191. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the compensation provided for accommodation costs to households affected by storm Éowyn under the humanitarian assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4863/25]
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
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| September 2026 | 48 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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192. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide clear guidelines on what households affected by storm Éowyn can claim under the humanitarian assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4865/25]
198. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection if generator hire is covered under the humanitarian assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4967/25]
153. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a fuel allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/25]
156. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person can receive domiciliary carer's allowance past a child's sixteenth birthday or whether the child is required to apply for disability allowance. [3718/25]
157. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on when a final decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance and the associated travel pass for the son of the person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3741/25]
158. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is additional support available for women on maternity leave who have been temporarily relegated to half-rate carer’s allowance, but for most of that period will be in a position to provide full-time care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3742/25]
159. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to provide additional supports for women on maternity leave who have been relegated to half-rate carer’s allowance temporarily, but for most of that period will be in a position to provide full-time care, for example, additional child support payments, fuel allowances, and so on, given the additional income pressures they fa…
160. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he can explain the decision to decline disability allowance for a young lady (details supplied) who has been receiving domiciliary care allowance for over ten years, despite no change in her medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3745/25]
165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3890/25]
167. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has investigated the possibility of undertaking a review of the current means test for disability allowance to ensure that people affected by disability, who are marginally over the income threshold limit, are not left without adequate support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3918/25]
168. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify rates of payment made under the humanitarian assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3929/25]
252. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if there is a particular reason as to why the child support payment is taxable for those in receipt of invalidity pension but not on other payments such as illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2279/25]
679. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a review of the invalidity pension application of a person (details supplied). [2783/25]
686. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied); if an oral hearing will be arranged urgently as this would benefit her Department’s officials in understanding the condition of the applicant; and if he will expedite the process. [2912/25]
692. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3015/25]
693. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fish assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3016/25]
694. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3017/25]
695. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/25]
696. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3019/25]
697. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/25]
698. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of professional artists on jobseeker's allowance in the State, and in County Clare, for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3021/25]
699. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who received a supplementary welfare allowance payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3023/25]
700. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/25]
701. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer's allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3026/25]