400. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a list of all services which have been subject to tender processes related to the My Future Fund and the auto-enrolment retirement savings system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66847/25]
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401. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a list of all companies who have submitted tenders to provide services to the My Future Fund and auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme, and where applicable, which companies have been awarded the contracts in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66850/25]
402. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide information on any requests from his Department to other Government departments for support or advice during the design and planning of the auto-enrolment retirement savings system, and on the management of the My Future Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66851/25]
220. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection his response to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66617/25]
609. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for domiciliary care allowance in Cork to date in 2025; the number refused; and the number subsequently approved on appeal. [66233/25]
610. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance in Cork in 2025 refused because of income above the means test threshold. [66234/25]
611. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of urgent needs applications received, by category, to date in 2025; the number approved; and the average processing time. [66235/25]
612. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have claimed the benefit payment for 65-years-olds, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66257/25]
727. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who are in receipt of Jobseeker's allowance unbroken continuously in excess of 12 months, 24 months and 36 months, in tabular form. [63791/25]
728. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on disability allowance and invalidity benefit; and the percentage of the population. [63792/25]
512. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the eligibility criteria for the new fuel allowance payment for those in receipt of the working family payment, announced in Budget 2026; the proposed income thresholds, and any other qualifying conditions that will apply, when the measure is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56566/25]
515. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Social Protection the EU Member States that made restitution for historically discriminatory social welfare, particularly in the case of women who have lost out on pension payments due to the marriage bar preventing them from working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56658/25]
517. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension his Department has received in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of those applications that have been approved in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [56742/25]
530. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare claims currently awaiting a decision, in each scheme, in County Wexford; the average waiting time for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57207/25]
532. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline all the supports available from his Department for families with twins, in particular for families who are full-time carers to twins with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57263/25]
536. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will list the countries with which Ireland has reciprocal agreements regarding social insurance contributions for pensions and other core welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57350/25]
289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of pupils regularly present who do not collect a school meal when it is available, by school and term since 2023; the Department’s plan to address stigma, timing and menu acceptability barriers; and to cite any pilots to improve uptake. [49467/25]
292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide data on food waste from school meals (kg/week per school), for the years 2023 to 2025; and any menu reformulation or packaging trials to reduce waste. [49470/25]
1382. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the age profile categories of clients being granted invalidity pension in the last number of years, broken down under age profiles, under 25, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54 and 55 to 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46183/25]
1404. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of applications for fuel allowance from persons over 70 years of age that were refused the fuel allowance in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; the top three reasons for refusal; and the grade of staff member within his Department that decides to approve or refuse fuel allowance for persons over 70 years of age. [46708/25]
1407. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]
1408. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers that qualify for the carer’s allowance in the wake of changes to income disregards, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/25]
1417. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail the number of homes that currently qualify for the fuel allowance, in tabular form, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/25]
1424. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of foster care allowance qualified for back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if the number is in keeping or different to the figures in his statement in June 2025 announcing their inclusion in the scheme. [47327/25]
1425. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to all pensioners; to all in receipt of the working family payment and-or a medical card; the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the waiting period of a year for those on jobseeker’s allowance; the cost of increasing the rate by €20 per week; and of extending the payment p…