397. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the child support payment for under 12 years-of-age by €5. [46766/26]
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398. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of restoring the right to retire to 65 years-of-age. [46767/26]
399. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year costs of the working family payment, jobseeker's transitional, one parent family payment and the existing child support payments; and the number of respective recipients, in tabular form. [46768/26]
121. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the work his Department is doing to reduce the delays in processing jobseeker’s benefit claims for those who are early years educators during the summer holiday months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/26]
123. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of payments under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; the equivalent figures for each county in 2020; the expected further increase in the numbers of recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/26]
124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm, excluding child benefit, the number of foreign-born nationals and their adult dependents currently in receipt of a weekly, means tested social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46384/26]
125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of foreign-born parents currently claiming child benefit; the number of children who are the beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46385/26]
606. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44976/26]
608. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) would be financially better off on the State pension (non-contributory) and living alone allowance rather than their current adult dependent allowance given their spouse is in long-term care with no prospect of them returning home. [45015/26]
609. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the fuel allowance available for 32, 40 and 52 weeks per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45031/26]
611. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of equalising the jobseeker rates for under 25s at the increased rate of €279 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45033/26]
612. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €5 increase in the weekly living alone allowance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45034/26]
240. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the adequacy of financial supports available specifically for families with adult children with high support needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44679/26]
241. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he expects increases to the household benefits package, particularly in relation to household utilities in view of increased bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44693/26]
244. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a community employment scheme participant (details supplied) is entitled to the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44802/26]
1170. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection to review correspondence (details supplied); if a review of disability allowance rates is scheduled for June 2026; the additional supports available to a person in the circumstances described; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41548/26]
1171. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to amend the conditions of a domiciliary care allowance payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41624/26]
1173. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the SW1A application on behalf of a person (details supplied) [41784/26]
1176. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to ensure that a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) is processed without the requirement for a legal separation document to be provided given no such document currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41932/26]
1185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average waiting times for disability allowance, carer’s allowance and domiciliary care allowance applications across the State. [42357/26]
1186. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in the Longford–Westmeath area currently accessing the additional needs payment scheme. [42358/26]
1195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA), specifically the requirement that entitlement ceases when a child reaches 16 years of age; whether consideration is being given to extending eligibility to age 18, particularly for lifelong conditions such as Type 1 diabetes where significant care needs continue …
1198. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider addressing the existing gap in the jobseeker's allowance payment which does not provide bereavement leave for citizens in receipt of this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42458/26]
1199. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider widening the existing scope provided for as 'holiday leave' for citizens in receipt of the jobseeker's allowance payment to also include family bereavements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42459/26]
1200. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration is being given to extending eligibility for domiciliary care allowance beyond the age of 16 years to 18 years to align with the completion of secondary school education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42540/26]