Social Welfare Schemes

354. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the blind pension threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46593/26]

355. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the one parent family payment threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46594/26]

356. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of expanding the working family payment threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46595/26]

358. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46597/26]

359. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the basic supplementary welfare allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46598/26]

360. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the rent supplement threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46599/26]

361. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the fuel allowance by one week; and the cost of doing so while increasing the threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively, in tabular form. [46600/26]

362. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the back-to-school allowance to children under four. [46601/26]

365. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of expanding the carer’s allowance threshold by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [46604/26]

381. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to awarding an invalidity pension to an applicant (details supplied); the current status of their application; when a decision is likely to be made in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46673/26]

610. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly schemes and other schemes payments (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45032/26]

624. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons who have been in receipt of the disability allowance continuously since May 2021; the breakdown by gender; and by nationality indicating the number of Irish citizens, UK nationals, EU/EEA nationals, and the rest of the world. [45513/26]

626. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific projects or programmes undertaken to reduce the number of people under the age of 30 who are unemployed; and the total estimated cost of such projects or programmes. [45521/26]

630. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection if discretion or an exceptional administrative sanction can be applied to the medical care scheme under the occupational injuries scheme to reimburse private medical expenses for an injured worker; if he is aware of a case (details supplied) where a worker has been waiting three years for a public appointment, forcing them to fun…

631. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is currently considering applications through the disablement benefit from former coal miners based in County Tipperary who did not apply for the scheme when details of the scheme were agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45797/26]

1246. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to introduce a system for recording the sector or business activity of enterprises approved under the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43250/26]

1247. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any assessment has been undertaken of the survival rate of businesses established under the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme after one year, three years and five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43251/26]

1248. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department tracks whether participants approved under the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme subsequently return to welfare supports after completion of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43252/26]

1249. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any national analysis has been undertaken regarding sectors experiencing market saturation among Back to Work Enterprise Allowance-supported businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/26]

1250. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will publish the criteria used by Employment Personal Advisers and Enterprise Officers when assessing sustainability, displacement, seasonality and market saturation under the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43254/26]

735. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that some people are transferred to the invalidity pension against their will, precluding them from taking part-time employment; the way in which affected people can appeal to be transferred onto a support payment which will allow them to work part-time; if he will consider changing the name of the invalidity pens…

749. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to modernise the labelling of social welfare schemes; if there are plans to rename the invalidity pension to a term that reflects inclusive language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39329/26]

704. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to increase the living alone allowance in the upcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37714/26]

710. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available for programmes such as the New Futures Initiative, which assists lone parents in progressing to long-term education, training and employment opportunities; whether consideration will be given to continue funding supports for such programmes in light of reported progression rates of approximately 75% for p…

363. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are categories for family composition and circumstances beyond the categories of single, couple and dependent child; if he will give consideration to the additional cost of disability or costs incurred on a household when there is a member unable to work due to illness, injury or disability; if consideration will be give…