Social Welfare Code

526. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is financial assistance available from his Department to an individual in receipt of a payment (details supplied) toward costs for an adapted vehicle in the case there is no other funding source available to the individual; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14075/25]

1086. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he plans to take to ensure that necessary and appropriate care is being provided to family members in the context of the planned expansion of the carer’s allowance. [12953/25]

84. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance; if this will be phased out; if he can provide a detailed timeline for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/25]

85. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to include healthcare workers suffering with long Covid symptoms within the occupational injuries benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8935/25]

86. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Social Protection the detail of how and when he intends to implement the Programme for Government commitment to abolish the income limit for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8927/25]

294. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will abolish means testing for carer’s allowance, as per the Programme for Government, at the earliest possible date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6861/25]

314. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he recognises the anomaly in the social welfare system which means that people in receipt of widow’s pension, and who are working, are penalised if they become ill and can no longer work, because they cannot claim illness benefit for example; if he intends to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

194. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection when the abolition of the means test for carers will occur as families are depending on this pre-election promise being fulfilled promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8339/25]

201. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to reform the application form for domiciliary care allowance; if he is aware of the concerns of support groups questioning the detail required and complex nature of the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8411/25]

202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for the implementation of the working age payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8437/25]

205. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that capital value of land is reckonable for some means tested social welfare, i.e. jobseeker's allowance, and not for other means tested social welfare payments, i.e., State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8539/25]

573. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update and a proposed timeline, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government, when the means testing for carer’s allowance will be abolished. [7190/25]

602. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to phase out the means test for carer's allowance within this Government; the proposed timeline for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7838/25]

636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on his officials' engagement with the Office of the Attorney General and the office of the Parliamentary legal advisor on new legislative changes to the criteria for qualifying for the widows and widowers pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2244/25]

639. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a timeline for legislation to give entitlement to unmarried cohabitants to a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/25]

652. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2379/25]

653. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently enact the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/25]

657. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for when the means test will be abolished for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2441/25]

659. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if the supplementary welfare allowance can be used to replace gas boilers for those who do not have the means to pay to replace them on their own (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/25]

662. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024; the current position of the Bill; the estimated time to enact the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2494/25]

666. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill 2024; if he will commit to urgently progressing this legislation to give effect to the O’Meara judgment from January 2024; the timeline to publish the Bill; if he plans to act on the pre-legislative scrutiny recommendations of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Commu…

668. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance ceases at 16 years of age; if he will increase the age limit in line with child benefit due to the number of 16-year-olds not eligible for disability allowance who still have a condition requiring care by their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2543/25]

669. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for when the means tests will be removed for carer’s allowance; if there will be any change to the way carer’s allowance is taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/25]

670. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for legislation to be enacted on the Supreme Court’s judgement to the entitlement of an unmarried co-habitant to a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/25]

681. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the terms of the widow's or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or co-habiting couples, and the judgment of the Supreme Court on 22 January 2024; the expected timeline in terms of the legislative changes that are required in respect of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2798…