. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade in each employment support team within Intreo offices within Dublin as of 25 February 2025, in tabular form. [9595/25]