Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Island Communities

Claire Kerrane

315. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise of the car parking facilities and supports that are available for island communities; if her Department has had any engagement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine on providing permits for car parks which are currently only provided on a commercial basis; if she will provide advice on this matter with regard to parking at Rossaveel car park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6256/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

260. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional families that will be eligible for the working family payment as a result of the €40 income increase announced in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5722/23]

Parental Leave

Claire Kerrane

339. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if foster parents can avail of parental leave and benefit or parental leave where a newborn baby or child under stage age of two years is placed with a foster parent or family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5478/23]

School Facilities

Claire Kerrane

133. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if her Department has any plans to dispose of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4975/23]

Maternity Leave

Claire Kerrane

479. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing 39 weeks of maternity benefit to persons living in Northern Ireland and working in the State, in consideration of the provision made for maternity allowance in the North and in recognition of cross-Border provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4076/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

492. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on plans to bring forward legislation as per the recommendations by the child maintenance review group, especially around the inclusion of child maintenance as household means in means tests for social welfare supports; when this legislation will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4306/23]

Animal Welfare

Claire Kerrane

807. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action being taken to provide County Roscommon with additional resources to support animal welfare in the county; the number of dog wardens available in County Roscommon; if there are plans to introduce additional wardens in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4075/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Claire Kerrane

636. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form, who await home care [3310/23]

Care Services

Claire Kerrane

637. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the respite options that are made available to patients being discharged from a hospital (details supplied); and the respite services available in the area. [3311/23]

Care Services

Claire Kerrane

638. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the total number of step-down beds available in counties Roscommon and Galway. [3312/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Claire Kerrane

639. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO 2 awaiting all therapies in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form. [3313/23]

Care Services

Claire Kerrane

640. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were referred to a facility (details supplied); and the number of these persons who were seen in 2022. [3314/23]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

674. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on works (details supplied) under the small-scale capital works programme; the timeline for these works; when they are expected to conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3309/23]

Vacant Properties

Claire Kerrane

470. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to providing advance payment of grants for the Croí Cónaithe fund, in view of situations where those renovating buildings in rural areas cannot afford to spend upfront to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63325/22]

Passport Services

Claire Kerrane

616. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will run a national media campaign to encourage persons to check passport expiry dates ahead of booking holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1532/23]

Community Welfare Services

Claire Kerrane

841. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide specific figures on the average processing times for applications for additional needs payments by month from June 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63273/22]

Community Welfare Services

Claire Kerrane

842. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide specific figures on the number of additional needs payment applications which have taken longer than four weeks to finalise in each of the months from June 2022 to date; if she will provide figures regarding the following timeframes; 5-8 weeks to process; 9-12 weeks to process, and more than 12 weeks to process in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63274/22]

Oireachtas Committees

Claire Kerrane

857. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will inform the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands in relation to a specific issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63576/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

881. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on hearing aid grants under the treatment benefit scheme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1130/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

882. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that hearing aid suppliers are chosen for the treatment benefit scheme; if there are requirements around hearing aid manufacturers; the quality control that is implemented with regard to hearing aids provided by suppliers who are eligible for the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1131/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

883. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the allowable differential between the cost price of the hearing aids provided to those eligible for treatment benefit scheme and the price charged to grant recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1132/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

884. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a minimum standard of hearing aid specified under the treatment benefit scheme with specific features like noise reduction, tinnitus relief and so on. [1133/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Claire Kerrane

928. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of updated payment rates for core social protection payments from January 2023; and if she will provide this list, in tabular form, by payment. [2170/23]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

1126. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of 1250cc and 1500cc motorcycles that are in the Garda fleet as of 9 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1533/23]

Youth Services

Claire Kerrane

1127. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a list of justice youth diversion programmes in County Roscommon, including the location, funding amount and number of young persons engaged in each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1534/23]

Departmental Inquiries

Claire Kerrane

1213. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of an inquiry into the licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63429/22]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

1214. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on engagement between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63430/22]

Hospital Staff

Claire Kerrane

1508. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant plastic surgeons working in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [1530/23]

Hospital Services

Claire Kerrane

1509. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the funding and staffing resources that would be required to increase the opening hours of the complex menopause clinic at Galway University Hospital from one afternoon per week to three full days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1531/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

1711. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when all outstanding Covid recognition payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2314/23]

Rural Recreation Policy

Claire Kerrane

1926. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development regarding the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) if she will advise the way the scheme will operate for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2169/23]

Rural Schemes

Claire Kerrane

1. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the development of a rural-proofing mechanism, as outlined in ‘Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62447/22]

Island Communities

Claire Kerrane

8. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has engaged with representatives from island communities regarding the establishment of an island-specific local action group under the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62465/22]

Departmental Policies

Claire Kerrane

11. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns first policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62464/22]

Island Communities

Claire Kerrane

30. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62463/22]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

44. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on funding allocations for men’s and women’s sheds from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62467/22]

Road Projects

Claire Kerrane

64. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the steps that have been taken to address the backlog of applications in the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62466/22]

Waste Management

Claire Kerrane

181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the cost to households has been considered as part of the new deposit return scheme in cases in which a person will pay an additional cost for plastics and cans while also paying for household waste collection which is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61787/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

393. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of the working family payment will receive the Christmas bonus payment to social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61723/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

414. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her commitment to examine the possibility of extending the €500 disability payment to those in receipt of the Partial Capacity Benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62007/22]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

417. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare participants involved in skill development schemes, community and voluntary schemes and training courses per payment type in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62197/22]

Live Register

Claire Kerrane

418. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance; the number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62198/22]

Live Register

Claire Kerrane

419. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance by time spent on each payment type, including a time of less than 12 months; less than 24 months and longer than 24 months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62199/22]

Live Register

Claire Kerrane

420. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance, with regard to jobseeker's allowance for 18 to 25-year-olds for all rates of payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62200/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

421. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing times for all social welfare payments; the number of applications received for each payment; the number of applications processed to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62201/22]

Live Register

Claire Kerrane

431. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who moved from jobseeker’s transitional payment each year between the years 2013 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the locations that they transferred to, for example, jobseeker’s allowance, other specific social welfare payments, particular education and training schemes, employment and so on in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62293/22]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

666. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers whose existing forestry is affected by ash dieback can access compensation or other financial support under the reconstitution and underplanting scheme; if he intends to support these farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61786/22]

Water Supply

Claire Kerrane

32. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that are being taken to address increased water connection costs for those building new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61124/22]

Planning Issues

Claire Kerrane

33. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that are being taken to address backlogs of appeals being processed through An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61125/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

64. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a full list of payments which will be eligible for the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61057/22]