89. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to introducing a pay-related maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15525/26]
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407. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a jobseekers benefit payment for a person (details supplied). [15729/26]
408. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is considering a policy change to bring Ireland in line with the rest of Europe by granting maternity and paternity benefit at 100%, or a high percentage of salary for all, or a portion of a person's entitlement to the corresponding leave; if there are policy learnings from the recent implementation of the jobseeker's pay-related benef…
409. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of clients classified as beneficiaries of temporary protection who were referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such clients who secured employment; the number who sustained employment for at least 6 months and 12 months respe…
410. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the total actual expenditure incurred in respect of all clients referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the proportion of that expenditure attributable to beneficiaries of temporary protection in each year [15834/26]
411. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the average actual cost per client referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the average cost per client classified as a beneficiary of temporary protection; and the average cost per client not so classified. [15835/26]
412. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the contractual payment structure for providers under the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services differs in respect of beneficiaries of temporary protection compared to other clients; whether payment triggers, milestone payments or outcome payments vary by cohort; and if he will provide details of same. [15836/26]
413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has estimated the reduction in welfare expenditure arising from beneficiaries of temporary protection securing sustained employment through the National Employment Service or Local Area Employment Services; the estimated increase in income tax and PRSI receipts attributable to such employment; and whether any cost-benefit or value…
414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the average duration in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment prior to referral to contracted employment services for beneficiaries of temporary protection; the equivalent duration for all other jobseekers; and whether any differential activation pathway applies. [15838/26]
415. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether additional supports, including English language training, translation assistance or tailored integration measures, are funded within the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in respect of beneficiaries of temporary protection; and the total cost of such supports since 2022 [15839/26]
416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any formal review, audit, performance evaluation or value-for-money assessment has been undertaken since 2022 in respect of referrals of beneficiaries of temporary protection to contracted employment services; and if he will provide the title and completion date of any such review. [15840/26]
417. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection if a nutritionist has been appointed to oversee the school hot meals scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15949/26]
418. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider awarding domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16087/26]
419. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of a €100 lump sum payment to all recipients of the disability allowance; blind pension: invalidity pension; domiciliary care allowance; disablement benefit; incapacity supplement; illness benefit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16166/26]
420. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of a €100 lump sum to all recipients of the working family payment. [16167/26]
421. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports being put in place for those who may lose their jobs at a company (details supplied) following the announcement of significant job losses [16821/26]
164. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the question referred therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15210/26]
165. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will take to address concerns regarding cross contamination making school meals unsuitable for coeliac children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/26]
166. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in the dire…
167. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals for the fuel allowance over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15279/26]
168. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any product or services purchased from Canada by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid. [15337/26]
169. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider additional funding for Citizens Information Services so they can hire additional staff to meet the significant unmet demand for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15354/26]
170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to intervene to ensure that no individuals are penalised as a result of a partner being granted the basic income for the artists (details supplied) for instance by causing a disqualification for disability allowance [15372/26]
171. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection if stamps from taxable employment earned under employment by Posts and Telegraph, then Eir, that class D stamp can be looked at in retirement, to qualify for optical and dental treatments. [15381/26]
172. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers and employees, who have benefited from the wage subsidy scheme to support employment of those with disabilities for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15504/26]