525. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €2, €3, €4, €6, €8 and €10; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43067/24]
524. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43066/24]
523. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to list the work activation measures that are currently under the remit of her Department; the full-year cost of each of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43065/24]
522. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the current expenditure on the school meals holiday hunger programme; the number of schools currently partaking in the scheme; the full-year cost of doubling the number of schools in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43064/24]
521. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people over the age of 66 who are in receipt of the State pension and a half-rate or reduced rate carer’s allowance; the full-year cost of allowing these recipients to be paid their State pension and the rate at which they were previously paid their carer’s allowance prior to reaching State pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43063/24]
520. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of paying two full rate carer’s allowances to an individual caring for two people, and a half-rate for third and subsequent individuals, as opposed to a half-rate for the second person, as it currently stands; if costs on those over and under the age of 66 can be given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43062/24]
519. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the electricity and gas allowance under the household benefits package from €35 to €40 and €45; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43061/24]
518. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the telephone support allowance to €5 and making it an additional entitlement on the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43060/24]
511. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €3, €5, €7, €10 and €15, in tabular form. [42854/24]
510. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full-year cost of the impact of introducing legislation to give the entitlement of an unmarried cohabitant to a widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension; if this cost is factored into existing levels of service for future years or is it additional expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42787/24]
504. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of including people who qualify under class M (pensioners) under the treatment benefit scheme. [42700/24]
493. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of providing two oral dentist examinations as opposed to one, in one calendar year, under the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42617/24]
492. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of the free travel scheme, and the projected expenditure on the scheme out to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42616/24]
491. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of raising the 18.5-hour ceiling for carer’s allowance recipients who wish to pursue training or education while providing full-time care to 20 hours and 25 hours, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42615/24]
490. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if any financial supports are available from her Department to those who are considered young carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42614/24]
489. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of giving the fuel allowance to every household that qualifies for the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42613/24]
488. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of making the disability support payment of €400 a permanent annual payment; to provide the full-year cost of increasing it in increments of €100 up to €2000, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42612/24]
487. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the full-year cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance by €10, €15, €20, €25, €30, €35, €40, €45 and €50, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42611/24]
486. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail the full-year cost of increasing all social welfare payments by €5, €7, €10, €12, €15, €20, €25, €30, €40 and €50, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42610/24]
485. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the full-year cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €100, €200, €300, €400, €500, €600, €700, €800, €900, €1000, €1500 and €2000, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42609/24]
484. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the full-year cost of increasing the income disregards for single and couples for carer’s allowance by €25, €50, €75, €100, €125, €150, €175, €200, €225, €250, €275, €300, €325, €350, €375, €400, €425, €450, €475 and €500, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42608/24]
483. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration that has been given to reforming the means test for carer’s allowance so that the carer is recognised in their own right, including individualisation with regards to the means test and reducing the amount of income of the spouse/partner that is taken into consideration when determining access to the payment and amount of payment received; if any full year costs, provisional or otherwise, are available on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42607/24]
482. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail any changes to carer’s payments and benefits, including the means tests, income thresholds and capital disregards, that are under consideration by her Department; the outcome and conclusions thus far; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42606/24]
481. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to list all the achievements that have been made to benefit and improve outcomes for carers since this Government took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42605/24]
474. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the hot school meals programme to all second-level schools; and the number of primary and post-primary schools presently in receipt of this funding, respectively. [42385/24]
280. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount being allocated to the seed and venture capital scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42454/24]
279. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on changes of funding eligibility for digital grants and consultancy to ensure more simplified, accessible, and broadly available funding supports for digitalisation for businesses; how many more businesses will qualify; the financial value of the proposed funding eligibility changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/24]
409. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the working family payment renewal of a person (details supplied). [41431/24]
278. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41004/24]
263. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding work permits for the homecare sector, the number of work permit applications received since the scheme opened in January 2023; the number of work permits issued; the number of applications returned at initial applications pre-check stage; the number of other applications rejected; the number of applications currently in processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/24]
198. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Finance the number of registrations of L1e-A and L1e-B e-mopeds since the legislation changed in May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41300/24]
59. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the gross human rights abuses carried out by the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/24]
38. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/24]
157. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the ASD assessment for a child (details supplied). [40358/24]
135. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands' Report entitled ‘Report on Energy Poverty 2024’. [40508/24]
126. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a living alone allowance application for a person (details supplied). [40391/24]
32. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on an increase in the CIÉ pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40418/24]
113. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if the domiciliary care allowance of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [39474/24]
303. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a State pension (non-contributory) application by a person (details supplied). [38756/24]
293. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied). [38284/24]
66. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied). [38133/24]
285. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a jobseeker's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [37865/24]
266. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of extending participation in the rural social scheme to both spouses in a couple based on the current numbers availing of the scheme; and the projected costs for the future. [37415/24]
265. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the time limit to participate in the rural social scheme from six to ten years. [37414/24]
264. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer to increase the number of places on the rural social scheme by 25% or 838 places, 50% or 1,675 places and 75% or 2,513 places; and the associated costs of increasing the number of supervisor places by 25% or 35 places, 50% or 70 places or 75% or 104 places. [37413/24]
225. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to rollout disability awareness training to all Intreo staff. [37191/24]
224. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost to the Exchequer annually of reverting the rural social scheme to the pre-2012 rules in regard to the length of participation on the scheme and means testing. [37190/24]
223. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of introducing an occupational pension scheme for Tús, the rural social scheme and community employment scheme supervisors. [37189/24]
222. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of introducing a new half-rate fuel allowance for those with an income of €100 above the existing thresholds. [37188/24]
221. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of extending the back-to-education allowance to those who are in employment. [37187/24]