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Jen Cummins Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
309. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is accurately classified in their receipt of disability allowance. [10274/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
310. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10282/25]
John McGuinness Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
311. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the payment of State non-contributory pension will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied). [10287/25]
John McGuinness Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
312. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [10303/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
313. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular those concerned with the transposition and or implementation of further implementation of EU law requirements; those Statutory Instruments concerned with commencement of existing legislation; an…
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Aidan Farrelly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
James Geoghegan Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Colm Burke Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Claire Kerrane Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Frankie Feighan Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Cormac Devlin Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Mairéad Farrell Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Conor Sheehan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
James Geoghegan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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; and if he will mak…
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]
John McGuinness Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
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]