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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for their dedication and very detailed submissions. This is obviously a big shift in pensions in Ireland, and as the witnesses have said, it is so important we get it right from the outset. I have a couple of questions. It is quite clear from both submissions, from comments this morning, and from the opening statements that the witnesses appeared more satisfied with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank Mr. O'Shaughnessy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: No. That is it. Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank Dr. Begg for coming before the committee and for his opening statement. Obviously, the Pensions Authority has a very important role as an authority when it comes to pensions in Ireland and this is very much something very new and it will be very new to an awful lot of workers out there who are more and more are reliant on their State pension. We really need this additional tier, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 616. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Oireachtas Committees (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allowable differential between the cost price of the hearing aids provided to those eligible for treatment benefit scheme and the price charged to grant recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a minimum standard of hearing aid specified under the treatment benefit scheme with specific features like noise reduction, tinnitus relief and so on. [1133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of updated payment rates for core social protection payments from January 2023; and if she will provide this list, in tabular form, by payment. [2170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 1250cc and 1500cc motorcycles that are in the Garda fleet as of 9 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of justice youth diversion programmes in County Roscommon, including the location, funding amount and number of young persons engaged in each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of an inquiry into the licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1214. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on engagement between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant plastic surgeons working in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [1530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1509. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and staffing resources that would be required to increase the opening hours of the complex menopause clinic at Galway University Hospital from one afternoon per week to three full days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1531/23]