330. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide for more flexibility around the TÚS scheme to allow those under 20 years and unemployed to participate, to reduce the qualifying period for those aged 20-25 to six months, to reduce the mandatory minimum period of time between TÚS placements to two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26331/25]
Topics / Social Welfare Eligibility
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSocial Welfare Eligibility
524 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
524
questions
517 written, 7 oral
120
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
5
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 57 |
| March 2025 | 25 |
| April 2025 | 16 |
| May 2025 | 36 |
| June 2025 | 17 |
| July 2025 | 45 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 37 |
| October 2025 | 32 |
| November 2025 | 28 |
| December 2025 | 9 |
| January 2026 | 23 |
| February 2026 | 40 |
| March 2026 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 40 |
| June 2026 | 42 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 31 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
555. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the eligibility for the living alone increase, particularly for those not reliant on a social protection payment, but may, for example, have a modest occupational pension (details supplied). [32074/25]
577. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) would qualify for jobseeker's pay-related benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32732/25]
401. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31432/25]
445. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the farm assist payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28849/25]
431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance is automatically halved if a person receives the old-age pension; when this policy was enacted; the person that signed off on it; and the reason it was deemed necessary. [27496/25]
280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if post-primary teachers will be entitled to pay-related jobseeker's benefit when they become unemployed at the end of this academic year in May 2025 and where they have been unable to secure an employment contract for September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26479/25]
281. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for widow’s pension will be approved for a person (details supplied). [26484/25]
82. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection to review a decision to remove disability allowance from a person (details supplied); to clarify if the payment will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26177/25]
92. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carers support grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26337/25]
93. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carers allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26344/25]
590. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will revisit his predecessor’s decision not to accept and apply the European Commission’s 2022 recommendation to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/25]
592. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) to review a decision on carer's allowance. [25259/25]
595. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a deserted wives’ payment for a person (details supplied) will be put back on, as she is a permanent resident in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25336/25]
597. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the promised increases to the disregard for carer's allowance to €625 for a single person and to €1,250 for a couple, will come into force; what the disregard for a carer's savings will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25376/25]
598. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether there have been any discussions between his Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to regularise or streamline access to social protection payments for childcare workers who are not paid outside of term time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25417/25]
599. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the further supports that are available to individuals in receipt of the State pension and a half rate carer's allowance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25418/25]
600. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection whether individuals with endometriosis may be eligible to qualify for disability supports; and if he will outline the process by which a person with endometriosis could apply for and access disability benefits, including how eligibility is assessed in such cases. [25466/25]
613. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the review process for a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) who has had their claim suspended since 6 February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25575/25]
629. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to increase the age limit for the one family payment to 12 years. [25918/25]
758. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there have been any discussions between her Department and the Department of Social Protection to regularise or streamline access to social protection for childcare workers who are not paid outside of term time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/25]
258. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the report commissioned by his Department on extending the fuel allowance to recipients of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25055/25]
259. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered implementing an individual means-test for social welfare payments rather than a household means-test, to ensure that people are only assessed on their own income and not that of their household’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25056/25]
261. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 292 of 10 April 2025 and 1418 of 29 April 2025, without mentioning or outlining “child benefit”, whether all parents or guardians of newly adopted children under 18 are eligible for the new baby grant, regardless of the child’s age on date of placement; if there is a cut-off age whereby adopted children are de…
262. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish internal documents specifying particular protocols used by deciding officers to award applications for social welfare income payment beyond just the publicly available operational guidelines; in particular if he could publish the ‘homeless protocol’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25065/25]