Parliamentary questions

1538. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to fully restore the cuts made from 2010 to the DTSS and DTBS schemes and to the public dental service for children and people with additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74562/25]

1539. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to equalise the treatment of PRSI contributors with that of medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74564/25]

1540. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the payroll cost of his Department and of each organisation or agency under its remit individually, in 2015 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [74634/25]

1541. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a cost estimate for extending the free travel pass to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74642/25]

1542. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to automatically granting invalidity pension to those with a diagnosis of cancer for the duration of their treatment and the time they are unable to work as a result of their cancer, provided they meet the PRSI credits requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74709/25]

1543. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary question No. 179 of 11 June 2025, when the review of means testing in the social protection system will be completed; if he now intends to amend the current weekly means limit for the increase for qualified adult allowance for recipients of the State pension and to increasing the current means limit of €100 …

1544. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the Karshan disclosure opportunity guidance; if his Department was consulted before the Revenue Commissioners launched this scheme; the way in which his Department will ensure workers’ PRSI records pre-2024 are corrected in line with Karshan; the reason his Department failed to prosecute employ…

1545. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the merits of eliminating the means test for the carer’s allowance; the research his Department has carried out into this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74849/25]

1546. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will issue a hard copy of the Med 1 cert-incapacity for work medical certificate to this Deputy. [74884/25]

1547. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools in Donegal that have applied for the school meals scheme for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74887/25]

1548. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74903/25]

1549. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people on illness benefit for longer than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74912/25]

1550. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated net loss of income faced by a single adult on disability allowance living alone in 2026 compared with 2025, arising from the discontinuation of once-off supports such as the €400 disability payment, €300 fuel lump sum, €300 living-alone lump sum, €200 electricity credits and double-week bonuses; the rationale for remo…

1551. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish any disability-specific poverty or social exclusion modelling carried out by his Department in advance of Budget 2026, and to outline what modelling, if any, informed the decision to withdraw once-off supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75003/25]

1552. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the fiscal rationale for removing once-off supports for disabled people, given the continuing cost-of-living pressures and the absence of the cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75009/25]

1553. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to introduce an emergency winter payment for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75043/25]

1554. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of projects in his Department that were delayed in 2023 and 2024 due to the change of document from the Public Spending Code to the Infrastructure Guidelines, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75116/25]

1555. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75203/25]

1556. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75221/25]

1557. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of press, media or communications staff currently employed in his Department and within each agency for which he is responsible; the cost of these staff for 2025 and the expected cost for 2026; whether there are proposals to increase the number of such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75239/25]

1558. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to his Department and to each agency for which they are responsible arising from Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise and the estimated cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75257/25]

1559. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the priorities of his Department and each agency for which they are responsible for, in respect of Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75275/25]

1560. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken to advertise the My Future Fund scheme; the steps specifically that have been taken to encourage people to maintain payments after the six month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1017/26]

1561. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to introduce a scheme similar to the My Future Fund scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1018/26]

1562. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to introduce a scheme similar to the My Future Fund scheme for the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/26]