Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Naturalisation Applications

Claire Kerrane

526. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if consideration could be given to reducing the maximum fee of €950 for naturalisation applicants in cases where the applicant has lived, worked and contributed taxes for a long period of time, i.e. thirty years in Ireland; if this could be added to the exemptions the Minister for Justice allows for in such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10190/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Claire Kerrane

527. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of difficulties faced by people born in England living and working, paying taxes in Ireland for a long period of time, i.e. 30 years, unable to apply for an Irish passport, given the fee of €950 associated with naturalisation which has to be completed first, and the impact this is having on limiting such people travelling abroad within the European Union with a British passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10191/23]

Food Safety

Claire Kerrane

701. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on any changes in the allowed number of days for food producers to store products with Dublin Port; if he will advise on guidelines for the number of storage days allowed and charges thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9870/23]

Rural Schemes

Claire Kerrane

719. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants currently available or due to become available for improvement works to community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10189/23]

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. [8768/23]

Community Development Projects

Claire Kerrane

14. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is engaging with local communities to encourage awareness and applications to the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8977/23]

Departmental Policies

Claire Kerrane

33. 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. [8976/23]

Offshore Islands

Claire Kerrane

58. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is supporting island-specific projects within the development of local development strategies under stage 2 of the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8975/23]

Departmental Strategies

Claire Kerrane

60. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the forthcoming Islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8973/23]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

63. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development in relation to the announced allocation of €12.5 million to the local improvement scheme for 2023, if further funding is being considered for this scheme given the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/23]

Transport Costs

Claire Kerrane

181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if free travel scheme holders have to book train journeys online in order to use their pass; if this is the case for all public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9369/23]

Dental Services

Claire Kerrane

218. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the incentives in place to encourage dental practices to take part in the dental treatment services scheme, particularly with regard to rural communities where there will be a lower density of dental practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9005/23]

Public Transport

Claire Kerrane

203. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that used each LocalLink bus service within County Roscommon in each direction from January 2022 to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will advise on scheduled improvements for LocalLink bus services within County Roscommon in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/23]

Further and Higher Education

Claire Kerrane

539. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of approved PLC places in County Roscommon in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8737/23]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

583. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional roads policing unit as of 15 February 2023, in tabular form. [8736/23]

Ambulance Service

Claire Kerrane

669. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on the average response times of ambulances in County Roscommon; and the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location, in tabular form. [8733/23]

Pharmacy Services

Claire Kerrane

670. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the level of staffing of clinical pharmacists in the HSE; the optimum target staffing in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8734/23]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

30. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the steps he intends to take to ensure adequate Garda recruitment to ensure adequate Garda resources in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7390/23]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

40. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the impact on the ground in rural areas due to a lack of Garda resources; the steps that will be taken to improve recruitment of gardaí to increase resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7389/23]

Rail Network

Claire Kerrane

194. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport the measures that are in place or being put in place to ensure passengers changing trains throughout a journey have clear and easily visible information available to them at those stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8016/23]

School Funding

Claire Kerrane

285. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if grants are available for primary schools to purchase sports equipment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7916/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

300. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if free travel scheme holders have to book train journeys online in order to use their pass; if this is the case for all public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7917/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

301. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on the rule for the assessment of second properties for applicants of farm assist; the way this rule is applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7918/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Claire Kerrane

306. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to increasing qualified adult rates alongside increases to core social welfare rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8027/23]

Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

120. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the weekly rate of payment for participants on the job initiative scheme; if the scheme is treated the same as community employment Tús and rural social scheme with regard to payment rate top-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7567/23]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

127. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to introduce the EU disability card in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7603/23]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

593. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when a post (details supplied) will be filled; how long the post is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6590/23]

Medicinal Products

Claire Kerrane

594. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date, in tabular form. [6591/23]

Medicinal Products

Claire Kerrane

595. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban. [6592/23]

Medicinal Products

Claire Kerrane

596. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason that cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP under the drugs payment scheme to ensure easier access to it for pregnant women. [6593/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

723. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when a worker (details supplied) will receive their Covid recognition payment. [7055/23]

Grant Payments

Claire Kerrane

887. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available to farmers to make roadway access to a derelict property and a hayshed on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/23]

Community Welfare Services

Claire Kerrane

1. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the processing of additional needs’ payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6031/23]

Social Welfare Code

Claire Kerrane

3. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations made by the child maintenance review group, including the removal of child maintenance as household means for social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6032/23]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

9. 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. [6036/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

12. 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. [6038/23]

Departmental Reviews

Claire Kerrane

15. 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 persons with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6035/23]

Departmental Reviews

Claire Kerrane

48. 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. [6039/23]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

58. 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. [6037/23]

School Enrolments

Claire Kerrane

169. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to enrolling children from new communities, including those under international protection, to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6281/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Claire Kerrane

183. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance, invalidity pension and blind pension as of January 2023; the total spend on each payment in January 2023 following the implementation of the €12 rate increase; and if she will provide this information in tabular form, by payment. [6304/23]

Harbours and Piers

Claire Kerrane

313. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide advice with regard to parking at Rossaveel car park (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6256/23]

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]