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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on her examination of the issues facing kinship carers who receive nominal contributions from birth parents and who may then be prevented from receiving guardianship allowance. [18470/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she is aware of the substantial discrepancies that exist between initial applications for domiciliary care and the level of success of appeals with regard to same; and what she intends to do to address this. [18473/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the tender for EmployAbility which was due to be published in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18471/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what steps she intends to take regarding the extent of the backlog in processing disability allowance claims. [18474/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received from the Judicial Council the sentencing guidelines committee's three-year work plan for sentencing guidelines, as committed to in the Judicial Council's 2022 annual report. [15783/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received from the Judicial Council, the sentencing guidelines committee's procedure for developing sentencing guidelines, as committed to in the Judicial Council's 2022 annual report. [15782/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to discuss the differing pension entitlements that exist for members of An Garda Síochána based on joining the force pre- or-post 1995. [7917/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (17 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widows' or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or co-habiting couples and the judgment of the Supreme Court on 22 January 2024; the expected timeline in terms of the legislative changes that are required in respect of this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16782/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the need to provide additional funding for sports halls in schools. [16451/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the recent changes to the allocation model for special education. [16452/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses, cost rental and cost purchase, homes planned for Cork City and County Council and on the targets he has set for same. [15707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the regeneration of the Noonan Road and surrounding streets regeneration. [15706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly schemes and other scheme payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15916/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the current young jobseeker’s rate of €129.70 by €1 per week. [15917/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of introducing a child benefit double payment. [15918/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18-year-olds still in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of the JobPath scheme. [15920/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance. [15921/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the annual carer’s support grant by €1. [15922/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €1 for children under the age of 12 years and €1 for children over the age of 12 years, respectively. [15923/24]