Questions

702. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the conditions and requirements which apply to a national of another EU member state who intends to move to Ireland; whether they are required to have secured employment within a certain period of time after arriving in Ireland; what their entitlement to social welfare supports are; and how a particular individual (details supplied) who is a national of…

710. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the means test for carer’s allowance, in light of concerns that the current thresholds are excluding many full-time family carers who provide essential care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14573/26]

716. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will review the eligibility criteria for the working family payment in respect of workers insured under PRSI Class S, including directors of small family run businesses who meet the income thresholds but are excluded due to the current treatment of working hours; whether he will examine extending eligibility in such cases in light of risin…

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]

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]

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]

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]

213. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who had their means assessed due to income from seaweed harvesting in the past two years; the number of these cases where no exemption of €1,270 was applied; whether these cases will be further reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13421/26]

845. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11695/26]

851. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 14 January 2026, if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11914/26]

860. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection if an official diagnosis with assessment of need report is compulsory in an application for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12274/26]

862. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12307/26]

864. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is necessary for parents to provide a burden of proof in the form of an assessment report, which cannot be obtained due to long waiting list, for assessment of needs for children for an application for domiciliary care allowance; when an application form and medical report is all that is currently required; and if he will make a stat…

865. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if an official diagnosis, along with an assessment report, is a compulsory requirement when granting domiciliary care allowance, as the applicants are only required to submit an application form and medical report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12568/26]

450. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the requirement for the past five years of PRSI contributions to be class A/A1 to qualify for the over-65 benefit payment, discriminates against those who were ill during this qualifying period (details supplied); the number of people who were rejected for the allowance on this basis over the past five years; the saving to the State; if…

742. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused an essential social welfare payment; if he will act to close off the loophole that allowed this to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9354/26]

746. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 13 January 2026, whether he accepts that former members of religious orders who spent decades in full-time employment in nursing, caring and other public service roles were excluded from PRSI contributions through no fault of their own and are now structurally disadvantaged under the State pension (cont…

747. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the assessment form for disability allowance is being found by some families to discriminate against individuals with certain conditions (details supplied); if his Department has plans to address these apparent anomalies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9587/26]

749. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their carer’s allowance refusal will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9655/26]

750. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who is undergoing chemotherapy had their social welfare payment terminated in November 2025; if the payment will be resumed in view of their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9656/26]

752. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the refusal of an invalidity pension application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9780/26]

753. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons care-related credited contributions are not deemed as qualifying contributions for the State Pension (Contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9873/26]

768. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the merits of allowing for a savings disregard in relation to the means test for carers allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10407/26]