Parliamentary questions

719. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently examine a carer’s review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14804/26]

720. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14929/26]

721. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a carers allowance application (details supplied). [14978/26]

722. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the decision made in the case of a claim for a bereaved partners contributory pension can be re-examined in light of the exceptional circumstances of the person’s case (details supplied). [15002/26]

723. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received, awarded and approved for supplementary welfare allowance grants in relation to fuel poverty and assistance with payment of outstanding energy bills over the past five years, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15010/26]

724. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the household benefits package, by county, over the past five years. [15011/26]

725. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the research his Department has carried out in respect of assessing the adequacy of social protection payments; the comparative research that has been carried out; the differential calculations used to determine that €325 if the minimum required for artists to survive on the basic income, as against claimants in receipt of the disabi…

726. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are changes to be introduced to the State pension contributory to allow persons on a reduced rate due to average calculation to seek a higher rate of pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15154/26]

727. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payment appeals being processed by his Department for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15170/26]

728. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for a decision on a social welfare payment appeal; the measures being made by his Department to streamline and improve the appeal process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/26]

729. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/26]

730. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to returning emigrants who do not meet the criteria for habitual residence condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15173/26]

731. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15190/26]

422. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider a once-off emergency winter payment for disabled people, as it would provide immediate relief in the disproportionate burden being carried by most of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/26]

423. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if he will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if he will outlin…

424. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the total administration fees paid, over the span of a scheme participant enrolment in MyFutureFund, as a percentage of their total employee contributions to their fund, by €5,000 band of average annual income from €20,000 to €80,000 that is, €20,000, €25,0000, €30,000, €35,000 and €80,000 , as against the age at which they entered th…

425. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific reasons an application (details supplied) and subsequent appeals, for carer’s allowance were refused; if the applicant will receive back pay; if the person must submit a new application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13527/26]

426. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be approved immediately for the bereaved partner's contributory pension based on the extensive evidence provided. [13790/26]

427. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the total actual expenditure incurred (as opposed to allocated or contracted amounts) to date in respect of clients classified as TPU and referred to contracted public employment services; to provide a breakdown of this expenditure by programme (Local Area Employment Services (LAES) and the National Employment Services (NES)); to out…

428. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid out in flood compensation from the vote allocation of his Department each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13908/26]

205. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to adjust the qualifying criteria for carer's allowance so that those who care for someone for at least 30 hours per week can qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12933/26]

206. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the adequacy of existing supports for single mothers in the weeks and months after giving birth; if any review of the State support structures can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/26]

207. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the adequacy of support services available to single mothers compared with those for two-parent families, particularly during pregnancy and the early months of their child's life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12941/26]

208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he is aware of a situation wherein an award of the basic income for artists may result in a household losing eligibility for disability allowance, putting them at risk of poverty; and for details of any steps he will take to address this. [12974/26]

209. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to NGOs by his Department in 2025; the funding allocated to NGOs by agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13093/26]