Parliamentary questions

19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will equalise rates of jobseeker's allowance for young people so that age is no longer a factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/26]

20. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on MyFutureFund, the automatic enrolment retirement savings system. [31106/26]

21. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he is examining measures to simplify the application process for the emergency needs payment, including clearer eligibility criteria and reduced administrative requirements for people in crisis; when any improvements will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30629/26]

22. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details on job losses and displacement linked to the introduction of artificial intelligence and automation technologies in Cork county; the sectors most affected to date; the targeted income, retraining and social protection supports that are in place or planned for workers whose employment is at risk as a result; an…

23. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has any plans to provide an online application process for further social welfare schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31105/26]

24. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on his engagement with the Minister for Health on the condition known as long-Covid, and its classification as an occupational illness for healthcare workers. [31239/26]

25. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing an emergency €200 energy payment to all households in receipt of the fuel allowance or household benefits package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31309/26]

26. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people expected to receive the carer's support grant this year. [31086/26]

27. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a scheme to provide bikes free of charge for people in receipt of social protection payments and State pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31413/26]

28. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications received, approved and refused in Kildare north in the past three years; the number subsequently approved on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31274/26]

29. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe in which he expects to complete a review of means testing in the social protection system. [30069/26]

30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering reintroducing cost-of-living payments like those in previous Budgets as a matter of emergency to help people with cost of living increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31268/26]

31. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the public consultation on the cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31088/26]

32. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently recorded as long-term unemployed; the measures in place to support their return to sustainable and secure employment, and the further actions to reduce long-term unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/26]

33. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a new employment strategy focused on intensive engagement and supports to help those most distant from the labour market into the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31409/26]

34. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps his Department is taking to combat current high levels of youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22100/26]

35. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection in light of Louth County Council’s decision to pause housing grant applications from 1 May 2026, whether there is a Department of Social Protection scheme available for people whose oil or gas boilers have irretrievably broken, where they cannot afford to pay for a retrofit through SEAI, and do not have the means to pay for a new …

36. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on phasing out the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31305/26]

37. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, consideration is being given to a further extension of the fuel allowance season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31311/26]

38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is planning to introduce any emergency measures to help people with disabilities and their carers to cope with increasing costs of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31267/26]

39. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to make any changes to the work and access scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31084/26]

40. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on his plans for making social protection supports more accessible to victims fleeing domestic violence. [31090/26]

41. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the relevant years to be different in jobseeker's benefit (employed) and jobseeker's benefit (self-employed) where JSB for employees are considered on 12 months and self-employed are considered on two years; the mechanisms there are to ensure that a person who sets up a business that closes in less than two years…

42. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the progress being made to introduce a new working age payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31315/26]

43. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has any plans to review the qualifying criteria for the living alone allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31081/26]