483. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will consider an increase in the secondary dinner rate with a drink in the school meals programme to €3,20 from €2.50 to equalise it with the hot schools meal and backdate it to the beginning of this school year, as providers are finding it difficult to maintain services with the costs incurred. [71653/26]
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484. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it is currently taking for reviews of disability allowance applications to be undertaken. [71652/26]
485. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an ongoing review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [71725/26]
486. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to children who no longer qualify for domiciliary care allowance upon turning sixteen-years-of-age, yet do not qualify for disability allowance. [71692/26]
487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered extending the age limit for domiciliary care allowance from sixteen to eighteen-years-of-age. [71688/26]
488. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he has assessed the impact of long-term caring responsibilities on a person's entitlement to the State Pension (Contributory), particularly in the case of parents who have spent decades caring for a child with a disability. [71792/26]
489. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the introduction of a dedicated pension entitlement or enhanced pension credit arrangement for parents who have provided lifelong care to a child with a disability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71800/26]
490. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has examined the risk of income poverty among older parents who have provided lifelong care to children with disabilities and who subsequently reach pension age with insufficient pay related social insurance contributions to qualify for a full State Pension (Contributory). [71798/26]
491. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently benefiting from credited pay related social insurance contributions arising from caring responsibilities; and if he is considering expanding access to such credits for parents providing long-term care to adult children with disabilities. [71797/26]
492. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has undertaken a review of the adequacy of current pension arrangements for family carers, including the homemaker's scheme and other credited contribution mechanisms; and if these arrangements sufficiently protect those who have acted as full-time carers over many years. [71796/26]
493. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to providing additional pension protections for parents who have provided lifelong care to a son or daughter with a disability and who may have reduced pay related social insurance contribution records as a consequence of their caring responsibilities. [71795/26]
494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons whose social welfare payment was suspended or terminated following imprisonment in each of the past five years; the number whose qualified adult or child increases continued to be paid to another person; the number of such cases involving non-Irish nationals; and the number involving persons who had previously acquired Irish citize…
495. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who became Irish citizens in each of the past five years who subsequently received social welfare payments and were subsequently imprisoned; what payments they were receiving immediately prior to imprisonment; whether those payments ceased, were suspended or continued for dependants; and the total value of payments made to their de…
496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of international protection applicants who, while in receipt of a social welfare payment or dependent-related payment, entered prison in each of the past five years; what happened to each payment during imprisonment; the number transferred to a spouse, partner or other dependent; and the total annual cost involved. [71925/26]
497. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated real-terms change in the value of core weekly social welfare rates in 2027, following the €10 increase announced in Budget 2027, given HICP inflation of 3.2 per cent in 2026 and forecast inflation of 3.0 per cent in 2027 as set out in the Budget 2027 expenditure report. [71858/26]
498. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will clarify the eligibility criteria for the cost of disability payment announced in Budget 2027; if persons with a permanent disability who are in full-time employment and not in receipt of a social welfare payment will qualify. [72068/26]
499. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to providing for a cost of disability payment; and if this is under consideration within his Department. [72154/26]
500. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for a decision to be made on a carer's allowance (details supplied) review. [71992/26]
501. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to give consideration to points raised in correspondence (details supplied) and allow for a full rate of carer's allowance in such situations. [72005/26]
502. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the eligibility criteria for the household benefits package and fuel allowance in the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied), who is in receipt of a disablement pension but resides in Northern Ireland; if residence outside the State automatically disqualifies a person from the household benefits package; and if the same residency…
503. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal following refusal of an application for Bereaved Partners Pension submitted by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72120/26]
504. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review has been carried out of the impact of inherited capital on the long term financial security of people with lifelong disabilities who lose disability allowance and secondary benefits; if his Department has engaged with the Department of Finance on aligning the tax and means testing treatment of such inheritances; and if he will make a stateme…
505. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance claims reduced or closed in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 due to capital arising from an inheritance; the number of those recipients who subsequently lost entitlement to the free travel pass as a result; if his Department collects this data; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on th…
506. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which an inheritance received by a recipient of disability allowance is assessed under the means test; the amount of capital that may be held before any reduction in payment applies; the amount at which the payment ceases entirely; if consideration has been given to disregarding, in whole or in part, an inheritance received from a parent by a…
507. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether existing State financial supports for people with a disability are sufficient in the context of Article 28 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that guarantees the right to an adequate standard of living and social protection without discrimination; and if this is being considered in relation di…