129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will introduce to protect persons in low-pay, low-hour work from income volatility, including volatility associated with existing social protection payments, with particular regard for a person (details supplied). [52005/26]
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712. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that while the Government has spoken about sustainable increases and restraint, the reality is that disabled persons are facing a real and substantial loss of income compared with 2025 (details supplied); if he will commit to introducing an emergency winter payment to offset the extra cost of disability, and bring forward a cost …
713. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is consistent with national policy to cut off disability allowance payments to persons on the basis of their partners' income, given this has the result of creating a state of poverty for the household (details supplied). [63197/25]
714. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether State and employer contributions towards the My Future Fund pension savings scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for any other public services or schemes. [63244/25]
715. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection his views that it is appropriate that officials in his Department infer lack of qualifying disability from blank sections of disability allowance paperwork; and if he has satisfied himself that the systems in place to determine eligibility for the allowance are sufficiently accommodating of transient and conditional manifestations of disability…
349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1151 and 1152 of 4 November 2025, to confirm that there is no strategic policy in place at Departmental level to bring down household costs and environmental impact of households benefitting from the additional needs payment for the purchase of white goods, by promoting the purchase of goods with better en…
1151. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of any legislation, circular or regulation limiting the approval of the exceptional needs payment for household goods to entry-level items in terms of cost (details supplied); whether his Department considers the life cycle costs, for instance the savings arising from the durability or energy efficiency of goods with a higher upfro…
1152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the data that is recorded on household goods purchased using the exceptional needs payment; and the estimated total annual value of these goods, by region and category. [57918/25]
187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will consider adapting the income assessment period for jobseeker’s pay-related benefit to reflect that employees may be placed on reduced working hours as they approach redundancy, in which case their income will be assessed as lower than they typically earned over the course of their careers for the purposes of calculating their jo…