Written answers
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to extend the treatment purchase scheme (hair replacement) to cover more than the five types of alopecia currently... - Social Welfare Benefits
645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a caring support pension application can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Public Procurement Contracts
647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original... - Social Welfare Eligibility
648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there was a commitment given to citizens who were on invalidity pensions or other welfare payments that they could go... - Pension Provisions
649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has a private pension scheme through their employment would be able to qualify for the Government... - School Meals Programme
650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that initially subscribed to the hot school meals schemes in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of... - Deportation Orders
652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is notified by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a person becomes subject to a... - Social Welfare Payments
653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department collects data on the number of individuals currently in receipt of social protection payments following the... - Social Welfare Rates
654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his position on benchmarking social welfare rates against average earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Benefits
655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his position on introducing a basic Income for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61043/25] - Social Welfare Eligibility
657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial redress payments for mother-and-baby home survivors are taken into account during means tests for individuals... - Social Welfare Benefits
658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to introduce additional supports to assist hard pressed senior citizens with the cost of living crisis; if he will consider... - Departmental Communications
659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of... - Social Welfare Eligibility
660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide the exact credits and entitlements for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Schemes
661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has examined how existing maternity and illness benefit schemes could be extended or adapted to provide... - Social Welfare Benefits
662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carers allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Schemes
663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance does not allow for a second Erasmus year (details supplied); if he will consider... - Social Welfare Eligibility
664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to expanding the criteria of the occupational injuries benefit scheme to include healthcare... - Departmental Functions
665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of foresight or future planning that operates within his Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; the... - Social Welfare Eligibility
666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of hours spent implementing the means-test for carer's allowance; the cost of this work to implement the means... - Social Welfare Rates
668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the significant disparity between the rate of illness benefit, currently €244 per week, and the rate... - Social Welfare Appeals
669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications that are submitted for appeal annually; the percentage success rate of those... - Social Welfare Payments
670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the overpayment being taken from the weekly supplementary welfare allowance of a person (details supplied) can be reduced... - Social Welfare Eligibility
671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the merits of expanding the fuel allowance to include all persons over the age of 70 that live alone; and if he... - Social Welfare Payments
672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61836/25] - Social Welfare Eligibility
678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection given the ongoing housing crisis, if his Department will consider adjusting the means assessment criteria for social welfare... - Social Insurance
681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide, for each age bracket (details supplied) the total and average annual income PRSI contributions recorded for Irish... - Social Welfare Payments
682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will consider introducing an emergency winter payment to offset the extra cost of disability; and if he... - Social Welfare Eligibility
683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will explain the reason a parents carers allowance is under review for a person (details supplied); f his... - Social Welfare Benefits
684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received their disability allowance payment for the past two... - Social Welfare Payments
686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the number of people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit, per Intreo area,... - Social Welfare Eligibility
687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department does not accept medical certificates issued by a private medical insurer (details supplied) for the... - Social Welfare Rates
688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the carers allowance by two percent; in line with inflation; ten percent; 20 percent; and if he will... - Social Welfare Payments
689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Laois who were in receipt of living alone allowance and subjected to a review by his... - Social Welfare Schemes
690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department will take to support households facing increased energy and housing costs, particularly... - Social Welfare Payments
691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families which have received the child support payment and working family payment supports to date in Laois in... - Employment Support Services
692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps his Department is taking to increase participation in the Activation and Family Support Programme, the Community... - Social Welfare Eligibility
693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on his Departments plans to extend the eligibility for the rural social scheme to include people who are...
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