Social Welfare Benefits

85. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis his Department has carried out on the eligibility of low-income farmers for carers allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46270/26]

87. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the impact of inflation and cost of living on the real value of the carer’s allowance and disability allowance, particularly for recipients who experience a different cost of living due to the cost of their disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46201/26]

89. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in the Dún Laoghaire constituency expected to benefit from the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2026; the estimated increase from extending eligibility to children aged two and three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46166/26]

345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the reason there is a discrepancy between his Department and the Revenue Commissioners in relation to an application for maternity benefit (details supplied). [46513/26]

346. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine an application where further information has been submitted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46546/26]

386. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the child benefit by €5. [46722/26]

387. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the estimated first year and full year cost of an increase in €10 to each disability-contingent payment, in tabular form. [46723/26]

388. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of extending free travel to all recipients of the domiciliary care allowance. [46757/26]

389. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the living alone benefit by €5. [46758/26]

391. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing jobseeker's pay-related benefit, jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's self-employed by €5. [46760/26]

392. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of equalising 18-24 years-of-age rates of jobseeker's benefit and allowance with the standard rates. [46761/26]

393. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing all working age social welfare payments including foster care allowance by €5. [46762/26]

394. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing carer's allowance by €5. [46763/26]

395. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year costs of increasing the working family payment, one parent family payment and jobseeker's transitional by €5.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46764/26]

396. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing all disability-contingent payments by €5. [46765/26]

397. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the child support payment for under 12 years-of-age by €5. [46766/26]

398. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of restoring the right to retire to 65 years-of-age. [46767/26]

399. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year costs of the working family payment, jobseeker's transitional, one parent family payment and the existing child support payments; and the number of respective recipients, in tabular form. [46768/26]

121. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the work his Department is doing to reduce the delays in processing jobseeker’s benefit claims for those who are early years educators during the summer holiday months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/26]

123. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of payments under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; the equivalent figures for each county in 2020; the expected further increase in the numbers of recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/26]

124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm, excluding child benefit, the number of foreign-born nationals and their adult dependents currently in receipt of a weekly, means tested social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46384/26]

125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of foreign-born parents currently claiming child benefit; the number of children who are the beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46385/26]

606. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44976/26]

608. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) would be financially better off on the State pension (non-contributory) and living alone allowance rather than their current adult dependent allowance given their spouse is in long-term care with no prospect of them returning home. [45015/26]

609. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the fuel allowance available for 32, 40 and 52 weeks per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45031/26]