Written answers
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Issues
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will reconsider an additional emergency winter payment for disabled people due to the current war on Iran... - Social Welfare Code
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the per diem rate of payment for electricity allowance for the years 2010 to 2026, in tabular form; the way this rate is... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider the concerns regarding the funding shortage of a charitable organisation raised in correspondence... - Social Welfare Code
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which an income of a second adult in a home where a person is in receipt of carer’s allowance is assessed... - Social Welfare Schemes
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current means test thresholds eligibility for the fuel allowance of persons aged over 66 years; the thresholds applicable... - Departmental Data
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of households in receipt of the fuel allowance as of March 2026, broken down by primary payment type, in... - Social Welfare Schemes
334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a copy of the most recent SWITCH model runs used to cost fuel allowance threshold adjustments; and to... - Departmental Data
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of the working family payment as of March 2026; the average weekly payment; the total... - Social Welfare Schemes
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the minimum weekly working family payment from €20 to €30, to... - Social Welfare Benefits
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working family payment recipients who are also in receipt of fuel allowance following the March 2026 extension;... - Social Welfare Code
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will provide the SWITCH model outputs used to cost any working family payment expansion options considered... - Social Welfare Benefits
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
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