Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

State Examinations

Claire Kerrane

276. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to providing different levels for leaving certificate students similar to the three levels provided for junior certificate students; the mechanisms available to ensure that students of all abilities can obtain a leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60186/22]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

330. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the financial supports, grants and otherwise that are available for afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60946/22]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

379. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons referred to JobPath since it was established; and the total number of referred twice, three times and four times in tabular form. [60947/22]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

380. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who sourced employment while on JobPath and in tabular form, the total number of persons who sustained work for 13, 26, 39 and 52 weeks based on the number of persons who have completed JobPath to date that is, no longer engaged on JobPath in tabular form. [60948/22]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

381. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of JobPath since it was established. [60949/22]

Departmental Reviews

Claire Kerrane

382. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will be reviewing JobPath now that referrals have ended. [60950/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Claire Kerrane

389. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work of the transport working group; when the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60859/22]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

413. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial supports, grants and otherwise that are available for afterschool's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60945/22]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

647. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the staffing of Disability Network Teams in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60727/22]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

681. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress of introducing a transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60860/22]

Dental Services

Claire Kerrane

697. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the dental treatment scheme; the number of dentists active in the scheme by county; the number of dentists who having previously left the scheme have returned by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60942/22]

Dental Services

Claire Kerrane

698. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of continued ongoing issues for medical card holders in accessing dental care under the dental treatment scheme in counties Roscommon and Galway; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60943/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

124. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification regarding eligibility and receipt of the one-off payments announced in budget 2023; if a person can be in receipt of several lump sum payments, for example, if one person receives the lump sum payment for disability-related supports and the lump sum payment for carers or the lump sum fuel allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59623/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Claire Kerrane

63. 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. [59448/22]

Child Maintenance Payments

Claire Kerrane

65. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on intended reforms to the child maintenance system; when it is expected that required primary legislation will be brought forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59449/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Claire Kerrane

66. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59450/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

76. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagement that she has had with community employment supervisors regarding their employment-related concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59208/22]

State Pensions

Claire Kerrane

78. 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, including progress on a family carers’ register and a scheme to ensure that carers can be attributed with contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59205/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Claire Kerrane

89. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that her Department uses data modelling to assess the impact of social welfare payment rates; the way that data is disaggregated by demographics; the way that this is assessed with regard to poverty-proofing and addressing the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59206/22]

Departmental Policies

Claire Kerrane

93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when she intends to carry out a 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. [59207/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Claire Kerrane

95. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale of determining qualified child increases of €2 for children aged under and over 12 years given the additional cost associated with older children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59204/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Claire Kerrane

398. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the free travel scheme to persons with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58773/22]

Social Welfare Code

Claire Kerrane

461. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to making the recent lump sum disability support payment an annual payment; considering commitments to addressing the additional cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59509/22]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

98. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58436/22]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

136. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education her plans for the school transport scheme going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58437/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

251. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications that have been received under the additional needs' payment to date in 2022; the number of applications approved and the number refused; and the current processing times in weeks in tabular form. [58532/22]

Insurance Coverage

Claire Kerrane

69. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the protections that exist for homeowners in cases in which an insurance company (details supplied) refuses to insure a property; if he will examine this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58206/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

421. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment participants who qualified for the CE scheme through disability allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension from January 2022 to date in tabular form. [57281/22]

Grant Payments

Claire Kerrane

437. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who are participating in training and education courses who are usually in receipt of disability allowance will qualify for the €500 lump-sum payment for disability-related supports; if the decision to exclude these participants from receiving the payment was reverted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57505/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

467. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that partial capacity benefit was excluded from the €500 disability lump sum payment; if consideration was given to making this payment available to those on partial capacity benefit; if the payment will be extended to those in receipt of PCB now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58033/22]

International Protection

Claire Kerrane

474. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that there have been delays in IPAS accommodation payments to a business (details supplied); the action that is being taken to prevent delays such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58045/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

729. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if contracted services, including contract cleaners, catering staff and security personnel, working in public hospitals will receive the Covid-19 recognition payment; and if so, when it will be paid to them. [58051/22]

Primary Care Centres

Claire Kerrane

730. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a planned new primary care centre in a location (details supplied); the stage that this development is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58052/22]

Mental Health Services

Claire Kerrane

731. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at a centre (details supplied); and the length of time that each vacancy has existed. [58053/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Claire Kerrane

732. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in a centre (details supplied); the number of these beds currently occupied; the current waiting list for a bed in the unit; the current staffing levels; the current staffing vacancies, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58054/22]

General Practitioner Services

Claire Kerrane

733. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allocate a HSE-contracted GP to a town (details supplied) on a short-term basis given the increased population since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58055/22]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

734. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a commitment was given to put in place a healthcare professional at a location (details supplied) in 2017; the reason that this did not happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58056/22]

Approved Housing Bodies

Claire Kerrane

810. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if approved housing bodies are eligible to apply for support under the community and voluntary energy support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58089/22]

Departmental Staff

Claire Kerrane

261. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has calculated a death gratuity payment owed to a deceased member of staff (details supplied) given that the delay is leading to a delay in finalising probate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57057/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Claire Kerrane

117. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the gratuity payment to former community employment scheme supervisors to be paid in full, given that her Department confirmed that some payments have been received but many former CE scheme supervisors are still waiting for their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56766/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

126. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing community employment, Tús, and rural social scheme supervisors with a bonus payment, in recognition of the work that they carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic and of the valuable work that they carry out in communities across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56844/22]

Legislative Measures

Claire Kerrane

225. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to progress the River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56282/22]

Housing Policy

Claire Kerrane

288. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise on the guidelines for local authorities regarding the inclusion of social welfare payments in calculating differential rents; if he will provide a list of social welfare payments and their inclusion as income with regard to this calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56618/22]

Social Welfare Code

Claire Kerrane

368. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if the autumn cost-of-living double payment will be considered as means for social welfare payments, such as those payments which are subject to income thresholds and where a change in income may affect a person's eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56144/22]

Public Transport

Claire Kerrane

29. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Connecting Ireland initiative, including an overview of the time and status of procurement for services for rural areas scheduled to be implemented in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55710/22]

Road Projects

Claire Kerrane

63. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his Department's engagement with the Department of Rural and Community Development regarding co-funding the local improvement scheme, given his Department used to have responsibility for this scheme and the significant demand on the scheme with regard to rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55709/22]

Official Engagements

Claire Kerrane

231. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport when he last met the CEO of Iarnród Éireann; the topics discussed; and when the next meeting is scheduled. [55365/22]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

272. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to make changes to broaden access to support under the disabled driver's scheme, and in particular accessing a primary medical certificate, given the lack of any other mobility supports to individuals; if he will consider looking at the Disabled Drivers and; Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54673/22]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

273. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Ombudsman's report entitled 'Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes - a commentary by the Ombudsman'; his views on whether the medical criteria in order to obtain a primary medical certificate are excessively restrictive; if he plans to act in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54674/22]

Office of Public Works

Claire Kerrane

312. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 20 September 2022, if a response will be provided to this query; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54782/22]