Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Legislative Measures

Alan Farrell

148. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the work to progress legislation with regard to pension auto-enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32911/23]

Social Welfare Code

Catherine Connolly

149. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide for an ongoing cost of disability payment in Budget 2024, as opposed to a once-off payment, as a way to begin to address the inequality identified in the Cost of Disability in Ireland Report; for details of any analysis carried out by her Department in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32826/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Patrick Costello

150. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the differentiated rates of jobseeker’s allowance for under 25s and consider bringing these in line with the standard rate of €220 a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32731/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Paul Murphy

151. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase social welfare payments in the next Budget to ensure that everyone in the State has at least a minimum essential standard of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33171/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Joan Collins

152. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed a thorough investigation of bogus self-employment contacts in RTÉ; and if she is satisfied that no staff at RTÉ are still on a bogus self-employment contract. [32970/23]

Departmental Reports

Seán Sherlock

153. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish any research undertaken or commissioned by her Department on a cost of disability payment, including costings to the Exchequer. [32067/23]

Legislative Measures

Alan Dillon

154. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection when the legislation to provide for the flexible pension age and a pension for carer’s will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33092/23]

School Meals Programme

Paul McAuliffe

155. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the free hot meals for schools programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32984/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection what studies have been done by her Department of the international experience of individual social welfare payments; whether she intends introducing further individualised social welfare payments here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32073/23]

Social Welfare Code

Richard Bruton

157. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has undertaken a review of means test in the social welfare code; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33145/23]

Legislative Measures

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

158. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33194/23]

Social Welfare Code

Violet-Anne Wynne

159. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review into means testing for the carers allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32567/23]

Social Welfare Code

Matt Carthy

160. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection her proposals to amend the means limits for carers allowance applicants. [33003/23]

Legislative Measures

Claire Kerrane

161. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the proposed legislation to bring forward changes to the child maintenance system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32093/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Seán Sherlock

162. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the Christmas Bonus who do not receive a Spring cost-of-living payment, in tabular form, by county; and if that will be rectified before the Autumn cost-of-living payment. [32065/23]

School Meals Programme

Alan Dillon

163. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the progress on the expansion of the Hot School Meals Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33093/23]

State Pensions

Joan Collins

164. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when the Government is planning to implement the commitment to benchmark pensions in ‘A Roadmap for Pension’s Reform 2018-2023’ or pension benchmarking commitments 22, 23 and 24 in the ‘Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025’. [32978/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Colm Burke

165. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm whether her Department is investigating the possibility of linking the rate of maternity benefit to a woman’s pay or PRSI contributions; if so, the current status of these plans; when they are likely to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32824/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Thomas Gould

166. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the process under which her Department notifies people of their entitlement to a specific payment to avoid disruptions in payment. [33090/23]

Departmental Contracts

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

167. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the tender for EmployAbility which was due to be published in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33195/23]