Parliamentary questions

Questions

TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

Browse the questions

Clear

Showing questions under the heading Departmental Data.

267 questions match, newest first.

Mark Wall Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
614. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who transferred from invalidity pension to State pension contributory and-or non-contributory for each of the last three years, in tabular form. [73364/26]
Mark Wall Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
615. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who transferred from Disability Allowance to State pension contributory and or non contributory for each of the past three years, in tabular form. [73362/26]
Sean Fleming Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
616. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of social protection payments; the total value of those payments in 2022; and best estimate for 2026 in County Laois. [73484/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients residing outside the State while continuing to receive payments from his Department, by payment type. [74286/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
639. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the number of social protection claimants who were found to be resident abroad when their claims were detected or determined to be fraudulent or illegitimate; and the breakdown of the countries where these people were resident from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [74227/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Social
411. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total value of social welfare overpayments that remained unrecovered at 31 December in each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and the amount of debt written off or deemed unrecoverable. [70351/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Social
412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 6110/26, to provide the actual outstanding social welfare overpayment debt balance owed to his Department at the end of each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive; and the amount written off in each of those years. [70350/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Social
526. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of domiciliary care allowance, by county, for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [68951/26]
David Cullinane Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Social
394. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure by his Department on ICT contractors and consultants in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; the number of ICT contractors currently engaged by the Department; the number of permanent civil servants currently employed in ICT roles; and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [66735/26]
David Cullinane Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Social
395. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has conducted any analysis comparing the cost of ICT contractors with directly employed civil service ICT staff; if so, if he will provide a copy of that analysis, including the average comparative cost across ICT roles on an anonymised and aggregated basis, with individual contractor rates or commercially sensitive supplier i…
John Brady Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Social
252. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66071/26]
George Lawlor Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Social
780. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff by grade, working in each INTREO office within Wexford, in tabular form. [65588/26]
Thomas Gould Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Social
280. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding provided to MABS in each of the past five years. [54161/26]
Tony McCormack Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Social
475. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees now enrolled under MyFutureFund, the automatic enrolment retirement savings system, by county, in tabular form. [53716/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Social
128. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51991/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Social
346. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department holds or compiles data on the number of persons aged 65 years and over living alone in the State, beyond recipients of the living alone increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50325/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Social
347. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the living alone increase aged 66 years and over, nationally and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Social
208. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carers allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50067/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Social
209. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carers allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, nationally and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50069/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Social
211. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, nationwide and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50108/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Social
214. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Social
215. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, nationally and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50172/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Social
525. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of applications granted, refused; and the number of refusals that were subsequently overturned on appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
210. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department does not collect or publish data on the number of foreign born adults in receipt of means tested social welfare payments; when this data was last reviewed for statistical or policy relevance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47967/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Social
211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department does not record or publish the nationality or place of birth of qualified adults attached to primary social welfare claims; the number of such qualified adults currently supported by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47968/26]