1411. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 1 July 2025, if the full-year cost of increasing all headline weekly social protection payments to €300 per week, excluding disability allowances, includes State pensions; the breakdown of the estimated total cost of increasing social protection payments to €300 per week including State pensions; an…
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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.
822
questions
801 written, 21 oral
114
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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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 |
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The TDs who asked most
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The questions
1419. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the delays in processing social welfare claims for Early Years Educators during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47178/25]
1428. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a cost of disability payment as recommended by the 2021 Government commissioned Indecon Report and in view of the commitment to it in the Programme for Government to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment to be increased incrementally over its lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statemen…
1748. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of refusal of carer's support grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40736/25]
1754. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a blind pension payment has been stopped for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41024/25]
1766. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a weekly cost of disability payment of €55 to cover the additional costs facing people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/25]
1770. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments made in respect of the homeowner’s once-off payment in lieu of mortgage interest tax credit to date; and the average payment made and the overall value of the claim nationally. [41339/25]
1775. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for social welfare payment delays on 7 and 14 July 2025; the way in which the issue was rectified; the measures taken to prevent a recurrence; if both delays were caused by the same issue or by different issues; the steps that have been taken to prevent these issues from reoccurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41412/…
1789. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if funding under food and basic material support for specific items has been withdrawn (details supplied); if so, the reason for the withdrawal of funding for these necessary items for young people and their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/25]
1803. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41981/25]
1804. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41982/25]
1805. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for new applications for invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/25]
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 make a statement on t…
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]