Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Appeals Commission

Claire Kerrane

118. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of recruiting four additional assistant principal officer case managers for the Tax Appeals Commission. [49367/21]

Departmental Bodies

Claire Kerrane

148. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department that have boards in which members have an obligation to appear before committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas in tabular form. [49368/21]

Education Schemes

Claire Kerrane

245. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2022 of increasing the funding for the school completion programme by 10%. [49364/21]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

322. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if increasing the rate of domiciliary care allowance has been considered with regard to the cost of disability and the cost of parenting older children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49339/21]

Fuel Poverty

Claire Kerrane

323. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to include recipients of the part-time job incentive scheme reflecting the fact that recipients will have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for 15 months before moving to the part-time job incentive scheme and are restricted in the hours they can work whilst on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49349/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Claire Kerrane

362. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of hiring an extra 400 social workers and 160 aftercare workers, respectively. [49363/21]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

429. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the number of unmarked vans withdrawn from the fleet during the same period. [49361/21]

Hospital Services

Claire Kerrane

519. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant gastroenterologists based in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if this number will be further increased. [49370/21]

Hospital Services

Claire Kerrane

520. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric dermatologists based in Portiuncula University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if this number will be further increased. [49371/21]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

521. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number and locations of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, units that accept admissions during out of hours periods in tabular form. [49372/21]

Hospital Staff

Claire Kerrane

548. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if staffing in the psychiatric unit at Roscommon University Hospital is at full capacity; and the number of vacancies in the unit since January 2021 to date, by month, in tabular form. [49482/21]

Hospital Staff

Claire Kerrane

549. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49485/21]

Fishing Industry

Claire Kerrane

663. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm licences that have ceased to operate at sites for a continuous period of more than two years will be revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/21]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

1. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the tendering process for employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48968/21]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

3. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a new payment scheme for bereaved parents following the death of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48969/21]

Fuel Poverty

Claire Kerrane

5. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to establishing a discretionary fund to assist households with utility costs and debt given rising energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48970/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

94. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be a review of the rates of payment for the parent’s leave and benefit scheme to ensure that parents can afford taking up the leave including with regard to situations in which employers previously topped-up salaries of parents availing of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48201/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

100. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to extend the parent’s leave and benefit to all parents of children born after November 2019 given that the current legislation excludes parents of children born by surrogacy; if he will ensure that lone-parents can avail of the full ten-weeks of the benefit and leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48200/21]

Education Policy

Claire Kerrane

236. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will allow any flexibility for rural schools when it comes to retaining a teacher in which student numbers have reduced given the continued complexities of Covid-19 in school communities and the impact of the loss of a teacher to a school, its students and the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48910/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Claire Kerrane

264. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any flexibility in cases in which a person (details supplied) has the required number of PRSI contributions but not at the necessary class for the invalidity pension given that through no fault of the person's own, the person had paid a WOPS stamp during their early years at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48941/21]

General Register Office

Claire Kerrane

265. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average waiting time for registering a birth and registering a death; and the number of applications awaiting processing for both. [48945/21]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

266. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for the processing of child benefit; and the number of applications currently waiting to be processed. [48946/21]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Claire Kerrane

267. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for the processing of PPS numbers; and the number of applications currently waiting to be processed. [48947/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Claire Kerrane

268. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the offices under her Department that remain closed to the public due to Covid-19. [48948/21]

Civil Registration Service

Claire Kerrane

269. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the civil registration office in Dublin remains closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48949/21]

Departmental Properties

Claire Kerrane

429. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the status of a closed facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48950/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Claire Kerrane

79. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if second year students that were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment are eligible to apply for the back to education allowance considering many students will have lost their job as a result of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48547/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

457. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the assessable income limit for fuel allowance means test by 10% for a single person under 80, single person over 80, for a couple in circumstances in which the qualified adult is aged under 66 or a couple in which the qualified adult is aged 66 or over in tabular form. [48144/21]

Housing Schemes

Claire Kerrane

185. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will re-examine the amount available to applicants under the housing adaption grants given the increase in building materials in order that the amounts awarded better reflect the costs of such works for older people and persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47287/21]

Housing Schemes

Claire Kerrane

186. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person cannot receive funding under the housing adaption grant twice in a four year period; if there is a four-year rule in which a person has to wait to apply for the grant for a second time as detailed in correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47288/21]

Vacant Properties

Claire Kerrane

193. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to introduce greater incentives for persons who buy a vacant or dilapidated property and seek to renovate it into a family home; the current financial supports that already exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47350/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

271. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the working family payment to the self-employed; if any costings have been carried out to examine the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47232/21]

Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

274. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons referred to Tús by county in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [47297/21]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

275. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the estimated drop-off numbers from the community employment and rural social schemes. [47298/21]

Rural Schemes

Claire Kerrane

276. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of allowing farm assist recipients access to participate in the rural social scheme; if the matter has been considered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47299/21]

Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

277. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing some participants to remain on Tús beyond one year in cases in which they have not progressed to employment or in cases in which they are benefitting from the scheme; if so, if this decision will be made on a discretionary basis at a local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47300/21]

Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

278. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if policies are in place for referrals to Tús to take into account the address of the person and that they are given a place on Tús in the county in which they reside rather than being referred to a scheme in a neighbouring county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47301/21]

Veterinary Services

Claire Kerrane

384. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure that regulations will not be introduced here that will make it more difficult for farmers to obtain medical remedies by forcing them to seek prescriptions from vets which will cost the farmer more and impact on local co-ops that currently sell these items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47315/21]

Rural Schemes

Claire Kerrane

400. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some local development companies will run out of Leader funding under the transitional programme by January 2022; if additional funding will be made available for Leader; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47296/21]

Waste Management

Claire Kerrane

69. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will advise on requirements for commercial waste companies to offer compost bins to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47051/21]

Data Centres

Claire Kerrane

70. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there has been a review of the use of data centres particularly with regard to the protection of electricity supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47053/21]

Housing Provision

Claire Kerrane

96. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to require local housing authorities to update social housing heating systems from solid fuel heating to oil heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47050/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

151. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing pro-rata rates of disability allowance in recognition of the low thresholds involved in the means testing of this payment and with regard to the cost of disability regardless of household income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46965/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Claire Kerrane

154. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 22 September 2021, if she will provide the number of recipients of parent’s benefit and leave per month since January 2021, in tabular form. [47041/21]

Banking Sector

Claire Kerrane

276. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if there are plans to require mortgage providers to display their approval from the Central Bank; if additional protection will be provided to consumers when undertaking a mortgage in order to ensure they are engaging with accredited mortgage providers including those based overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45988/21]

Banking Sector

Claire Kerrane

291. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the processes that are in place to enable businesses in Ireland to use online banks which are based overseas with ease; if there are mechanisms in place to remove barriers to businesses banking with online banking systems outside Ireland and to ensure governance in this area remains transparent and customer friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46627/21]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

293. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if an event (details supplied) received public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/21]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

491. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the total contributions approach for calculating the State pension (contributory) to those who have not accumulated 520 PRSI contributions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45942/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Claire Kerrane

492. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration that has been given to extending the purchasing of voluntary contributions to those who are no longer in the workforce to ensure that persons can reach the required number of PRSI contributions to qualify for the State pension (contributory); if she will advise any review of the process behind voluntary contributions overall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45943/21]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

497. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a review of the method of calculating PRSI contributions for the State pension (contributory) particularly with regard to averaging over years of work in which an individual may have had several years of varying classes of PRSI contributions which then results in a lower yearly average and lower rate of weekly State pension payment; the processes for granting full State pensions to those who have accumulated less than 1,200 contributions over 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45987/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

516. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons transitioning from illness benefit to partial capacity benefit will continue to be eligible for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46579/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Claire Kerrane

592. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the processes in place to ensure that parents of children born via assisted human reproduction such as IVF and surrogacy are able to secure legal guardianship of these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46615/21]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

701. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the strategy in place to enable occupational therapists across all clinical areas to pursue upgrades (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46234/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Claire Kerrane

777. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when legislation and availability of supports regarding assisted human reproduction such as IVF and surrogacy will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46575/21]

Office of Public Works

Claire Kerrane

23. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been engagement with the Department of Community and Rural Development in relation to vacant buildings owned or under the remit of the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45699/21]

School Staff

Claire Kerrane

89. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the status of and position regarding ongoing talks regarding pay and entitlements for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45575/21]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

129. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will reconsider the 50% capacity rule on buses for post-primary schools in line with 100% capacity on public transport; if she has sought advice on an increase in capacity from public health bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45574/21]

Transport Policy

Claire Kerrane

200. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to introduce a bus service from Moylough and Mountbellew to University Hospital Portiuncula, Ballinasloe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/21]

Dublin Bus

Claire Kerrane

202. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 3 March 2021, the reason there are no plans to change the 46a bus services at this time in view of the advantage it would offer to those accessing the bus service from Heuston Station; if routes from main transport hubs to hospitals in Dublin are regularly reviewed with regard to ease of connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45916/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

297. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way the pandemic unemployment payment will be treated when it comes to calculating jobseeker’s benefit for individuals in 2023, relating to pay and weeks worked in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45829/21]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

327. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason health and social care professionals in primary care will be able to progress from staff grade to senior grade while those same professionals with the same length of time with regard to experience in hospitals and the mental health area will not; the rationale for allowing some to progress in their careers while others cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45823/21]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

328. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 25 February 2021, the reason women who turned 61 years of age before 30 March 2020 will not be screened at 65 years given the screening programme has been increased up to 65 years; the number of women who will miss out due to this specific use of a date; the reason women are no longer screened beyond the age of 65; the reason this decision on the March date was decided; the person or body which decided it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45824/21]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

329. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a list of nursing homes in the State in which residents in them are provided with tailored support packages or comfort monies will be provided; the number of individuals who receive these supports; the grounds on which they receive them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45825/21]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

330. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the average payment made to private nursing homes under the National Treatment Purchase Fund by county. [45826/21]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

331. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in the State that receive a top-up payment from the HSE in respect of a resident or residents; the corresponding county each nursing home is located; the rationale for these top-up payments; and the way in which it is determined who receives them. [45827/21]

Mental Health Services

Claire Kerrane

332. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a centre (details supplied); the number of staff currently employed; the current services available; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45828/21]

Vaccination Programme

Claire Kerrane

333. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the way an Irish citizen vaccinated outside of Ireland but in the EU avails of an EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45831/21]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

336. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of medications which have been removed from being available for free under a medical card in the past three years; the person or body which decides to remove such medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45838/21]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

337. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be made available again under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/21]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

338. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be made available again under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45840/21]

Banking Sector

Claire Kerrane

120. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the further action that has been taken to address banking charges on overseas pensions; if elimination of charges on those receiving their pensions into bank accounts in Canada and the USA has been extended to all recipients; if there are intentions to refund the charges which have been made as a result of the making of all social protection payments through a bank (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45480/21]

Parental Leave

Claire Kerrane

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents that have taken parent’s leave and benefit since the scheme was extended from two to five weeks; and the uptake of parent’s benefit and leave since January 2021 to date. [45474/21]

National Broadband Plan

Claire Kerrane

41. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises connected, not surveyed, to broadband by National Broadband Ireland in counties Roscommon and Galway to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44112/21]

Post Office Network

Claire Kerrane

49. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action he has taken in response to the findings of a report (details supplied) published in 2020 regarding the future of the post office network; the engagement he has had with a union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44113/21]

Bus Services

Claire Kerrane

77. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide additional funding to the National Transport Authority in order to increase the frequency of the LocalLink service in a town (details supplied) from two days per week to four days per week given the demand for the service and the ability of the service provider to provide the increased service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44119/21]

Bus Éireann

Claire Kerrane

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the decision to cease the 20 and x20 Bus Éireann route from Galway to Dublin in view of the importance of this route as a link to Portiuncula Hospital especially for older persons living in nearby rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/21]

National Development Plan

Claire Kerrane

461. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the publication of the new National Development Plan Review to Renew; the position with regard to the recent classification of the northern and western region as a moderate innovator on the recent EU Commission Regional Innovation Scoreboard; the specific policy measures that will be included in the document to support and harnesses the potential of research, enterprise and innovation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/21]

Housing Provision

Claire Kerrane

614. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for works at an estate (details supplied); when completion of this project is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39328/21]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

625. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria which must be met by communities in seeking to amend town centre public realm enhancement work plans in order to be in a position to put forward their own plan with the necessary criteria concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39443/21]

Planning Issues

Claire Kerrane

644. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if substitute consent applications that were before An Bord Pleanála in December 2020 are required to go through a further round of public participation following the passing of the Planning and Development Act 2020; the reason this has not happened to date in the Derrybrien wind farm substitute consent application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39565/21]

School Curriculum

Claire Kerrane

948. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised in relation to the impact of the syllabus changes to agricultural science on leaving certificate students in the 2021 examination; the action she proposes to take to alleviate the concerns raised with her by teachers; if action can be taken for students affected by this in their exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39438/21]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

1094. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way a payment per person model will benefit those most in need of employment supports with regard to the request for tender for employment services in view of the proposed model generating income through client referral which will likely favour those who are job ready and the removal or merging of key service supports which are currently available on a walk-in basis; the reports or data which advised this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39120/21]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

1095. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration was given to local community development companies client-centred ethos as part of the proposed changes to employment services (details supplied) and the financial risks this model presents to not-for-profit employment service providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39121/21]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

1096. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department arrived at a proposed model of employment services by which providers derive income from a reliance on client referral numbers including the process for determining specific key performance indicators for this proposed model; if her Department has met its targets for referrals to the local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39122/21]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

1097. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if the proposed model of employment services will utilise training of LES staff in adult guidance and counselling as part of the proposed changes; the way quality will be maintained within the model with regard to client wrap-around supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39123/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

1104. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if those transitioning from the pandemic unemployment payment to a jobseeker’s payment will have to comply with the rules in relation to seeking work while in receipt of jobseeker’s; if so, the way this will work for those in the arts sector or for taxi drivers who are not unemployed but will be treated as such while in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39316/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Claire Kerrane

1108. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims that have been made to her Department in respect of job clubs staff for enhanced redundancy payments; the number of those awards paid; the number that remain unpaid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39433/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

1115. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delays to jobseeker’s payments for self-employed preschool and primary teachers who are experiencing significant delays to their applications; the estimated time for the resolution of these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39458/21]

Employment Support Services

Claire Kerrane

1199. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will encourage public sector and Civil Service employers to top-up the salaries of employees who receive parental leave and benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39307/21]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

1536. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the areas the €1.4 million announced for a service (details supplied) will cover; when the funding will be allocated; the reason the funding provided for staff in 2020 was not continued into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/21]

Proposed Legislation

Claire Kerrane

1689. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce statutory homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34926/21]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

1690. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by homecare providers contracted by the HSE in sourcing care workers and the lack of persons coming through as care workers; if he has considered barriers which may be preventing persons from taking up a caring course due to cost; if he will consider providing grants to support persons in entering this area given the demand for homecare and the growing need that is there and will increase in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34928/21]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

1691. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of private homecare providers in the State; the way these companies are regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34929/21]

Medicinal Products

Claire Kerrane

1919. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when the enquiry into the effects of sodium valproate will commence; the supports that are available for families affected by sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35865/21]

Health Promotion

Claire Kerrane

1940. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; his views on delays to progress made in this area since 2013; if there are intentions to adopt the provisions of the WHO code in its entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35912/21]

Health Promotion

Claire Kerrane

1941. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health that status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35913/21]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

2078. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the current availability of funding for respite in County Galway; the respite services that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36498/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

2142. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes beyond the current timeframe of June 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36676/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

2826. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 6 July 2021, the additional financial measures that will be provided to nursing homes following the end of the temporary assistance payment scheme in June 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39310/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Claire Kerrane

2881. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the power chair they have been assessed to be in need of by the HSE; when funding will be submitted for this application to assist with this older person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/21]