Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Funding

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

105. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the Community Recognition Fund in 2024. [4039/24]

Departmental Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

114. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal scheme; if there will be a minimum submission requirement for each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4040/24]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

126. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for the Cork city and Cork County Council area from 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [3312/24]

Pensions Reform

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

150. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the proposed auto enrolment scheme. [3306/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

151. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the actual number and the percentage of working family payment claimants, respectively who are also claiming the one parent family payment. [3307/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

152. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of claimants over each of the past five years of claimants who lose the working family payment due to the claimant moving from the one parent family payment to the jobseeker’s transitional payment when their youngest child reaches seven years of age. [3308/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

153. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown of the average wait time for a decision on an appeal, for each social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3309/24]

Rail Network

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

192. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport whether he supports the provision of electric trains to Cork in early 2024 for the purposes of expansion of the Cork area commuter rail; and if he has had discussion with Iarnród Éireann in relation to this. [3018/24]

An Garda Síochána

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

998. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide ten additional Garda youth diversion programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56412/23]

Youth Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

114. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth-focused community projects and staff across the State; and if they are aware of gaps in coverage, or large and populous areas without or with inadequately resourced projects, and how they intend to resolve this. [49716/23]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

359. 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. [55959/23]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

360. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of introducing a child benefit double payment. [55960/23]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

361. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of raising the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment by €1. [55961/23]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

362. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of raising the earnings disregard for the jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [55962/23]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

363. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost to the exchequer of the JobPath scheme. [55963/23]

State Pensions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

364. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reintroducing the State pension for 65-year-olds who choose to retire. [55965/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

365. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer of the benefit payment for 65-year-olds. [55966/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

366. 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. [55967/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

367. 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. [55968/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

368. 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. [55970/23]