625. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the State pension, who has a diagnosed permanent disability such as dystonia, but who is not in receipt of disability allowance or another disability related social welfare payment, will be eligible for the new €500 cost of disability payment announced in Budget 2027; the eligibility criteria for this payment; whether pensio…
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626. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether people with disabilities in employment or self-employment who are not receiving a qualifying social welfare payment will be eligible for the new €500 cost of disability payment; if not, whether consideration will be given to extending eligibility to recognise the additional costs of disability regardless of employment status. [73685/26]
627. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the significant level of negative feedback in relation to the €3 increase to the living alone allowance announced in Budget 2027; and the actions he is taking to specifically support recipients of this payment in the context of a very high cost of living. [73734/26]
628. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date on the programme for Government commitment to explore extending access to illness benefit to self-employed workers in return for an increased PRSI contribution; whether his Department has completed an actuarial or financial assessment of the cost of introducing such a scheme; the estimated additional PRSI contribution that wou…
629. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of self-employed workers who have applied for basic supplementary welfare allowance and/or additional needs payments on the grounds that illness or injury has prevented them from working and earning an income, in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by year and payment type; the number of such applications approved and refused…
630. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason recipients of disablement benefit are excluded from eligibility for the cost of disability payment while recipients of other long-term disability payments are included; the rationale for this distinction; and if he will consider extending eligibility for the cost of disability payment to people in receipt of disablement benefit, many of whom…
631. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the new cost of disability payment announced in Budget 2027; and to clarify whether pensioners who have a disability will be eligible for this payment. [74375/26]
632. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection the outline his Department's position regarding workers and their pension rights (details supplied). [74405/26]
633. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the public consultation on pay-related parent’s benefit, which he committed to launching in autumn 2026, has commenced; if not, the date it will launch; and whether its scope will include extending a pay-related approach to maternity, paternity and adoptive benefits. [74027/26]
634. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if former invalidity pension recipients who have since transferred to state pension contributory will qualify for the €500 cost of disability payment. [74316/26]
635. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid in supplementary welfare and exceptional needs payments to international protection applicants since 2020. [74287/26]
636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients residing outside the State while continuing to receive payments from his Department, by payment type. [74286/26]
637. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73982/26]
638. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection when his Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74437/26]
639. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the number of social protection claimants who were found to be resident abroad when their claims were detected or determined to be fraudulent or illegitimate; and the breakdown of the countries where these people were resident from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [74227/26]
640. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a comprehensive update on the case of a person (details supplied), including the status of their illness benefit appeal; the reason for the period of backdating awarded; the status of their applications for supplementary welfare allowance supports; and the details of further avenues available to them within his Department. [74…
641. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person's application for Carer's Benefit (details supplied). [74055/26]
642. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the financial disadvantage faced by retired CIÉ pensioners who pay USC on their occupational pensions but do not have access to a range of supports available to State pension recipients, including the living alone increase and certain medical and household benefits; whether he considers this equitable; and if he will consider introdu…
643. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason people who have private pensions cannot sign up for the MyFutureFund pension and therefore do not receive the same supports (details supplied). [74121/26]
477. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for fuel allowance refused to date in 2026. [71445/26]
478. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will urgently review the payment rate for the secondary school meals programme; and his views on whether the secondary school meal rate should be brought in line with the primary school rate and increased to €3.20 per meal. [71435/26]
479. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71411/26]
480. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that the full living alone allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied). [71511/26]
481. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will give consideration to removing the mandatory certificate of benefit comparison requirement for straightforward defined contribution-to-PRSA transfers, where there is an identifiable fund value; in situations where the consumer is receiving appropriate regulated financial advice, including the material benefits being surrendered and the reaso…
482. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the mechanism to pay suppliers under the current school meals programme has been modified; and if the Minister is satisfied that all suppliers will be paid within 30 days of invoices having been submitted. [71565/26]