261. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a working family payment application can be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan as the family is under severe financial pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38427/25]
Topics / Social Welfare Benefits
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSocial Welfare Benefits
681 questions from 119 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 6 October 2026.
681
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667 written, 14 oral
119
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 45 |
| March 2025 | 26 |
| April 2025 | 19 |
| May 2025 | 39 |
| June 2025 | 83 |
| July 2025 | 46 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 88 |
| October 2025 | 39 |
| November 2025 | 39 |
| December 2025 | 27 |
| January 2026 | 21 |
| February 2026 | 50 |
| March 2026 | 19 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 22 |
| June 2026 | 60 |
| July 2026 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 33 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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The questions
262. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance for a County Donegal constituent (details supplied) will be processed based on their current means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38455/25]
263. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently examine the carers benefit application for a person (details supplied) as this person has no income and is struggling to survive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38525/25]
102. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37953/25]
579. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will conduct a review of the social protection supports available to widowed persons (details supplied); and if he will outline any planned reforms to address these issues with a view to delivering more equitable and compassionate supports for widowed individuals and families. [37486/25]
582. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of self-employed people who have availed of carer's benefit since it was extended to the self-employed; if he can provide a breakdown by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/25]
769. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision in relation to an application for blind welfare allowance, awaited since November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37170/25]
276. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the total budget for the treatment benefit (PRSI used dental) scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/25]
280. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36844/25]
149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 24 June 2025, if consideration was given to the application of the new jobseeker’s pay-related benefit to claimants with open existing jobseeker's benefit claims; if not, the reason this was not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36264/25]
164. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first-year and full-year cost of providing a carer’s pension, at 2% contribution of the minimum annual living wage. [36586/25]
165. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the carer's benefit application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36649/25]
510. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the persistent delays in processing applications for the domiciliary care allowance; to provide the current average waiting time for new applications; to detail the measures being taken to reduce backlogs and improve processing efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35293/25]
521. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by 10% and extending payment to all children aged 18 years or under, including those in the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/25]
522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing qualified child rates by €6 for children under 12 and €15 for children 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/25]
525. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending parent’s benefit to 52 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/25]
528. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending parent’s benefit by one week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35706/25]
529. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly payments for maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, paternity benefit, and parent’s benefit to €350 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35707/25]
534. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the issue of supports for families who are sharing custody of children with special needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/25]
129. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available from his Department to bereaved parents of children. [34682/25]
131. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34796/25]
576. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims open for jobseekers benefit on 31 March 2025 before the jobseekers pay-related benefit scheme began; and if any consideration was given to retrospectively applying the new benefit to the cohort in receipt of the original payment.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33983/25]
588. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s benefit appeals are taking so long and to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34238/25]
600. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the entitlements of EU and UK nationals living in Ireland to jobseekers allowance, jobseekers benefit, children’s allowance, and any other additional supplementary or emergency payments; to outline the conditions attached to such claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34490/25]
89. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department will conduct a review of the delays relating to the awarding of disability and carer’s allowance, particularly in light of delays of up to five months that have occurred in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33295/25]