Social Welfare Payments

425. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his plans to scale up control measures to tackle abuse of social welfare payments, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27123/25]

95. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for a decision on an additional needs application; if he will take action to assist social welfare in clearing the backlog of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26366/25]

594. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the median and mean time to process carer's allowance reviews and appeals in Kerry, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/25]

616. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection who were in receipt of a social welfare payment in 2022, 2023, 2024 and who are currently in receipt of a social welfare payment by payment type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25797/25]

618. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance. . [25907/25]

619. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the fuel allowance. [25908/25]

620. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the fuel allowance for 2025. [25909/25]

621. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of child benefit for the year. [25910/25]

623. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost the estimated cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the fuel allowance. [25912/25]

624. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of part-time, seasonal, casual and short-time workers in receipt of Jobseeker’s benefit. [25913/25]

625. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of a €1 increase per person to the fuel allowance. [25914/25]

626. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of the fuel allowance. [25915/25]

627. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the working family payment. [25916/25]

628. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of a combination of one, some or all of disability allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension payments. [25917/25]

632. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of a once-off €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s support grant, carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance. [25921/25]

635. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of a €1 increase in the child benefit monthly rate. [25925/25]

637. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the long application processing times for social welfare payments to school bus drivers during annual school holiday periods will be streamlined, as there are many cases where drivers are without any income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26035/25]

789. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which HAS1 payment rates are decided; the amount allocated per household member, per day of being without power and water in cases where receipts were not available; the average HAS1 payment made per week between the week ending on 7 May 2025 to week ending 2 May 2025, in tabular form. [23223/25]

792. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance submitted in August 2024 will be approved as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [23371/25]

793. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be approved, as a matter of urgency, for a person (details supplied). [23431/25]

800. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of the average processing time, average appeal processing times, the number of applications that were successful, the number of applications rejected, the number of rejected applications appealed, the number of appeals granted, and the average length of time from application to final decision, for e…

803. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance payment for 12 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/25]

804. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to publish draft proposals for consultation on the new working age payment which will ensure that inconsistencies within the social welfare system which disincentivise work are removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/25]

815. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be increased, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/25]

817. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a case affecting carers allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24010/25]