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Thu, 16 May 2024
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School Meals Programme
Michael Ring
199. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the funding to a preschool (details supplied) to enable it to provide lunch to children for the full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22189/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Pádraig O'Sullivan
200. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22205/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Pearse Doherty
201. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 469 to 471, inclusive, of 16 April 2024, and the correspondence with Department officials supplied (details supplied), when a response to the questions submitted will be received. [22224/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Paul McAuliffe
202. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review will be carried out of the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied). [22238/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
John McGuinness
203. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance submitted in November 2022, which was refused in 2023 and then reconsidered and refused again under review in the name of a person (details supplied), will be approved based on the further information submitted being considered in far greater detail in the appeal process. [22244/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
John McGuinness
204. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in the name of a person (details supplied) has been fully processed. [22245/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Public Services Card
Carol Nolan
205. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of public services cards distributed to international protection applicants in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the expiry date on PSC cards that were distributed in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22265/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Seán Canney
206. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the fees paid to optometrists providing eyecare under her Department’s adult eyecare schemes are inadequate and do not reflect the cost of providing a modern eye examination; the steps being taken to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22294/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
207. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application for the one-parent family allowance can be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22306/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Bernard Durkan
208. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the correct rate of disability allowance or other allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22308/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
209. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment might be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22310/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Bernard Durkan
210. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which a disability allowance was reduced in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22312/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Neasa Hourigan
63. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the threshold for the domiciliary care allowance up to 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21923/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Widow's Pension
Brendan Griffin
64. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on a widower's pension application (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21938/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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School Meals Programme
Ged Nash
65. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if meal providers to schools are required to provide for the various dietary requirements of students, for example, coeliac; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21943/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
66. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21960/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Darren O'Rourke
67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is further leave to appeal after a section 317 appeal within her Department or elsewhere; if appellants are entitled to an oral hearing to challenge a section 317 appeal refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21993/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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School Meals Programme
Catherine Murphy
68. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provisions she has put in place to reduce food waste in the context of the school hot meals initiative; if she engaged with specialists in the area of nutritional value ahead of rolling out the initiative; and her views on whether the initiative is targeted appropriately. [22002/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Colm Burke
69. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date status of a carers allowance application review (details supplied), given that further documentation was provided some time ago; when a decision will be reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22026/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Widow's Pension
Willie O'Dea
70. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the current stage of legislation that will allow for the enactment of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow a cohabitant to claim a widow's pension in certain circumstances; when she expects it to be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22131/24]