Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Expenditure
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the... - Departmental Advertising
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost... - Departmental Expenditure
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training;... - Social Welfare Rates
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any plan to increase the rate of €289 maternity benefit, considering the rising cost of living,... - Social Welfare Eligibility
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the status of a review for carer’s allowance for a person (details provided); and when it is... - Departmental Expenditure
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase... - School Meals Programme
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in Kilkenny and Carlow currently availing of the free school meals scheme; the annual cost of this;... - Social Insurance
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37300/25] - Departmental Contracts
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has instructed the successful bidders for NAERSA’s investment management services, in the context of... - Social Welfare Appeals
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied). [37359/25] - Social Welfare Schemes
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received under the humanitarian assistance scheme for stages 1, 2 and 3 following Storm... - Departmental Reports
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 24 June 2025, if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the report on... - Social Welfare Rates
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [37454/25] - Social Welfare Eligibility
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards by €1 for the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement... - Social Welfare Rates
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance by €1. [37461/25] - Social Welfare Eligibility
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to include schoolteachers who are without a permanent contract or a contract of indefinite duration in... - Social Welfare Benefits
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will conduct a review of the social protection supports available to widowed persons (details supplied); and if he will... - State Pensions
580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) ceased without notification; if the payment will be... - Social Welfare Benefits
582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed people who have availed of carer's benefit since it was extended to the self-employed; if he can... - Social Welfare Eligibility
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to working family payment recipients; and if he will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Payments
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the average processing time for applications under each payment scheme in his Department; and how this... - Social Welfare Appeals
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of live social welfare appeals which have been waiting for a decision for one year or longer; if he can provide a... - Social Welfare Rates
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the ESRI's proposal for a second tier of child benefit; his views on whether the ESRI's proposal could give rise... - Child Poverty
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the child poverty rate according to the survey on income and living conditions for each year 2005 to 2025,... - Pension Provisions
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department or any body under its aegis has any estimate of the value of unclaimed private pension assets in Ireland;... - Social Welfare Eligibility
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €20,000 cap for scholarship income for the purpose of claiming disability allowance, DA, will be revised in... - Social Welfare Payments
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an accommodation recognition payment overpayment to a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed given the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for sickness benefits in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Schemes
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional humanitarian assistance payments still awaiting review, decision, and payment; the number of... - Social Welfare Appeals
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal by an individual (details supplied) against a refusal of invalidity pension for a... - Social Welfare Schemes
598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an early entry process for the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme for those people who have completed the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position on a review of an application request under the carer's support grant for an individual (details...
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