Social Welfare Schemes
An official questions-paper heading. 472 questions (9 oral, 463 written), first 2025-02-05, latest 2026-07-15.
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| Feb 2025 | 30 |
| Mar 2025 | 44 |
| Apr 2025 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 55 |
| Jun 2025 | 12 |
| Jul 2025 | 44 |
| Sep 2025 | 56 |
| Oct 2025 | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 44 |
| Feb 2026 | 23 |
| Mar 2026 | 33 |
| Apr 2026 | 34 |
| May 2026 | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 41 |
| Jul 2026 | 4 |
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| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2026-06-18 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2026-04-30 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2026-02-26 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2025-11-13 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2025-09-25 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2025-05-01 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2025-05-01 | Social Welfare Schemes |
| 2025-05-01 | Social Welfare Schemes |
The questions
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
411. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full year cost of a pay-related carer’s benefit according to the same criteria as the pay-related jobseeker’s benefit. [28441/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
412. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing the carer’s allowance by €1. [28442/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
413. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing domiciliary care allowance by €1. [28443/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
414. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first year and full-year cost of increasing the annual carer’s support grant to €2000, 2250 and 2500. [28444/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
415. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing jobseeker’s allowance by €1. [28445/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
416. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the state pension by €1. [28446/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
417. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing weekly increases for qualified adults, in line with the MESL. [28447/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
418. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing qualified child payment for over and under 12s by €1. [28448/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
419. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of establishing a social welfare adequacy commission. [28449/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
420. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the age-limit of the one parent family payment to 12 years and jobseeker’s transitional payment to 15 years. [28450/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
421. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of increasing the age-limit of the jobseeker’s transitional payment until a family’s youngest child has completed secondary education or turns 18, whichever is older. [28451/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
422. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending the fuel allowance eligibility to all working family payment recipients. [28452/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension for 65-year-olds. [28453/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
424. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full-year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by 1 week. [28454/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
425. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 Christmas bonus for all recipients of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s pay-related benefit, jobseeker’s transitional payment, jobseeker’s benefit self-employed. [28455/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the working family payment [28456/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
427. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the disability allowance. [28457/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
428. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s allowance. [28458/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
429. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the living alone allowance. [28459/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
430. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of €50 qualified child increment lump sum payment. [28460/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
431. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for the first and full year cost of doubling a single payment of the foster carer allowance payment. [28461/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
432. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of disability allowance, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
433. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of invalidity pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28511/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
434. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of illness benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2025-05-29 · to Social
435. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the volume of people availing of blind pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/25]