Written answers

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

 
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to extend financial supports for widowers who face financial challenges as sole caregivers supporting...
  • School Meals Programme
    325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the school meals scheme, if a special school that has not yet availed of the scheme can apply for funding for...
  • State Pensions
    326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated total costs of expenditure on State pensions based on increased life expectancies in the decades ahead; and if...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it takes to hear a social welfare appeals case; the measures being put in place to reduce such time...
  • Social Welfare Rates
    328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be increased in budget 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to request an audit of a company’s (details supplied) 2023 declarations; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual figures since 2015 for appeals lodged with the social welfare appeals office querying a refusal based on the...
  • School Meals Programme
    331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all special schools are part of the schools meals programme; if not, the names of special schools that are not part of the...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility
    332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied) was stopped, and the options available to them; and if...
  • EU Regulations
    334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has undertaken any work toward assisting with the roll-out of a digital ID system; if his Department is...
  • Social Welfare Fraud
    335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on recent reports (details supplied) that the child benefit payment system is subject to abuse by non-resident...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money reimbursed to private operators since 2022 for the operation of the free travel scheme for over-66s,...

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