263. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged between 60 and 65 years-of-age who are in receipt of full carer’s allowance, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66098/26]
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348. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the fuel allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46587/26]
349. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the disability allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46588/26]
350. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the domiciliary care allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46589/26]
351. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the jobseekers allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46590/26]
352. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the jobseekers transitional payment threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46591/26]
353. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the farm assist threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46592/26]
354. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the blind pension threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46593/26]
355. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the one parent family payment threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46594/26]
356. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the working family payment threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46595/26]
358. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46597/26]
359. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the basic supplementary welfare allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46598/26]
360. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the rent supplement threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46599/26]
361. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the fuel allowance by one week; and the cost of doing so while increasing the threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively, in tabular form. [46600/26]
362. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the back-to-school allowance to children under four. [46601/26]
365. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the carer’s allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46604/26]
363. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are categories for family composition and circumstances beyond the categories of single, couple and dependent child; if he will give consideration to the additional cost of disability or costs incurred on a household when there is a member unable to work due to illness, injury or disability; if consideration will be given to the heightened …
81. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given consideration to modernising the communications allowance to account for broadband and mobile data costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31212/26]
331. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing the income threshold of the fuel allowance by 10%, 20% and 30% respectively, in tabular form; to provide an estimate of the number of applicants each threshold increase would incorporate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23365/26]
333. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of additional households that will become eligible for the fuel allowance if the weekly means test thresholds were increased by 10%, 20% and 30%, broken down by the primary social welfare payment they are in receipt of, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/26]
334. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a copy of the most recent SWITCH model runs used to cost fuel allowance threshold adjustments; and to provide details of the assumptions used regarding recipient elasticity and income distribution. [23368/26]
335. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of extending the fuel allowance by a further 13 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23369/26]
336. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing the maximum rate of the fuel allowance by €10, €15 and €20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/26]
338. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the minimum weekly working family payment from €20 to €30, to €40, and to €50; the estimated number of households that would benefit from each increase, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/26]
339. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of additional households that would become eligible for the working family payment if the gross weekly income thresholds were increased by 10%, by 20%, and by 30%; the estimated cost of doing so, by family size, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/26]