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Showing questions asked by Louise O'Reilly under the heading Social Welfare Schemes.

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Louise O'Reilly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1385. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [46301/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1386. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the income disregard for jobseekers transitional payment by 10%. [46302/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1387. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the income disregard for working family payment by 10%. [46303/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1388. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of introducing a part-time rate of job seekers for self employed making less than a 40 hour week at the current minimum wage. [46304/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Social
562. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that due to a recent change in Department policy, activation officers are now required to meet with jobseeker’s when they have only been on a social welfare payment for 300 days; if he is aware that they are then referred to Intreo partners, i.e., local employment area service, and so on; if he is aware that individuals cannot be refe…
Louise O'Reilly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Social
195. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if kinship carers are eligible for the back to school allowance. [31180/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Social
207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of extending the guardian payment to cover children over the age of 12. [31201/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Social
208. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of increasing the rate of guardian payment to be on par with the foster allowance. [31202/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Social
213. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of providing up to 20 days of reproductive leave, as outlined in the reproductive health-related leave bill. [31208/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
409. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing the one parent family payment and supplementary welfare allowance by €1. [28439/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
410. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the Carer’s Allowance by €12 and abolishing the means test, assuming that abolishing the means test would lead to an increase of an additional 25,605 eligible recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28440/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
411. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full year cost of a pay-related carer’s benefit according to the same criteria as the pay-related jobseeker’s benefit. [28441/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
412. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing the carer’s allowance by €1. [28442/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
413. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing domiciliary care allowance by €1. [28443/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
414. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing the annual carer’s support grant to €2000, 2250 and 2500. [28444/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
415. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing jobseeker’s allowance by €1. [28445/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
416. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the state pension by €1. [28446/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
417. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing weekly increases for qualified adults, in line with the MESL. [28447/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
418. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing qualified child payment for over and under 12s by €1. [28448/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
419. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of establishing a social welfare adequacy commission. [28449/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
420. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the age-limit of the one parent family payment to 12 years and jobseeker’s transitional payment to 15 years. [28450/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
421. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the age-limit of the jobseeker’s transitional payment until a family’s youngest child has completed secondary education or turns 18, whichever is older. [28451/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
422. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending the fuel allowance eligibility to all working family payment recipients. [28452/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension for 65-year-olds. [28453/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
424. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by 1 week. [28454/25]