Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Education Costs

Claire Kerrane

115. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if financial support for current trainee counselling psychologists in first and second year will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18409/23]

Financial Services

Claire Kerrane

383. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the steps a person can take in cases in which there is fraudulent activity on their financial account (details supplied); how money lost can be pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17106/23]

School Accommodation

Claire Kerrane

557. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if a new school build (details supplied) can be fast tracked given the growing school population and the fact that there is no indoor sports/multipurpose facility to provide PE and extra-curricular activities which are currently unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17449/23]

School Accommodation

Claire Kerrane

558. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if temporary accommodation could be provided to a school (details supplied) where it has been approved for a new build but currently has no indoor sports/multipurpose facility to provide PE and extra-curricular activities to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17450/23]

Qualifications Recognition

Claire Kerrane

650. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if a person with a Masters of Education from the United States, where they worked at university level teaching adults, and therefore did not hold a teaching licence, can have their qualification recognised in Ireland; and what course would a person need to complete in order to teach in Irish schools. [16622/23]

Departmental Strategies

Claire Kerrane

726. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/23]

Housing Policy

Claire Kerrane

758. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any exceptions for council tenants wishing to purchase their home from the council where they have been refused under Part V rules; if this could be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16621/23]

Labour Activation Measures

Claire Kerrane

874. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people referred to JobPath since 2015, in tabular form. [16615/23]

Labour Activation Measures

Claire Kerrane

875. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments made to Turas Nua and Seetec, and the corresponding amount paid to both since 2015, in tabular form. [16616/23]

Labour Activation Measures

Claire Kerrane

876. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently engaged with JobPath. [16617/23]

Labour Activation Measures

Claire Kerrane

877. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have gained employment sustained for 52 weeks on JobPath, in tabular form. [16618/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

878. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are income supports for 65-year-olds who wish to continue working part-time hours, five days per week until they reach pension age of 66 years. [16619/23]

Immigration Status

Claire Kerrane

990. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice when an application (details supplied) made under the Regularisation of Long-Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme will be decided on. [17441/23]

Immigration Policy

Claire Kerrane

991. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received under the Regularisation of Long-Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme; the number processed; and the expected completion date for applications received. [17442/23]

Legal Aid

Claire Kerrane

1074. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the promised review of the civil legal aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16655/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

1120. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation payments will be made with regard to the 2020 Shass Mountain landslide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17313/23]

Agriculture Industry

Claire Kerrane

1168. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the banning of creosote from April 2022; if derogation has been or is available to individuals and businesses who require it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16732/23]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

1216. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the staffing levels for the children's disability network teams in Roscommon and Galway. [18167/23]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

1237. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if financial supports could be put in place to reopen a facility (details supplied) for the continued integration of refugees at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17124/23]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

1414. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health how long a vacancy (details supplied) has existed; and when it will be filled. [16641/23]

Mental Health Services

Claire Kerrane

1505. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason a role is advertised as a part-time position rather than a full-time position (details supplied), given the recognised importance of developing and reforming CAMHS and Youth Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16994/23]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

1755. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to put an end to medical card holders being charged for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/23]

Medical Register

Claire Kerrane

1764. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on the CORU registration period of adaptation requirements for individuals who have moved to the State with regard to a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/23]

Rights of the Child

Claire Kerrane

144. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the most recent United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child report on Ireland, if he will advise what measures the State will implement to ensure the elimination of discrimination towards children of Catholic priests, as recommended by the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15650/23]

Third Level Staff

Claire Kerrane

149. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on engagement between an organisation (details supplied) and his Department regarding pensions for staff in the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15513/23]

Job Creation

Claire Kerrane

77. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will carry out a review of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15344/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

79. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the reduced qualifying period for community employment, CE, schemes from 12 months on the live register to nine months for all qualifying social welfare payments, in view of the recent announcement made regarding Ukrainian nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15345/23]

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]

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 Code

Claire Kerrane

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on her Department's review of means testing for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15043/23]

Departmental Consultations

Claire Kerrane

127. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation process as part of her Department’s work on addressing the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15041/23]

Social Welfare Code

Claire Kerrane

145. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's review of the extension of the free travel scheme to people with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15039/23]

Office of Public Works

Claire Kerrane

274. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding is available from the OPW to repair a bridge (details supplied) considering it is a key heritage, cultural, tourism and meeting point for the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15343/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

489. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the dates in April that the announced spring bonus payments are due to be paid to eligible social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15463/23]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

81. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education when the review of the school transport scheme will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14194/23]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

94. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14193/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

220. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the impact that small social welfare increases have on rent costs for local authority tenants under the differential rent scheme given that vulnerable tenants, including those on disability allowance and the State pension, are seeing an increase in their payment being eaten up by an increase in rent, especially given the current cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14505/23]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

218. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if training has been provided to gardaí with regard to new stalking legislation; if he will advise the measures that have been introduced to facilitate gardaí with providing supports regarding stalking and harassment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14172/23]

Office of Public Works

Claire Kerrane

351. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if funding is available from the OPW to repair a bridge (details supplied), considering it is a key heritage, cultural and tourism point and meeting point for the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12417/23]

Rental Sector

Claire Kerrane

399. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on when a standardised approach to the calculation of rents for local authority tenants will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12328/23]

Housing Policy

Claire Kerrane

505. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason recipients of the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension, set at the same rate as the State pension (contributory) is not allowable as income to qualify for the tenant purchase scheme when this is a long-term payment where the State pension (non-contributory) pension, which can fluctuate, is a qualifying payment; if he will consider adding the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension as a qualifying payment, similar to the State pension (contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13866/23]

Irish Language

Claire Kerrane

739. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will consider funding a proposal by a school (details supplied) on a pilot basis which would see English speaking schools twinned with Gaeilscoils, including those on the islands for pen paling, visiting and improving Irish speaking among children in English speaking schools, as the most effective way for them to learn the language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13409/23]

Departmental Policies

Claire Kerrane

812. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 2 March 2023, the reason a person seeking to change their name in circumstances other than in cases where they wish to revert to their pre-marriage name, must show two years' usage of their new name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12658/23]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

1226. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the process that is in place to ensure frontline employees who worked in private nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic can receive their recognition payment, particularly in cases where a person is no longer working for the same employer and has not yet received their bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12561/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Claire Kerrane

1380. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the budget available to meals on wheels providers in recognition of increased running costs to providers to ensure this vital service can be continued to our most vulnerable and isolated citizens. [13213/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Claire Kerrane

1381. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests made to the HSE for a meals on wheels service for individuals via the public health nurses in 2022, the number of these approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13214/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Claire Kerrane

1382. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that meals on wheels providers are seeing more and more people being refused a subsidised service when sought from the HSE; the reason this service is being denied when sought by public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13215/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Claire Kerrane

1383. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided by the HSE to meals on wheels service providers in each of years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [13216/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Claire Kerrane

1384. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the funding options available to an organisation (details supplied) for upgrade works to ensure continuation of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13217/23]

Hospital Facilities

Claire Kerrane

1511. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the disposal of HSE buildings (details supplied); the stage at which this process is at and the intended timeframe for this to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13871/23]