Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Agriculture Industry

Claire Kerrane

1595. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise the supports he intends to provide to sheep farmers to ensure they can sustain their industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13872/23]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

1614. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding options that are available to an organisation (details supplied) for upgrade works to ensure continuation of a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13205/23]

Housing Schemes

Claire Kerrane

221. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider widening the income considered to apply for the tenant purchase scheme to include those working on community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12126/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Claire Kerrane

261. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) does not have DEIS rural status given all other three schools in the area have, the grounds on which DEIS rural status does not apply, if this can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12127/23]

School Accommodation

Claire Kerrane

137. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will have a decision on the three proposed plans it has submitted for additional school accommodation in order to progress its extension plans given significant increases in enrolment numbers. [11847/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

149. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing flexibility regarding the rules requiring eligible participants to be in receipt of a social welfare payment in relation to the community employment, rural social scheme and Tús schemes, given the difficulties in securing participant numbers and the importance of these schemes for local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11678/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

159. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on requirements for people applying for additional needs payments to assist with energy bills to have sought support from MABS; if she will advise when this requirement was put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11770/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

161. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 28 February 2023, if participants who were on a qualifying payment for over a year and have recently been moved to another qualifying payment will still be eligible to receive the announced bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11852/23]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

242. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the actions he intends to take to support small rural nursing homes to prevent any further closures following his meeting with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11870/23]

Brexit Supports

Claire Kerrane

272. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has been allocated from the Brexit adjustment reserve by year; the measures to which these funds were allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11679/23]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

284. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will advise on possible funding options for playgrounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11911/23]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

429. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding legislation to abolish mandatory retirement ages, given the recommendations of the report of the Pensions Commission which propose that the Government addresses current legislation governing mandatory retirement ages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10967/23]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

587. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure physical assault support schemes are equitable across all grades; if there are differences in the support scheme available for support staff compared to other grades; if so, the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11078/23]

Public Services Card

Claire Kerrane

255. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise with regard to a person changing their name on their public services card; if she will advise on the current process of unofficially using a name for two years before the change can be made; if there are any avenues by which a person can expedite the process in certain cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10742/23]

Departmental Reviews

Claire Kerrane

119. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on the reviews carried out by her Department with regard to disability allowance recipients; if she will provide figures from review decisions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10316/23]

Pension Provisions

Claire Kerrane

200. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the CIE pensions 1951 scheme, with regard to any amendments or changes to provisions for members; if he will advise on a specific matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10013/23]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

368. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to extending free school transport for the 2023-2024 academic year, given the ongoing effects of the cost-of-living crisis on families and the significant demand for school transport in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10090/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

401. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the full list of social welfare payments that will be eligible for the €200 bonus payment in April; if she will provide this information in a list form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9764/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

403. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of partial capacity benefit will be considered in the forthcoming Spring cost-of-living package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

410. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if half-rate carers allowance recipients will receive the announced €200 payment to carers in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9916/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

411. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if illness benefit recipients will receive the announced €200 payment to social welfare recipients in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9917/23]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

417. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the weekly recipient numbers for each social welfare payment since February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10016/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Claire Kerrane

418. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on the forthcoming tender for EmployAbility services; when the terms of reference will be published and applications accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10017/23]

Job Creation

Claire Kerrane

430. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration that has been given to bringing the job initiative rate of payment in line with the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10230/23]