1017. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to housing assistance payment rent limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18794/26]
Topics / Social Welfare Payments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSocial Welfare Payments
822 questions from 114 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
822
questions
801 written, 21 oral
114
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
10
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 | 3 |
| February 2025 | 94 |
| March 2025 | 13 |
| April 2025 | 40 |
| May 2025 | 36 |
| June 2025 | 43 |
| July 2025 | 40 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 20 |
| October 2025 | 8 |
| November 2025 | 94 |
| December 2025 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 75 |
| February 2026 | 42 |
| March 2026 | 25 |
| April 2026 | 69 |
| May 2026 | 38 |
| June 2026 | 62 |
| July 2026 | 30 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 48 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
1138. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons a qualified adult allowance for a person (details supplied) has been reduced; the options that are available to the pensioner at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/26]
1142. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18375/26]
1147. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to overpayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/26]
1154. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the impact the Basic Income for Artists has on disability payments; and if he will make a statement on the way in which it can have the effect of making disabled artists ineligible for their disability payment and disabled people's consequent access to participation in the arts. [18570/26]
1155. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the impact the Basic Income for Artists has on disability payments; and if he will make a statement on the way in which it can have the effect of making disabled artists ineligible for their disability payment and disabled people's consequent access to participation in the arts. [18571/26]
1174. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/26]
1176. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of family carers who have benefitted under the long term carers contribution scheme ensuring a full State pension for them, in each of the years since it was introduced, in tabular form. [19007/26]
1205. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of current State pension recipients benefitted from the long-term carers contribution scheme; and the additional total cost to the State for allowing these contributions. [20119/26]
1227. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of persons in receipt of the contributory and non-contributory pension; and the projected numbers for same in ten years' time, 20 years' time and 30 years' time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20814/26]
414. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the person’s application; the timeframe for a payment to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17985/26]
6. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has considered introducing additional protections or supports for people living with rare diseases, given the unique financial and social challenges they face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15529/26]
9. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to increase the living alone allowance in recognition of the significantly lower income available to qualifying single householders relative to couples. [15159/26]
11. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s plans to introduce a cost-of-disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15527/26]
14. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the programme for Government commitment to introduce pay-related parents benefit and explore other payments where a similar model could be applied. [15142/26]
23. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in light of the recently published consumer price index figures, his plans to alleviate hardship through increases to core welfare payments; the fuel allowance; or any disability-contingent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15413/26]
24. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to engage with the Minister for Finance in relation to carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit being made tax exempt in line with other social welfare payments, including jobseeker’s allowance and disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15138/26]
26. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15574/26]
36. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will introduce a cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14631/26]
39. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families getting the working family payment who now qualify for fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/26]
41. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the working family payment in Dublin that will benefit from the extension of the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14953/26]
47. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to update the emergency response payment, recognising that apartments are becoming a significant proportion of Irish dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15602/26]
49. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent on child-related payments in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14958/26]
53. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the work being done to provide a cost of disability payment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/26]
56. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to the introduction of a support payment for those who are required to take leave due to a miscarriage or early pregnancy loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15524/26]