Social Welfare Payments

1806. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41984/25]

1807. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41985/25]

1812. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications received in 2025 to date for exceptional needs payments in Wicklow; the current processing timeframes for new applications, broken down by wait time from the date that the application was received until a decision was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41990/25]

1813. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing time for disability allowance claims. [42005/25]

1814. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for disability allowance payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42006/25]

1829. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection for a review of how social welfare repayment statements are issued out to individuals; currently if more than one overpayment then the repayment is only reflected on one account, which causes confusion for the individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42368/25]

1846. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to introduce a cost of disability payment as recommended by the 2021 Government commissioned Indecon Report and in view of the commitment in the Programme For Government to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment to be increased incrementally over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will m…

1856. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a carer’s benefit will be approved for a person (details supplied). [43618/25]

1857. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a child benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43636/25]

1858. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43637/25]

1860. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of carers in receipt of the carer's support grant; providing a breakdown of the number eligible due to receiving the carer's allowance, carer's benefit, the domiciliary care allowance and all others, in tabular form. [43648/25]

1863. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance can be approved for a person (details supplied). [43792/25]

1864. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a Christmas bonus double payment of each weekly social welfare payment on the same basis as in 2024, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the costs by each weekly payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44025/25]

1868. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing eligibility thresholds for SWA by 10%, 20%, 30% respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/25]

1872. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a €30 per week cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44033/25]

1890. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for educational sector workers who apply for a jobseeker’s payment while temporarily laid off during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44088/25]

619. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowance or urgent needs payment made, by reason, in Cork in the first six months of each of the past five years. [38829/25]

631. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment for two years or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38986/25]

632. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment for five years or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38987/25]

633. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/25]

634. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of fuel allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/25]

648. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance will be reinstated for a person (details supplied). [39225/25]

662. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of carers allowance payments for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [39576/25]

663. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department can address queries in respect of the contributions, benefits and entitlements of persons (details supplied). [39578/25]

664. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if, where a person who is in receipt of the disability allowance and who owns their own home and intends to sell their home and will be purchasing a new home from the proceeds, the sales proceeds in the interim period will be considered as means and thereby result in the disability allowance being stopped; if there is any period all…