925. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of domiciliary care allowance for the years 2020 to 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29806/25]
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.
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667 written, 14 oral
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| May 2025 | 39 |
| June 2025 | 83 |
| July 2025 | 46 |
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| November 2025 | 39 |
| December 2025 | 27 |
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| June 2026 | 60 |
| July 2026 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 33 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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926. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance for the years 2020 to 2024, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29807/25]
927. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to provide a €100 support to single/lone parents as a once off yearly payment. [29813/25]
929. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people claiming children’s allowance in 2025 and the estimated cost of providing a double payment in August 2025 to parents. [29836/25]
933. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); that serious consideration would be given to granting this allowance, due to the child’s difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30019/25]
935. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he is conscious of the need to maintain financial independence in the case where one spouse loses their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30110/25]
936. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of recipients of child benefit in an area (details provided) from 2020 to present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30136/25]
938. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider ensuring that people with intellectual disabilities and autism retain their free travel pass permanently upon taking up employment, regardless of changes in their disability payment status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30163/25]
939. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review and increase the earnings disregards for disability allowance, with a view to permanently supporting people with intellectual disabilities and autism in employment without fear of losing essential supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/25]
941. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the precarious nature of work in the film and television industry and find ways in which his Department can respond quickly and effectively to support freelance and creative workers who experience genuinely unexpected employment (details supplied) in order that a crew base can be retained and protected in this country; and i…
942. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of a recurring cost-of-disability payment of €2,600 a year, or €50 a week. [30193/25]
943. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing core rates of social protection by at minimum €20 to restore the purchasing power of the payment to 2020 levels. [30194/25]
945. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a record of insurance contributions made by a person (details supplied); if these contributions qualify them for carer's benefit; and the benefits available to this client as a stay-at-home parent since 2018 and carer for their two children (15 and 12 years old) that are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [30224/25]
946. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on matters raised in relation to widowed parents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30244/25]
951. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any social welfare benefits available to self-employed parents (farmers); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30436/25]
952. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a fuel allowance application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the details of their outgoings and financial difficulties provided as part of their appeal will be considered. [30449/25]
954. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the details of his Department's review of means testing across all social assistance schemes, with particular reference to the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30567/25]
955. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents eligible for parent's leave in the past twelve months; and how many weeks of leave, if any, those parents took, by county, in tabular form. [30599/25]
956. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plan to review parent's leave to make it more flexible and viable for parents, including partial weeks or single days of parent's leave; transferring unused leave to the partner parent; and the option to redistribute payment across a reduced number of days/weeks. [30600/25]
957. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to support and promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities; the progress made under the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; the new initiatives planned to improve access to the workforce for those with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/25]
958. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) for their daughter who it is documented has having medical difficulties, that serious consideration would be given to granting this domiciliary care allowance due to these difficulties and the level of care required; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
960. Deputy Catherine Connolly 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. [30688/25]
961. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance scheme to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30689/25]
962. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly schemes and other schemes payments, in tabular form (details supplied). [30690/25]
963. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of equalising the jobseekers rates for under 25s to the current rate of €244 per week for jobseekers over 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30691/25]