Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline for the past four years, the average time between reviews for recipients of a carer’s allowance;... - Middle East
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past... - Social Welfare Benefits
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the correspondence (details supplied); if a decision regarding a carer’s allowance application could... - Employment Schemes
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure that the Pathways to Work strategy includes dedicated funding for disability-related transport costs,... - State Pensions
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department examined the contributions made by a person (details supplied) when they applied unsuccessfully for a... - Child Poverty
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure the new national child poverty target published 10 September 2025 is made publicly available on gov.ie; the... - Poverty Data
412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is not standard practice across the board in the Department’s research, data collection and reports to... - Budget Process
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated increase to the WFP threshold included in the base projections for Government expenditure contained in the APR... - Social Welfare Benefits
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who were in receipt of living alone allowance and subjected to a review by his Department in 2023, 2024... - Pension Provisions
417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide details of the pension security for persons who remain at a disadvantage due to unpaid caring... - Personal Public Service Numbers
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the time it takes to reactivate the PPS numbers for returning Irish emigrants, compared with the timescale involved in... - Social Welfare Code
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider increasing the fuel allowance thresholds for those in receipt of the contributory State pension and the... - Social Welfare Benefits
420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the weekly household income limit for back to school clothing and footwear allowance was last increased. [50380/25] - Departmental Expenditure
423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of... - Social Welfare Eligibility
424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has reviewed the current eligibility criteria for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance, in light of...
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