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Poverty Impact Assessment

3 questions from 2 TDs, between 8 April 2025 and 1 May 2025.

3
questions
3 written, 0 oral
2
TDs have asked
2
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Independent2 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity1 from 1 TD · 3 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Barry Heneghan
    2
  2. Paul Murphy
    1

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The questions

Barry Heneghan Written 1 May 2025 · to Social
283. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has evaluated the true at-risk-of-poverty rate for people with disabilities when accounting for the extra cost of disability; whether his Department will adjust poverty measurement tools or set new targets in light of this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 May 2025 · to Social
284. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will reform the State’s equivalence scales or poverty metrics to formally include a “disability weight” reflecting the higher living costs associated with disability; and if he will outline any plans to adopt such adjustments. [21964/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Social
673. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will conduct an updated poverty impact assessment of age-related rates of jobseeker's for young people aged 18-24 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17004/25]