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Ciarán Ahern Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Social
877. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the Bereaved Partner’s (Contributory) Pension who are also in receipt of a child support payment; the number of children, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12793/26]
Ciarán Ahern Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Social
878. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the Bereaved Partner’s (Contributory) Pension or the Bereaved Partner’s (Non-Contributory) Pension who are also in receipt of a carer’s payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12794/26]
Ciarán Ahern Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Social
879. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the one parent family payment who are widowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12795/26]
Brian Brennan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Social
880. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in obtaining a public services card needed to process a passport application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12796/26]
Paul Lawless Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
435. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the role of Bord Bia in the hot school meals programme; if suppliers are required, encouraged or incentivised to use Bord Bia quality assured ingredients; if any data is collected on the proportion of Bord Bia certified products used in school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
436. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total spending on the hot school meals programme in each of the past ten years; the percentage of food provided through the programme that is not of Irish origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11215/26]
James Geoghegan Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
437. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11124/26]
James Geoghegan Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
438. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11125/26]
Mark Wall Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
439. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government will consider extending and reforming a social protection payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11150/26]
Mark Wall Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
440. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is working on reforms to the domiciliary care allowance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/26]
Louise O'Reilly Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
441. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11158/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
442. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11189/26]
Paul Lawless Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
443. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the hot school meals programme will guarantee that food supplied to participating schools is of Irish origin; if not, the European Union procurement restrictions that prevent the State from mandating Irish only produce in school meal contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11192/26]
Paul Lawless Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
444. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the oversight mechanisms in place to monitor compliance by food suppliers under the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11193/26]
Paul Lawless Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
445. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if beef used in the hot school meals programme is required to be Irish beef. [11196/26]
Paul Lawless Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
446. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if beef imported for the hot school meal programme is subject to EU and Bord Bia standards. [11197/26]
Paul Lawless Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
447. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the mandatory labelling requirements for beef used in school meals where the beef is not of Irish origin, including obligations regarding country of slaughter, country of fattening, and full traceability information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11198/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
448. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to delays in securing marriage notification appointments in the Cork area; his Department's plans, if any, to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/26]
Colm Burke Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
449. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance review for a mother in respect of her daughter (details supplied) has been lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11259/26]
Ged Nash Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
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…
Catherine Ardagh Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
451. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the most recent auto enrolment figures for each county, including the total number of individuals enrolled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
452. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the amount of money expended by his Department on fuel allowance, per annum, in each of the years 2022 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11294/26]
Matt Carthy Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
453. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11359/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Social
454. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 5 February 2026, if Tusla will set up a meeting with a family to discuss their situation regarding guardians payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11565/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Social
212. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department's engagements with food suppliers in the run-up to launching the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10539/26]