339. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a carer’s support grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33371/25]
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
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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 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
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The questions
341. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the status of an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; that serious consideration would be granted to awarding this allowance due to the nature of their medical circumstances, which are outlined in the medical documentation provided with their application; and if he will make a…
342. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the status of a person’s (details supplied) disability allowance review and appeal; when a decision is likely to be reached and that serious consideration would be granted to awarding this allowance due to their medical circumstances, which are outlined in the medical documentation provided with their application; and if he will make a stateme…
343. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a HAS application submitted by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33446/25]
552. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person's income averaged over a number of years can be used to calculate the amount of pay-related jobseeker's payment in cases in which their income for the previous 12 months is not representative of their income for the duration of their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31953/25]
563. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of social welfare overpayments identified by his Department for each of the years 2014 to 2024; the amount that has been recouped to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32349/25]
564. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals who received an overpayment from his Department for each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32350/25]
565. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals identified by his Department who have received an overpayment in excess of €50,000 in each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32351/25]
570. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people awaiting a decision on social welfare payments and allowances applications; the number of appeal decisions awaiting a response; the number of applications for social welfare that have been made for the previous 12 months, within Cork north central; the number of staff working within the appeals section of his Department; and if he …
578. 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 will receive an increase in their carer's allowance payment when the changes to the means test takes effect in July 2025; if he will outline the overall percentage of carer's allowance recipients who will now qualify for the maximum weekly payment on foot of the changes in July;…
186. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis undertaken into the distributional impact of the new jobseeker’s pay-related benefit ahead of its adoption; and the number of people expected to receive lower payments under the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit than they would have received under jobseeker’s benefit. [30895/25]
290. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the policy in relation to overpayments; if it is mandatory to repay all social welfare overpayments or if they are written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27960/25]
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]