Mark Wall

Labour Party · Kildare South

Activity on Social Protection — 163 events (18 lobbying · 145 questions · 0 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-14
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the number of people who are in receipt of carer’s allowance and also in receipt of fuel allowance to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/26]
• 2026-04-14
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the number of people who are in receipt of the working family payment and also in receipt of fuel allowance to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24018/26]
• 2026-04-14
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider an important matter in relation to a DCA payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/26]
• 2026-02-26
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time in the last five years to award maternity benefit; paternity benefit; parents benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15027/26]
• 2026-02-26
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims, by county, in 2025 for maternity benefit, paternity benefit and parents benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15029/26]
• 2026-02-26
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings and correspondence that he and his Department have had with the Department of Finance following the announcement in January of this year that information of those in receipt of carer’s allowance would be shared with Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15026/26]
• 2026-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications refused over the last three years, by county; the number of those refused where an appeal was registered; the outcome of that appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15025/26]
• 2026-02-12
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government will consider extending and reforming a social protection payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11150/26]
• 2026-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is working on reforms to the domiciliary care allowance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/26]
• 2026-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address important matters raised in correspondence from a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Society of St. Vincent de Paul 3 returns Social Protection

  • Engagement with Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
  • Informing of new MESL research publications
  • Distribution of Budget 2026 MESL Impact Briefing
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Social Protection

  • Response to provisions for Wage Subsidy Scheme in Budget 2026
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Social Protection

  • Energy hardship
• 2026-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Social Protection

  • Farm Assist Scheme Reform
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  ALONE Social Protection

  • Meeting request to members of Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 6 returns Social Protection

  • Fair Deal & Older People in Rural Areas
  • Social Protection Measures - Class S PRSI Contributions
  • Social Protection Measures - State Pension Access & Equity
  • Social Protection Measures - Agricultural Education & Youth Participation
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Social Protection Measures - Cost of Employment
  • Income Volatility Measures for All Agricultural Sectors
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the funding allocation to family carers and young carers has not increased in the 2026 Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan compared to the previous year; if he will provide additional funding to return the family carer measure to €2.5 million as in the 2024 Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68383/25]
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3288/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people on illness benefit for longer than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74912/25]
• 2025-12-16
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of funeral assistance grants applied for by county and granted by county in each of the last three years , in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72417/25]
• 2025-12-16
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of heat supplement payments awarded for each county, for each of the past three years; the average time this payment remains in payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72418/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications for each of the last three years; the number granted; the number of those turned down that were appealed; the number of those appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72419/25]
• 2025-11-19
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide data by metrics (details supplied) on the wage subsidy scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64132/25]
• 2025-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies in receipt of wage subsidy scheme strand three grant for employment assistance officers; the number of employment assistance officers employed under strand three; the amount expended on strand three in the past five years, 2019-2024; the grant available for strand three; the last year that grant was increased; and if he has any plans to increase the grant, given that employer costs have increased significantly since the last increase in the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64133/25]
• 2025-11-13
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider granting a fuel allowance to those that have had an application refused or revoked due to an adult child or family member moving back home. [62019/25]
• 2025-11-13
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of successful domiciliary care allowance applications for the past three years; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62024/25]
• 2025-11-13
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if under the new rules for the rural social scheme, if a person from a rural area with no distinct ties to farming or fishing, but living in the rural area, qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62021/25]
• 2025-11-13
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools who have refused to take up the offer of a hot school meal; the attempts his Department have made to change this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62023/25]
• 2025-10-15
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the expenditure allocation for disability activation supports will decline in 2026 to €25.99 million from €26.545 million in this year according the estimates published for Budget 2026; the programmes under subhead A.29 his Department expects to make savings; to confirm the number of people that will be supported under each programme and the projected increase or decrease on 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55733/25]
• 2025-10-15
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for a cut of over €22 million in the 2026 allocation for additional needs payments under estimate subhead A.10, with the allocation reduced to €58.134 million in 2026, from €80.671 million this year; the number of payments and the number of recipients the 2025 and 2026 allocations will support respectively; if he will confirm if the value of payments will be reduced next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55734/25]
• 2025-10-15
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients for basic supplementary welfare allowance payments are projected for 2025 and 2026, respectively; the reason for the reduction in allocation underestimate subhead A8 from nearly €137 million to €118.6 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55735/25]
• 2025-10-07
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of death benefits under the occupational injuries scheme can avail of the living alone allowance; if not, if he will consider such a request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53769/25]
• 2025-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that persons in receipt of a widow/widower’s pension and under 70 are not entitled to free travel for a companion, while their counterparts entitled to free travel who have a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant can travel for free with them; if he will consider extending free travel for companions to these widow’s/widower’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52276/25]
• 2025-10-01
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the new bereaved partners contributory pension can also claim an illness benefit, or any other social welfare payment, given the new payment is a contributory one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52295/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he or his Department are developing a payment for those self-employed who cannot work over a short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51744/25]
• 2025-09-30
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he or his Department are considering changing the gross means test of a non-contributory State pension to a means test based on an applicant's net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51747/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of requests for an oral hearing over the past four years; the number of oral hearings that have been held virtually, in-person and over the phone, in the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50021/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the means-test for the state pension (non-contributory) from gross to net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50029/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to introduce a cost of disability payment in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify whether his Department intends to introduce a targeted, second tier payment of child benefit in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50030/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans on abolishing the means-test for the carer’s allowance in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50024/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline for the past four years, the average time between reviews for recipients of a carer’s allowance; the number of times his Department has reviewed a carer’s allowance recipient more than once in a year; if multiple reviews of recipients is standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49576/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work her Department has undertaken for the development of a cost of disability payment alongside the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/25]
• 2025-09-20
  LOBBY
  Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Social Protection

  • Bereaved Partner’s Bill 2025
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Irish Foster Care Association 2 returns Social Protection

  • Pre-Budget Submission 2026
  • Pre-Budget Submission 2026
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  National Women's Council of Ireland Social Protection

  • Social Protection Advocacy
• 2025-09-18
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  The Wheel Community

  • Policy staff from The Wheel were invited to address the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development regarding our Pre-Budget Submission 2026.
• 2025-09-17
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  European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland Social Protection

  • Emails to Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community & Local Development requesting to put combatting poverty at the top of the committees agenda, with particular reference to income adequacy, accessible public services & measures targeted at the most disadvantaged groups
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Care Alliance Ireland Social Protection

  • Sent Pre-Budget Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection. This Submission was invited by the Committee as part of the annual Pre-Budget process. We have registered this lobbying with each member of the Committee out of an abundance of caution.
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  ARI Social Protection

  • Active Retirement Ireland's policy recommendations as included in the pre-budget submission to the Department of Social Protection. Policy recommendations pertain to pension reform, income supports, Treatment Benefit Scheme (specifically inclusion of hearing tests), as well as whole of government strategies for positive aging, combatting ageism and the establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People.
• 2025-09-11
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  Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters

  • We contacted Deputies Wall, Nash, Kenny, Sherlock, and Senator Harmon, in their respective capacities as Labour's disability, social protection, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.
• 2025-09-11
  LOBBY
  Simon Communities of Ireland Social Protection

  • Appearance before Joint Committee on Social Protection
• 2025-08-22
  LOBBY
  Polio Survivors Ireland Social Protection

  • Wrote to the Joint Committee on Social Protection
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a Christmas bonus double payment of each weekly social welfare payment on the same basis as in 2024, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the costs by each weekly payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44025/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the child support payment for under-12s by €6 or €10 and for over-12s by €10 or €15; to provide the current number of eligible children in each category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the current cost of the free travel scheme; the number of participants; the projected cost of introducing free travel to students namely those aged 18 to 24 who hold a PSC card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44027/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the dates the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowances will be paid; the additional cost in a full year to increase each rate by €100; the estimated amount it would cost to extend it to foster carers allowance; the additional cost to provide the current payment to all school going children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44028/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing eligibility thresholds for SWA by 10%, 20%, 30% respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding eligibility for fuel allowance to all those on the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44030/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing fuel allowance by €5 or €10 a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44031/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to 32 weeks at current rates; the estimated cost of increasing it by €5 or €10 a week at 32 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44032/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a €30 per week cost of disability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44033/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of every additional ten community welfare officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44034/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to extend the JST to one-parent families in work, training or education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44035/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to extend the entitlement to the living alone allowance and household benefits package to one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for every €1 increase in the living alone allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44037/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €150; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44038/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of increasing the working family payment thresholds by €20 or €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44039/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of paying child benefit in the month of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing job seeker's payments to under-25s at the same adult rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44041/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer’s allowance income disregard to €750 single, and €1,500 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44042/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the back to education grant to all BTEA applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44043/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance income disregard to €200 or €250, respectively, and increasing the upper income cap to €400 or €450, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44044/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and JST income disregards to €200 or €250, respectively, and to provide a breakdown of the cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44045/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of providing carer’s allowance to all those in receipt of the carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44047/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of providing carer’s allowance at a full rate to those caring for two or more people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44048/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of allowing those in receipt of the State pension to retain a full-rate carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44049/25]
• 2025-07-29
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €10 increase in the household benefits package for gas and electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44051/25]
• 2025-07-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the fuel allowance by one week. [40595/25]
• 2025-07-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of abolishing the means-test for the State pension (non-contributory). [40596/25]
• 2025-07-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of basing the means-test for the State pension (non-contributory) rate on individual income, rather than household income. [40597/25]
• 2025-07-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the cash income a person can earn under the State pension (non-contributory) by €100. [40598/25]
• 2025-07-16
  PQ
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of allowing all fostering caring families to receive the back to school allowance without a means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39879/25]
• 2025-07-16
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of fostering caring families who will benefit from his recent announcement that foster caring families will be eligible for the back to school allowance through a means test; the total cost of this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39880/25]
• 2025-07-16
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the living alone allowance for each of the last four years; the number per county; and the cost to his Department for each of those last four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/25]
• 2025-07-16
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons or couples in receipt of the telephone allowance for each of the last four years; the number per county; and the cost to his Department for each of those last 4 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39882/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters that issue each year from the child benefit section as part of ongoing control measures to ensure parents remain eligible for child benefit payments; the number of letters that issued respectively in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the postal cost of those letters in each year; the reason there is no option for parents to return the form electronically; if he intends to provide such an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38843/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents that had their child benefit stopped in each year from 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025, due to a failure to return a posted control measure form in time; of those stopped, the number that subsequently had their payment reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38844/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has access to school attendance records from the Department of Education and Youth for the purposes of child benefit control measures; the action his Department takes with the school attendance information it collects as part of ongoing control measures; if the information collected is cross-checked against school records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38845/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the saving from child benefit control measures in each year from 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38846/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters that issue each year from individual payment sections of his Department as part of on-going control measures; the total cost of those letters by payment section, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38847/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection for the cost of increasing the Telephone Support Allowance by €1. [39260/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the means-test for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for all children and young people in State care, including those in foster care. [39262/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer’s allowance weekly travel disregard by €1. [39263/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards for the Jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [39264/25]
• 2025-07-15
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  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the 18.5-hour ceiling rule for the carer’s allowance for those who wish to undertake training or education and whose child is in school for more than 18.5-hours. [39265/25]
• 2025-07-15
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of removing the weekly earnings limit for the carer’s benefit. [39266/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [37454/25]
• 2025-07-08
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the child support payment for those over 12 and those under 12, by €1, in tabular form. [37455/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing child benefit by €1. [37456/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance by €1. [37457/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €1. [37458/25]
• 2025-07-08
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards by €1 for the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/25]
• 2025-07-08
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of expanding the free travel scheme to recipients of the domiciliary care payment. [37460/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance by €1. [37461/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of working family payments that are currently in payment in the State; the number of working family payments received by the State over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34343/25]
• 2025-06-24
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  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has any record of the number of people who may be entitled to the working family payment but have not made an application; whether the Department is following up on this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34344/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans for a pay-related carer’s benefit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33117/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for social welfare appeals for each social welfare scheme; the number of successful appeals granted, over the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33123/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of funeral assistance grants paid out over the past five years; the number refused, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33119/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount allocated to the school meal holiday programme; the number of schools taking part, by county, in tabular form; the funding allocated in each county; if he will update the House on whether the scheme will be further rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33121/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowances paid out, by county, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33120/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a report on child poverty (details supplied); and if he will outline the actions he is taking to address the concerns raised. [33122/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will initiate a review of his Departments processes for assessing the entitlement to the domiciliary care allowance, given the fact that nearly a third of rejected applications are overturned on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33118/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of gender recognition certificate applications from 2015 to the current year; the number applications which were made by 16- and 17-year-olds; the number of applications which were granted in total and granted by 16- and 17-year-olds, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32863/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the remaining actions from the Gender Recognition Act 2015 Review Group recommendations. [32864/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) would qualify for jobseeker's pay-related benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32732/25]
• 2025-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person residing in Ireland, and their home is in another EU Member State, can have that home assessed under the means test for a State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26685/25]
• 2025-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a timeframe for a person transferring their home to one of their children that would affect the means test on their State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/25]
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Treoir (Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children) Social Protection

  • Ask TDs to support enactment of the Bereaved Partners Pension Bill
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the report commissioned by his Department on extending the fuel allowance to recipients of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25055/25]
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered implementing an individual means-test for social welfare payments rather than a household means-test, to ensure that people are only assessed on their own income and not that of their household’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25056/25]
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of indexing the child support payment to 45% of the qualified adult payment for children under 12 and 55% for children over 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25057/25]
• 2025-05-09
  LOBBY
  Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Social Protection

  • Providing relevant TDs with FLAC’s Preliminary Analysis to the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025.
• 2025-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children who applied for the disability allowance at the age of 16 when their domiciliary care allowance finished over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22970/25]
• 2025-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children who applied for the disability allowance at the age of 16 when their domiciliary care allowance finished; the number who did not qualify for disability allowance; the number over the past three years per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22971/25]
• 2025-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has any plans to extend the domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age; if he has a timeframe on this introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if child maintenance payments are disregarded from secondary social welfare entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22282/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will update the Dáil on the work his Department has carried out in designing a cost of disability payment, as outlined in the programme for Government; the expected date of introduction of such a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21989/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people that have been added to the family carer register under the long-term carers contribution scheme; the number awarded the full-rate State pension under the scheme; the number of whom have been awarded a reduced rate, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21715/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact the programme for Government commitment to allow parents aged over 66 receiving the State pension, who are caring for a child with a lifelong disability, to retain a full-rate carer's allowance discriminates against other carers, such as those caring for a spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21714/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his view on the recent Central Statistics Office statistics which show an increase in the poverty rates among children in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to introduce a targeted child benefit payment during the lifetime of this Government; the work his Department has carried out on developing such a payment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has carried out any research or analysis on implementing a child poverty reduction Act, similar to the Act introduced in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21713/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a roadmap over the next number of Budgets in which carers in receipt of the carer’s allowance can expect the income disregards for the payment to increase; the date by which the means-test will then be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21990/25]
• 2025-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on whether the poverty reduction target contained in the roadmap for social inclusion was, or will be, achieved; if a new poverty reduction strategy will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16323/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if workers due to be made redundant in County Waterford (details supplied) will be able to avail of the pay-related jobseekers benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13725/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure and number of claims over the lifetime of the Covid-19-related lay-off payment scheme; the average lump-sum payment to compensate employees made redundant between 13 March 2020 and 31 January 2025 for a Covid-related gap in their employment record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount each weekly social protection payment should be at to maintain their value compared to pre-pandemic levels (2019) in real, inflation-adjusted terms, in tabular form; the rates these should be at if indexed against employment earnings for the same period to restore the real value of core rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11576/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to replace jobseeker’s assistance; what consultations have been held on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a new structure and employment supports for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a €50 weekly cost of disability payment to all recipients of disability-related social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of reviews carried out on carer’s allowance over the last five years, and the number per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12599/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for selecting a carer’s allowance recipient for review; if there a limit on the number of times a person can be selected for review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12600/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is correct that his Department is including a total household income review in current reviews that are being received by carer’s allowance recipients; the reason for including this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12601/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection when he intends to bring forward the Bill to support cohabiting couples by providing pensions for bereaved partners; the number of applications received for such a payment since the O’Meara case; if supplementary payments will issue to those qualified applicants in advance of the legislation passing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8577/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of appeal officers working in the appeals office; the number for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8583/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to improve the community welfare service; if he intends to hire more community welfare officers across the State, given the increased workload with recent storms and other increased calls on the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8581/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the average current waiting time for a social welfare appeal in the State; how waiting times for a decision vary across different payments; whether waiting times have increased over the past 12 months; what action he is taking to reduce the time it takes to process an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8579/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for an appeal for a carer's allowance; the average time for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8582/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance to 18 years of age from the current age limit of 16; the number that would be eligible based on current recipients; what consideration has been given to such a policy change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8580/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to reform the application form for domiciliary care allowance; if he is aware of the concerns of support groups, questioning the detail required and complex nature of the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8578/25]
• 2025-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for an appeal for invalidity pension currently in the State; the average time for same in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8408/25]
• 2025-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments paid in the last three years by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8409/25]
• 2025-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reopening community welfare offices and clinics throughout the State given the importance of this service to those that need it most; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/25]
• 2025-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to reform the application form for domiciliary care allowance; if he is aware of the concerns of support groups questioning the detail required and complex nature of the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8411/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the registration on 8 March 1975 of the first independent and impartial, State-supported Citizens Information Services (at an event in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, where Tánaiste Brendan Corish was guest of honour); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the metrics put in place to measure the quality of the Citizens Information Service before and after the restructuring of corporate governance structures enforced in 2018 despite a majority in Dáil Éireann deeming those changes "flawed and ill-considered" (Joint Oireachtas Committee Report, 1 June 2017); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the additional expenditure of €4.55 million on restructured Citizens Information Service, as reported to the Oireachtas committee on social protection in November 2017, represents value for money; whether the restructured corporate governance model has, as yet, achieved European Foundation for Quality Management accreditation, as the county-wide and area-wide Citizens Information Service did before restructuring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024; the current position of the Bill; the estimated time to enact the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2494/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers per county; the number for the past three years per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3132/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of functions previously carried out by community welfare officers which now have been centralised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/25]