Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]