Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Appeals

Patrick O'Donovan

893. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection when an update and/or decision will issue on the parent benefit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16899/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

894. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff by grade working in the special investigations unit of her Department as of 30 March 2023; and if she will provide same figures as of 1 January 2021, in tabular form [16935/23]

School Meals Programme

Thomas Pringle

895. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the checks that are in place and the ongoing monitoring to ensure that there is a high quality and a proper nutritional value in the food in all meals which are supplied through the free school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16937/23]

Employment Support Services

Holly Cairns

896. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department recognises a disability employment service (details supplied) as 23 separate companies, and how this will impact on tendering processes for the services it currently offers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/23]

Employment Support Services

Holly Cairns

897. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports and capacity building funding is available to assist not-for profit organisations currently providing services funded by her Department that will be required to tender to receive this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/23]

Departmental Policies

Mairéad Farrell

898. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work her Department has done on extending free travel eligibility to persons who suffer with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16966/23]

Employment Support Services

Holly Cairns

899. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the staff in a disability employment service (details supplied) receive a suitable increase in remuneration to reflect the absence of such an increase since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16999/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

900. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing domiciliary care allowance to children aged 16 and 17 years, in view of the fact that children can no longer access this payment once they turn 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17033/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Louise O'Reilly

901. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people received the household benefit scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of the scheme to the State in each of these years. [17034/23]

Departmental Policies

Louise O'Reilly

902. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are available for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments during work time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Louise O'Reilly

903. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection whether considerations have been made to ease the eligibility criteria for partial capacity benefit to increase security for all cancer patients seeking to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/23]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Louise O'Reilly

904. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the possibility of streamlining applications for the additional needs payments for cancer patients on the basis of the non-medical costs of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

905. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when basic supplementary welfare will issue to a person (details supplied) who has two dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17067/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Cian O'Callaghan

906. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that are in place for women who are rejected for maternity benefit due to insufficient PRSI contributions, when they have been required to travel to the US for specialist medical training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17071/23]

State Pensions

John McGuinness

907. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the record of contributions for pension purposes will be made available to a person (details supplied). [17131/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

908. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for not purchasing a building which housed a Citizens Information Centre on Wynnefield Road, Rathmines when it was placed on the market for sale. [17159/23]

Citizens Information Services

Ivana Bacik

909. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to reduce in-person citizens information services in view of the housing and cost-of-living crises. [17160/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

910. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17191/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Kathleen Funchion

911. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate a person’s (details supplied) agent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17201/23]

Gender Recognition

Eoin Ó Broin

912. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding the recommendations of the Review Report of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, published in November 2019, if she intends to simplify the path to legal gender recognition for children aged 16 and 17 years; and, if so, if she will indicate a timeframe in which this will happen. [17230/23]

Social Welfare Code

Seán Canney

913. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the means test for carers where the care recipient is a child who has lifelong medical needs as the level of care required from such families is all-encompassing, from daily personal care, feeding, household chores to include a multitude of medical appointments and the associated costs of attending these appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17248/23]

Employment Schemes

Holly Cairns

914. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ensuring that the rates of payment under the job initiative scheme are benchmarked to cost-of-living rates. [17266/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Holly Cairns

915. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ensuring that individuals on job initiative schemes are eligible for the fuel allowance. [17267/23]

Social Welfare Payments

John McGuinness

916. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a one-parent family payment and arrears will be immediately paid in the case of a person (details supplied). [17268/23]

School Meals Programme

Paul Murphy

917. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection whether vegetarian and vegan options are available for children under the free school meals programme, and if not, whether she agrees that they should be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17286/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Paul Kehoe

918. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the request for the backdating of the invalidity pension claim for a person (details supplied) was refused; if there are any circumstances that it can be considered at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17310/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Seán Canney

919. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the criteria for fuel allowance in light of the housing crisis, where many adult children cannot get accommodation and move out of home, which is preventing their parents from accessing fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17335/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Seán Sherlock

920. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) and the salient points made therein. [17389/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Willie O'Dea

921. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when the working family payment for a person (details supplied) will be renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17479/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

922. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal has been completed for a carers support grant application by person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17536/23]

Gender Recognition

Emer Higgins

923. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection how a person under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a clinical psychologist can acquire a gender recognition certificate. [17547/23]

Public Services Card

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

924. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are currently delays for appointments to get a Public Services Card; the current timeframe to apply and receive a Public Services Card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17560/23]

School Meals Programme

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

925. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools outside DEIS status who are providing hot or cold meals to children by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17567/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

926. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to permit persons in receipt of the jobs initiative scheme be eligible for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17569/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Seán Canney

927. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [17580/23]

Departmental Policies

Michael Creed

928. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 30 March 2023, if, given the fact that the recipient of the free travel referred to in her reply was out of work and on supplementary welfare allowance from November 2019 to February 2021 due to medical circumstances, and given that there was no entitlement to use the free travel pass for this period, her Department will consider extending the five-year eligibility for free travel to May 2024, which would extend the eligibility of the free travel to the full five-year period while back in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17640/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

929. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a recent disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [17641/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

930. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the circumstances where an employee is eligible for a social welfare payment arising from medical advice to cease employment due to ill health, where the person involved has many years of social insurance contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17643/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

931. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a claim for disability allowance by a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if, in particular, she will review the financial assessment against the applicant in light of the circumstances and the medical evidence which would suggest from the applicant's consultant that the condition is serious and leaving the applicant unlikely to work for the foreseeable future. [17644/23]

Community Welfare Services

Gerald Nash

932. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons the community welfare officer service was removed from her Department's office in Ardee, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17646/23]

Departmental Policies

Paul Kehoe

933. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection whether there is any update on her Department's position regarding the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease for frontline healthcare workers in Ireland as per EU ACSH Agreement in May 2022 following the monitoring of the European Commission's work and recommendations in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17687/23]

Departmental Funding

John Paul Phelan

934. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the amounts in grant aid or funding awarded by her Department, or through schemes administered by it, to an organisation (details supplied) in each year from 2010 to 2022; and the projected funding for 2023. [17695/23]

State Pensions

Niamh Smyth

935. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17739/23]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

936. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a State pension award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was assessed under the total contribution approach and averaging; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17744/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17786/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

938. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will detail what actions are being taken by her Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17804/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

939. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17822/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Collins

940. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a disability allowance; if the case will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17883/23]

Social Welfare Payments

John McGuinness

941. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the one-parent family payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) while all outstanding matters are being resolved. [17886/23]

Insurance Coverage

Ivana Bacik

942. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a State life insurance for persons who are excluded from such cover due to chronic illness and other life-long conditions (details supplied). [17916/23]

State Pensions

James Lawless

943. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a matter in relation to the pension of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17929/23]

Social Welfare Payments

John McGuinness

944. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the carer’s allowance arrears due to a person (details supplied) will be paid immediately. [17932/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Robert Troy

945. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the contributory pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if an oral hearing can be arranged. [18025/23]

Departmental Correspondence

James Lawless

946. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18143/23]

Pension Provisions

Gerald Nash

947. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's views on correspondence (details supplied) which relates to the application of change of status PRSI credits which relate to former public servants who transition to private sector self-employment during their career; if she is concerned at any disadvantage that arises from a pension perspective for workers in this category; if she plans to review the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18191/23]

Employment Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

948. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her future plans regarding the employability service which supports people in the community who have a disability, illness, injury or mental health issue in returning or starting in employment; the funding level; the number of people employed in delivering the services; the number of people helped by the services in each of the past ten years in each of the centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18294/23]

Employment Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

949. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any assessment was carried out of the effects the enforced closure of Employability West at the end of 2021 had on those who were dependent on its tailored services which supported people in the community who have a disability, illness, injury or mental health issue in returning or starting in employment; if they managed to continue their employment unsupported, linked in with other equivalent services, or remained at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18295/23]

Employment Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

950. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase funding to ensure that the supports that the employability services delivers is enhanced and rolled out on a local basis where a demand for such services are; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18296/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

John McGuinness

951. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the one-parent family payment and, separately, supplementary welfare allowance were not approved in the case of a person (details supplied) given the hardship they are experiencing; and if they qualify for any social welfare benefits. [18299/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

202. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have a disability allowance appeal approved. [15788/23]

Community Employment Schemes

David Stanton

203. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to allowing for the admission of retired people to the newly expanded community employment scheme at a half rate payment similar to the half rate carer’s allowance payment; her future plans, if any, to allow those who are retired to take part in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15799/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

204. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a re-instatement of the travel pass as a secondary benefit. [15874/23]

State Pensions

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the position in respect of a person's pension entitlement (details supplied). [15978/23]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

206. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total pension amount received for the year ending 31 December 2022 by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16029/23]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

207. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total pension amount received for the year ending 31 December 2022 by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16030/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

208. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of working family payment and supplementary welfare allowance in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16034/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

209. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current position in regard to application for unemployment assistance or related payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16035/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

210. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal and review of a decision to refuse disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16036/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

211. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the manner in which a person (details supplied) was adjudged to have no entitlement or a reduced entitlement to the guardian's payment, resulting in an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16037/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

212. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which any ameliorating measures can be evoked in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16039/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

213. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 792 of 22 March 2023, if a review might be undertaken of the decision to refuse payment given the dispute that has arisen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16042/23]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

214. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the mother of a person (details supplied) qualifies for a top-up pension on the basis of her entitlement in her home country, and potentially in this country, in respect of a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16045/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

215. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current position in relation to entitlement to a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16046/23]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of victims of domestic violence referred to social protection access housing supports in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [15636/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marian Harkin

132. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive the carer's support grant. [15541/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Catherine Murphy

133. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement. [15635/23]

Legislative Measures

Seán Crowe

134. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has an indicative date for the implementation of section 6 of the of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, specifically the recording of a father’s name on a birth certificate. [15689/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

135. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available to cover a pensioner (details supplied) with a medical card who is on disability and is not covered under the scheme. [15720/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Emer Higgins

136. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering extending the treatment benefit scheme to cover the cost of medical microblading for eyebrow replacement in those suffering hair loss due to illness, cancer treatment or alopecia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15738/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Bríd Smith

78. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to increase welfare rates for those on disability payments in light of additional costs and rising cost-of-living pressures; if any consideration is being given to the provision of a universal non means-tested payment for those suffering from long-term disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15453/23]

Social Welfare Code

Danny Healy-Rae

81. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason people on benefit payments, who have worked and paid their taxes, are still not eligible for the fuel allowance or any cost-of-living benefits. [15409/23]

International Protection

Pádraig O'Sullivan

86. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if, following the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Projections Process, there are plans to increase the direct provision allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15049/23]

Social Welfare Code

Gary Gannon

87. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to award the fuel allowance to households in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15177/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Gino Kenny

88. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15204/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Seán Haughey

91. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent on the farm assist payment in 2022; the total number of recipients for the same year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14927/23]

Nursing Homes

Joe Flaherty

92. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will prioritise the right of homeowners in nursing homes to rent out their vacant homes without it affecting their non-contributory pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15137/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pauline Tully

95. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the application process for emergency needs’ payments for those seeking assistance with a deposit and first month’s rent to enable her Department to issue a letter of pre-approval to applicants which can be used to reassure landlords and assist them in securing a tenancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15126/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joan Collins

96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will provide evidence that the reduction in positive outcomes for appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals Office related to disability has nothing to do with whether the appeal has been heard orally or conducted in writing. [15196/23]

State Pensions

Bernard Durkan

97. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing pro-rata pensions on the basis of the proportion of contributions made by the pensioner relative to the qualifying number of such contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15150/23]

Social Welfare Code

Bríd Smith

98. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has made any provision for an increased budget for additional needs’ payments in light of the ending of the eviction ban and the likelihood of additional expenses being faced by people made homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15160/23]

State Pensions

Paul McAuliffe

99. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason those paying the D stamp and who were recruited prior to 1995 are not eligible for the State pension (contributory); her plans to amend the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15184/23]

State Pensions

Alan Dillon

100. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the weekly rate of all State pensions to include the full €12 increase introduced in Budget 2023 so people on a reduced pension rate can receive the full increase given the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15198/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

101. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which appeals against negative decisions in response to applications for domiciliary care allowance can be expedited and incorporate fully the concerns and challenges experienced by parents of children with particular or specific needs as diagnosed by their professional medical/psychiatric expertise, as opposed to a conclusion in many cases that the child needs no more care and attention than any other child of a similar age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15149/23]

Social Welfare Code

Aindrias Moynihan

102. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection her engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in providing a free travel scheme to all persons with epilepsy; if a report on this matter, which is due for the first quarter of 2023, is on target for the end of the month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15189/23]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

103. Deputy Claire Kerrane 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. [15040/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

104. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the expected timeframe in which she intends to announce additional agricultural schemes in the new CAP which will be disregarded with regard to Farm Assist. [15104/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

105. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagement from her Department with community employment supervisors regarding their employment-related concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15042/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joan Collins

106. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection in the context of concerns over improper control of her Department over the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office, if there has been a change in Government policy relating to the operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office. [15192/23]

State Pensions

Gary Gannon

107. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress being made towards creating a lifetime carer's pension scheme; if she will provide an update on the promised legislation surrounding this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15175/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her recent visit to London. [15131/23]