550. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the attached submission on the wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49763/26]
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Showing questions asked by Mark Wall under the heading Social Welfare Schemes.
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11. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying carers who care for two or more people, based on a full carer’s allowance in respect of each person, not a half-rate for a second person. [31340/26]
48. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit to €325 a week; the full-year cost of increasing the monthly domiciliary care allowance to €400; and the full-year cost of increasing the annual carer support grant to €2,150. [31339/26]
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]
402. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline for the past four years, the average time between reviews for recipients of a carer’s allowance; the number of times his Department has reviewed a carer’s allowance recipient more than once in a year; if multiple reviews of recipients is standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49576/25]
1874. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to extend the JST to one-parent families in work, training or education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44035/25]
1875. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to extend the entitlement to the living alone allowance and household benefits package to one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/25]
1878. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of increasing the working family payment thresholds by €20 or €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44039/25]
1879. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of paying child benefit in the month of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/25]
1880. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing job seeker's payments to under-25s at the same adult rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44041/25]
1881. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer’s allowance income disregard to €750 single, and €1,500 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44042/25]
1882. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the back to education grant to all BTEA applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44043/25]
1883. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance income disregard to €200 or €250, respectively, and increasing the upper income cap to €400 or €450, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44044/25]
1884. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and JST income disregards to €200 or €250, respectively, and to provide a breakdown of the cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44045/25]
1885. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of providing carer’s allowance to all those in receipt of the carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44047/25]
1886. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of providing carer’s allowance at a full rate to those caring for two or more people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44048/25]
1887. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of allowing those in receipt of the State pension to retain a full-rate carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44049/25]
650. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the means-test for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for all children and young people in State care, including those in foster care. [39262/25]
653. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the 18.5-hour ceiling rule for the carer’s allowance for those who wish to undertake training or education and whose child is in school for more than 18.5-hours. [39265/25]
654. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the weekly earnings limit for the carer’s benefit. [39266/25]
286. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if child maintenance payments are disregarded from secondary social welfare entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22282/25]