411. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the total number of people that are in receipt of the diet supplement administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/26]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSocial Welfare Payments
822 questions from 114 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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412. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the total number of people that are in receipt of the diet supplement administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, broken down by year since it was first introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29364/26]
413. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost to the exchequer of payments under the diet supplement administered under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, broken down by year since it was first introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29365/26]
414. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has assessed the extent to which failures by employers to provide reasonable accommodation contribute to disabled workers leaving employment and subsequently relying on Illness Benefit, Disability Allowance or other income supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29484/26]
415. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer where a disabled worker exits employment and moves onto Disability Allowance, Illness Benefit or related supports following workplace discrimination or failure to provide reasonable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/26]
416. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, any cost-benefit analysis of early workplace accommodation and retention of disabled workers compared with the medium- and long-term cost of social welfare dependency arising from accommodation failures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29486/26]
417. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and the Department of Children, Disability and Equality on the relationship between workplace accommodation failures, disability-related job loss and subsequent reliance on social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29487/26]
418. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of an issue (details supplied); if he will request his officials to investigate the matter as one of urgency given the material change in circumstances and the terminal condition of the person being cared for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29501/26]
145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in reinstating a carer's allowance payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal that ceased in February 2026; if it can be reinstated immediately considering requested information and documentary evidence was submitted to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28787/26]
146. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any data is available on the number of recipients of carer’s allowance in Dublin west, broken down per LEA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/26]
152. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the age limit for families with adult children in full-time education receiving the Working Family Payment could be extended to 23 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28990/26]
605. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for guardian's payment. [28256/26]
635. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No 1990 of 14 April 2026, if he has sought a timeline for a return to full operation of the visiting space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/26]
256. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the disallowance of an illness benefit claim of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/26]
276. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to partial capacity benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27388/26]
1098. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the introduction of any leave for miscarriage or pregnancy loss, beyond that already covered in line with a previous PQ response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27163/26]
1122. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to give favourable consideration to introducing paid miscarriage leave in line with Northern Ireland and the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/26]
1127. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to consider introducing paid miscarriage leave in line with Northern Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24469/26]
1846. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total annual cost to the State of parent’s benefit and paternity benefit respectively each year since the inception, the breakdown of expenditure on both payments, in tabular form. [23977/26]
1862. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any assessment has been carried out on the feasibility of introducing real-time residency verification, including the use of exit-entry data or airline passenger data, to ensure that payments do not continue to issue to persons no longer resident in the State; and if he will provide the outcome of any such assessment. [24545/26]
1863. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to quantify the average duration for which a payment continues to issue after a recipient ceases to satisfy the habitual residence condition before detection occurs; and the estimated financial exposure arising from this delay. [24546/26]
1864. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to explain the increase in child benefit overpayments arising from absence from the State between 2023 and 2025; and to outline the specific control or enforcement measures introduced during this period to address this trend. [24547/26]
1865. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of overpayments arising from absence from the State that are ultimately recovered in full; the average recovery timeframe; and the proportion written off or unrecovered. [24548/26]
1866. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of any internal audit or compliance review carried out since 2022 specifically examining payments issued to persons no longer resident in the State, including any control weaknesses identified and corrective actions taken. [24549/26]
1879. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a rent supplement application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if the application will be expedited. [25097/26]