Parliamentary questions

19. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the total administration fees that have been paid by participants in the My Future Fund to date, or most recent data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15581/26]

20. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings and correspondence that he and his Department have had with the Department of Finance following the announcement in January of this year that information of those in receipt of carer’s allowance would be shared with Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15026/26]

21. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of men, and number of women, who applied for parent’s benefit in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14193/26]

22. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the planned extension of the fuel allowance scheme to families in receipt of the working family payment; the expected number of beneficiary households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15632/26]

23. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in light of the recently published consumer price index figures, his plans to alleviate hardship through increases to core welfare payments; the fuel allowance; or any disability-contingent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15413/26]

24. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to engage with the Minister for Finance in relation to carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit being made tax exempt in line with other social welfare payments, including jobseeker’s allowance and disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15138/26]

25. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to carry out a comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15049/26]

26. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15574/26]

27. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will conduct a full review of the CE scheme to ensure that placement processes are efficient, responsive, and supportive of participants seeking to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14229/26]

28. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications refused over the last three years, by county; the number of those refused where an appeal was registered; the outcome of that appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15025/26]

29. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on plans for a targeted second-tier child benefit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14957/26]

30. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the timeline and expected impact of the increases to the carer’s allowance income disregards due to take effect later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15631/26]

31. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given consideration to updating the communications allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15411/26]

32. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to strengthen income supports and remove barriers to employment for people with disabilities; and the way his Department is responding to the additional cost-of-living and service access challenges facing individuals and families in areas such as north Dublin. [15482/26]

33. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given consideration to removing means testing for people with an end-of-life cancer diagnosis for access to social protection schemes such as household benefits package and fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14956/26]

34. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Mayo claiming carers allowance; and if that number has increased or decreased over the past five years. [15141/26]

35. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of domiciliary carer's allowance rejections that were overturned on appeal in Cork in 2025. [14269/26]

36. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will introduce a cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14631/26]

37. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department considers the condition known as long-Covid an occupational injury; and what social protection entitlements sufferers of the condition have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/26]

38. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of men who applied for paternity benefit, and the number of women who applied for maternity benefit, in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14192/26]

39. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families getting the working family payment who now qualify for fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/26]

40. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will expand and promote access to the wage subsidy scheme, including consideration of its availability to Oireachtas members as employers, in order to support the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities in workplaces and public service roles, and keep them close to policy makers. [15483/26]

41. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the working family payment in Dublin that will benefit from the extension of the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14953/26]

42. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the rollout of the auto-enrolment pension scheme; how any initial teething problems have been managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13794/26]

43. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which food provided under the Hot School Meals Programme is sourced from Irish producers; the current procurement criteria for suppliers under the scheme; whether Irish origin or locally sourced produce forms part of the tender assessment process; if he will consider introducing measures to prioritise Irish-produced foo…