Social Welfare Benefits

315. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension in the name of a person (details supplied). [14838/25]

484. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved; if the correspondence from his Department to this Deputy will be reviewed given the person has not received any notification from his Department in recent times; and if an oral hearing will be arranged immediately gi…

485. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection when the bereavement grant to help defray funeral costs was discontinued; if there are plans to introduce a similar grant support in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13390/25]

487. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of active rent supplement claims at the end of 2024, and the total expenditure by her Department on rent supplement in 2024. [13422/25]

514. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if workers due to be made redundant in County Waterford (details supplied) will be able to avail of the pay-related jobseekers benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13725/25]

519. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is classified in their receipt of disability allowance as an adult dependent. [13934/25]

520. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a HAS application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13959/25]

523. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/25]

532. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s allowance application will be expedited in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14155/25]

533. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of instances that the additional needs payment was used to cover the costs of car repairs in each county or social welfare district for each month since January 2020, in tabular form; the total cost for each county or district for each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14168/25]

534. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the additional needs payment for car repairs that were made in each 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number therein that were awarded payment and the average payment made for this purpose in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14169/25]

535. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if beneficiaries of temporary protection have had personal car repair works funded through any payment mechanism provided by his Department; if so, to provide details of costs and payment numbers from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14178/25]

537. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of first-time applicants disallowed for the domiciliary carers allowance; the number of appeals on this decision; the number of domiciliary carers allowance awarded on appeal, the number awarded on second application, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14211/25]

357. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a disability benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/25]

1001. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make provision for widows/widowers to avail of free travel at 60 years of age regardless of whether their deceased spouse had free travel or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10982/25]

1008. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to reinstate a grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/25]

1015. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for working family payment (details supplied) that was submitted in November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11355/25]

1019. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of the free travel pass for those medically unfit to drive, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11509/25]

1026. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to replace jobseeker’s assistance; what consultations have been held on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/25]

1030. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the carer’s allowance who have applied for the fuel allowance; and of these, the number of applications who have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11645/25]

1040. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to deliver child benefit to mothers from the tenth week of pregnancy; and if he will consider the introduction of such a payment to help mothers with the cost of preparing for the arrival of children. [11888/25]

1047. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine subsidies for the elderly (details supplied) who cannot claim them because their children are still living at home due to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11988/25]

1056. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individual domiciliary care allowance applications or social welfare appeals relating to domiciliary care allowance applications where the Minister or Department has either directly or indirectly received solicitor letters pertaining to that individual application or appeal for each year between 2020 and to date in…

1064. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department intends to restore child benefit for children in full-time third level education beyond 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12332/25]

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection what the new pay-related jobseeker’s benefit will mean for workers (details supplied) who sign on for jobseeker’s benefit during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10034/25]