Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Freagraí Scríofa amháin le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 3 de 200
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Personal Public Service Numbers
Paul Kehoe
383. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people (details supplied) whose PPS number was active, by county that is, in receipt of benefits or paying taxes between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22496/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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International Protection
Seán Haughey
384. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the payments made to an applicant seeking international protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22512/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Niamh Smyth
385. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that are being taken to assist self-employed persons in obtaining sick leave based on their contribution record in the event of their cancer diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22513/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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State Pensions
Claire Kerrane
386. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she remains committed to meet the formal benchmark target of 34% of average earnings for State pension contributory payments as per the Government's ‘Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023'; if she has a timeframe to meet this target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22518/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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State Pensions
Claire Kerrane
387. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection to advise what percentage of average earnings the State pension (contributory) rate is currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22519/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Departmental Funding
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
388. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the funding allocation made available under the free travel scheme to all private transport operators. [22570/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Cathal Crowe
389. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a travel allowance for international protection applicants to attend medical appointments remote from their accommodation centre has been cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22572/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Francis Noel Duffy
390. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the rate of jobseeker's allowance for all young people aged under 25 in line with the maximum person rate for those aged over 25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22573/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Francis Noel Duffy
391. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseekers' allowance of €232 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22574/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Francis Noel Duffy
392. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the lower rate of jobseekers' allowance of €141.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22575/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Francis Noel Duffy
393. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of a rate of a jobseekers' allowance other than €232 and €141.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22576/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Departmental Correspondence
Niall Collins
394. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22588/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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School Meals Programme
Brendan Griffin
395. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an issue with a school (details supplied) in County Kerry has still not been resolved. [22718/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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State Pensions
Michael Creed
396. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if an applicant (details supplied) will be approved for the maximum State pension (contributory). [22760/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Schemes
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
397. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients for each social welfare scheme. [22796/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Schemes
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
398. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the average, median, maximum and minimum number of recipients for each social welfare scheme in 2023. [22797/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
399. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline, with regard to the jobseeker’s benefit pay related scheme, noting the revised estimates, what the full-year cost of the proposed scheme will be. [22798/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
400. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €1 for children under the age of 12 years and €1 for children over the age of 12 years, respectively. [22799/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
401. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly schemes and other scheme payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22800/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
402. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the current young jobseeker’s rate of €129.70 by €1 per week. [22801/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
403. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of introducing a child benefit double payment. [22802/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Schemes
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
404. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of the JobPath scheme for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [22803/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
405. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance. [22804/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
406. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the annual carer’s support grant by €1. [22805/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
407. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending carer’s benefit to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22806/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Code
Richard Bruton
408. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person in receipt of disability allowance, who receives a bequest, can have a trust established, which would be administered on their behalf to provide for long-term secure accommodation, instead of being immediately assessed under a means test; and if she will outline the conditions if any which would have to be met. [22808/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Michael Creed
409. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if all documentation (details supplied) was reviewed in the context of an application for carer’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22820/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
410. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22866/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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School Meals Programme
Thomas Gould
411. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of DEIS band 1 schools refused funding for a breakfast club for the school years 2023-24 and 2024-25, respectively; the number of these in each county, in tabular form; and the rationale for same. [22887/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
412. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of social welfare recipients, by social welfare type in 2023; and the projected number of social welfare recipients by social welfare type in 2024, disaggregated by social welfare type, in tabular form. [22908/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
413. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the maximum weekly rates of social welfare payments, by social welfare type, in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the average payment received, by social welfare type in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22909/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Community Welfare Services
Pauline Tully
414. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in counties Cavan and Monaghan in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22949/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Community Employment Schemes
Michael Collins
415. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address several queries concerning the financial aspects of the community employment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22958/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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State Pensions
Richard Bruton
416. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if a foster carer of more than 20 years, but with less than 520 contributions, can access the new long-term carer's pension route to allow them access to a State pension in their own right and name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22959/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Richard Boyd Barrett
196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if allowances such as domiciliary care allowance can be backdated prior to the date of application, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22176/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Richard Boyd Barrett
197. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether she has reviewed the Scottish Government’s benefit uptake campaigns as a model for matching individuals to their benefit entitlements; whether she intends to implement any similar campaigns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22177/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Brendan Howlin
198. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will personally intervene to assist in an appeal to her Department for a domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) to avoid severe hardship and allow the child to be discharged from hospital and return home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22184/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Déar, 16 Beal 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]
Céad, 15 Beal 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]