Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

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]