489. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied). [68064/26]
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490. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2027 if the child support programme for children aged under 12 years-of-age was increased to €64 per week and increased to €93 per week for children aged over 12 years-of-age. [68061/26]
491. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Social Protection the factors taken into account in determining child benefit entitlement in cases involving a shared-care arrangement; the basis on which an assessment of care arrangements can be revised following Social Welfare Inspector findings; the methodology used to assess the proportion of care provided by each parent; and the procedures in place to ensure both par…
492. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare claims that have been detected through data matching with Revenue before any payment was issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68111/26]
493. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the outstanding social welfare overpayment owed to his Department for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68110/26]
494. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who have never had a recorded PRSI contribution but receive means-tested payments. [68108/26]
495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare claims that have been detected through data matching with Revenue before any payment was issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68122/26]
496. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total gross annual Exchequer expenditure on social welfare payments in each of the past ten calendar years; the expenditure attributable to each social welfare scheme, including pensions, working-age income supports, disability payments, illness-related payments, family supports, carers' payments, child-related payments, and supplementary welfare …
497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who exited jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit in each of the past ten calendar years, by reason for the cessation of payment, including transfer to another social welfare scheme, entry into employment, failure to satisfy the qualifying conditions, voluntary closure of the claim, emigration, death, and any other reco…
498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit, who transferred to another social welfare payment in each of the past ten calendar years; the scheme to which they transferred in each case (including disability allowance, invalidity pension, illness benefit, State Pension (Contributory), State Pension (Non-Contributory), one-…
499. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of fraud investigations which originate from anonymous reports compared with internal data analytics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68126/26]
500. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the new DEY guidelines, whereby uneaten food supplies under the hot lunch scheme will not be sent home with the children at the end of the day (details supplied). [68137/26]
501. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a Domiciliary Care Allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68237/26]
502. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a domiciliary care allowance transfer application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68234/26]
503. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on engagements between Mid-West Mental Health services and Tipperary Employability to source backfill for the Employability Individual Placement and Support post in North Tipperary MH services. [68172/26]
504. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who has appealed a disability allowance decision will receive an update on the decision. [68192/26]
505. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection to comment on the number of carer's allowance applications that have been rejected from 2023; the number of appeals that were successful; and to outline the appeals process. [68345/26]
506. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection to comment on the number of disability allowance applications that have been rejected from 2023; the number of appeals that were successful; and to outline the appeal process. [68346/26]
507. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been rejected from 2023; the number of appeals that were successful; and to outline the appeal process. [68342/26]
508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of international protection applicants who had reckonable earnings, and made PRSI contributions in each of the years since 2020, according to the Revenue Commissioners and his Departments records. [68310/26]
509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to list the companies contracted to provide school meals under the scheme and to provide details of the sources of beef and chicken used by each supplier. [68509/26]
510. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of how beef and chicken products supplied under the School Meals Programme are transported and delivered, including whether products are imported pre-cooked, frozen or chilled; whether they are delivered to schools frozen, chilled or ready-to-eat; and the processes involved in their preparation prior to consumption by pupils. [68508…
511. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the traceability arrangements in place for such products, including the country in which the meat is reared, slaughtered, processed and packaged. [68507/26]
512. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of the source and provenance of food ingredients supplied under the School Meals Programme; specifically the country of origin and supply chain for all beef and chicken products provided to schools under the scheme. [68506/26]
513. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the new methodology to calculate pension payments for those who turned 65 in March of 2025 is resulting in a constituent (details supplied) receiving €10 less per week; if he is aware of the hardship this is incurring on this constituent and people in her same situation; and if he will consider re-adjusting payments for people wh…