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]
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.
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801 written, 21 oral
114
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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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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 each of the years 201…
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]
833. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that exist to support workers who are in receipt of carers' allowance payments and also on maternity leave, but whose maternity leave is paid directly to their employer thus resulting in a net loss per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/25]
283. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when a payment will be paid as a disablement payment to a person (details supplied) in respect of pneumoconiosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22237/25]
83. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that there is a disparity in the assessment of child maintenance across different forms of supports; if he will give consideration to standardising this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21758/25]
88. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of enterprises in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme to support employment of those with disabilities; the number of individuals so supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21537/25]
95. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that his Department will be the lead on the introduction of a permanent annual cost of disability support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21596/25]
129. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 160 of 9 April 2025, when the report on benchmarking and indexing working age social protection rates will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20505/25]
141. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will act to ensure that there will be no unnecessary reviews undertaken of payments to people with acute disabilities or of payments to people aged over 80; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21696/25]
145. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the significant delays in processing disability allowance, carer’s allowance, and domiciliary care allowance applications for residents in Dublin Bay north, with many constituents waiting in excess of 14 weeks for decisions; the actions being taken to recruit additional staff, streamline the assessment process, and ensure timely su…
148. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time of an additional needs payment in Cork city. [21370/25]
156. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people between the ages of eighteen and sixty six in casual or part-time work in receipt of social welfare payment in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, by payment type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/25]
98. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision regarding their appeal submitted in July 2024 regarding domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21392/25]
103. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young people aged 18 years to 25 years that have received an exceptional needs payment in each of the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21650/25]
105. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); if matters will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21704/25]