Written answers
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism for any primary school participating in the hot school meal programme that have concerns related to the... - Child Poverty
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of the Budget 2026 measures to tackle child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62062/25] - Pensions Reform
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the deadline for employers to register on the my future fund portal, which will be open for registrations from 1 December... - Pension Provisions
86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pre-1992 former employees of a company (details supplied) who were made redundant and not offered options with... - Child Poverty
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline his targets regarding the eradication of child poverty; his efforts to do so; and if he will make a... - Employment Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work being done to address the anomalies that have arisen with the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Public Services Card
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the conclusion of the Data Protection Commission’s investigation into the public services card using... - Social Welfare Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will introduce a cost of disability lump sum payment in the run up to Christmas, to reduce the impact of the increased... - Public Services Card
91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of expenditure to date on the creation and operation of the public services card; the amount expended in relation... - Social Insurance
92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has reviewed the possibility of lowering employers' PRSI in light of the forthcoming auto-enrolment scheme... - State Pensions
93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government commitments for older people that fall under his remit;... - Social Welfare Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider extending the domiciliary care allowance payment beyond the current age limit of 16 years of age, so that... - Budget 2026
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support people seeking employment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Social Welfare Payments
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the Government’s commitment to establish a permanent annual cost of... - School Meals Programme
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the percentage of primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire constituency that are currently... - Social Welfare Payments
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to ensure that older people living alone receive timely access to the living alone allowance and the... - Departmental Policies
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department uses a different model of SWITCH compared to that of the ESRI; the reason for the choice to use a... - Pensions Reform
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the introduction of auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62054/25] - Fuel Prices
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in view of his withdrawal of energy credits and the steady increase in households seeking financial support with energy... - Domestic Violence
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department are currently examining to better support victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a... - School Meals Programme
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools enrolled in the school meals scheme 2025; when he expects to receive a report on the nutritional... - Social Welfare Benefits
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently on jobseeker's benefit; the number of persons that have applied for jobseeker's benefit, by... - Social Welfare Payments
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of social-welfare payments written off in the past two years; the proportion that relates to deceased... - Data Protection
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the collection of biometric data with Safe 2 registration has ceased. [62058/25] - Job Losses
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific support his Department has available, or is planning to make available, to those who are due to lose their... - Social Welfare Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making the disability allowance into a non-means tested benefit rather than an allowance. [61674/25] - School Meals Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that many parents are completely dissatisfied with the school meals scheme and concerned about the quality and... - Employment Schemes
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the operation and effectiveness of the Department’s community employment and work activation... - Social Welfare Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing an automatic or simplified transition mechanism for children who meet the criteria for... - Employment Schemes
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken by his Department to improve access to training and upskilling opportunities for jobseekers,... - Social Welfare Payments
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny that will benefit from the changes in criteria for the fuel allowance... - Rights of People with Disabilities
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people with disabilities currently in employment; the action he is taking to address the low rate of... - Budget 2026
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Social Welfare Payments
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports his Department has in place for over 65s in relation to heating supports coming into the winter; if his... - Budget 2026
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the... - State Pensions
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to reflecting inflation in the means test calculation for certain State benefits, such as the... - Pensions Reform
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be an accommodation in the auto enrolment my future fund to include pre-school staff that only work part of the... - Weather Events
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to present the number of payments made in each county under the humanitarian assistance scheme following storm Éowyn... - Social Welfare Payments
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider a provision to allow individuals in exceptional circumstance applying for a means tested payment to be... - Social Welfare Benefits
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that consideration will be given to introducing a pay-related maternity benefit, based on the woman’s... - Social Welfare Payments
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for his Department’s decision to remove the credit option for the household benefits package from December;... - Cost of Living Issues
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to assist low- and middle-income households struggling with the rising cost of living,... - School Meals Programme
138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools who have refused to take up the offer of a hot school meal; the attempts his Department have made to... - Social Welfare Payments
139. 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... - Social Welfare Eligibility
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration will be given to increasing the income threshold for eligibility to fuel allowance in line with... - Pensions Reform
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he has any plans to adapt auto-enrolment to cater for self-employed people; if he has any plans to provide an... - Ukraine War
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare benefits his Department is currently providing to Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on... - School Meals Programme
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has concerns about the quality of meals being provided under the hot school meals scheme; if he has concerns about the... - Citizens Information Services
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reintroduce Citizen Information offices in areas where they have been closed in recent years; and if he... - State Pensions
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessment his Department has done of the impact of the transition to the TCA for the State contributory pension across... - Social Welfare Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider excluding the working family payment from being reckonable for all means tested payments and services.... - Weather Events
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who were initially refused the humanitarian assistance payment in response to storm Éowyn but were... - Pension Provisions
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to make provision for enhanced representation of retired workers in relation to the administration of certain...
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