Results 121-140 of 999 for speaker:Mark Wall

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if child maintenance payments are disregarded under the assessment for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. We have spoken about this already today, as the Minister rightly said. It is encouraging to see the number of people who have been rewarded. We have spoke about women and their contribution. That is reflected in the numbers the Minister has presented. They are the ones that unfortunately had to stay at home in many cases to look after children. They get their due...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: The Minister is 100% right. One of the main questions I get in my clinics when people come in to fill out applications for a State pension is about the qualifying contributions and so on. It is important that we all broadcast this and put it on our social media and everywhere else we can, as the figures are low. It is a start but we need to encourage more people to avail of it and to get...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people that have been added to the family carer register under the long-term carers contribution scheme; the number awarded the full-rate State pension under the scheme; the number of whom have been awarded a reduced rate, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21715/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I wish to ask the Minister the number of people who have been added to the family carers register under the long-term carers contribution scheme, the number that have been awarded the full-rate State pension, and the number that have been awarded a reduced rate.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. Reference has been made to the work programme for the social protection committee. I am sure, along with others in the House, that this is something that we would love to have included in the work programme. It is very important for many people when they are looking at an additional €30,000 that they have to scrape for to find. This is a substantial amount....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: As part of the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism, we had a number of presentations on the cost of disability to families. One of the most recent reports I have seen shows there is an additional €30,000 per annum cost for a family with a disability or a loved one with a disability. That is obviously substantial and causes hardship. A lot of that hardship is ongoing....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will update the Dáil on the work his Department has carried out in designing a cost of disability payment, as outlined in the programme for Government; the expected date of introduction of such a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21989/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: Will the Minister update the House on the work his Department has carried out to date on designing a cost of disability payment, as outlined in the programme for Government, the expected date of such a payment and the amount involved?

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister for the way she went about making arrangements for this debate. I also offer my condolences to her and her family. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Farrelly commission report on behalf of the Labour Party. At the heart of this scandal are two matters, namely Grace and other vulnerable children and how they were maliciously failed by the State and those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact the programme for Government commitment to allow parents aged over 66 receiving the State pension, who are caring for a child with a lifelong disability, to retain a full-rate carer's allowance discriminates against other carers, such as those caring for a spouse; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his view on the recent Central Statistics Office statistics which show an increase in the poverty rates among children in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline his plans to introduce a targeted child benefit payment during the lifetime of this Government; the work his Department has carried out on developing such a payment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has carried out any research or analysis on implementing a child poverty reduction Act, similar to the Act introduced in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21713/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which a community can apply for a piece of infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a roadmap over the next number of Budgets in which carers in receipt of the carer’s allowance can expect the income disregards for the payment to increase; the date by which the means-test will then be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21990/25]