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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): International Relations (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is important that he made reference to the fact that Mr. Pether's wife and children are living here and they are, indeed, Irish citizens. All four members of the family are Irish citizens and while we and the family understand that consular assistance has to come from Australia, we too have a part to play. I acknowledge what has been done...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): International Relations (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: As I rise to raise this issue, Irish resident, Robert Pether is an Iraqi prison. He is in a 14 ft. room with 23 other men. They have cushions and some bunk beds. He gets outside for 20 minutes, three times a week, on the weeks that he does actually get outside. He can speak to his family once a week. His three children and his wife are thousands of miles away. They live in my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister of State will be aware of the report published yesterday showing that there are now 62,000 children living in consistent poverty. That this is the case in this day and age is one of our greatest sources of shame. I accept we have the roadmap to social inclusion, which is important, and I know work is under way in regard to that, but this is something we really need to get to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the measures that have been taken. I also welcome the increase in the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance. That is an important initiative and it is important that it was increased, especially this year. Something does not add up if we have approximately 370,000 people working in low-paid jobs and we have 47,000 people receiving the working family payment. Many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The working family payment scheme is very important for people in low-paid employment. Will the Minister consider expanding it in the budget?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister to give a timeline as regards publishing the straw-man report because it is important that this work is done. It is welcome it is being done but a timeline would be helpful, particularly for the implementation plan on the back of that cost of disability report, which the organisations are seeking. I hope too that in the work that will be done now on restructuring those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department will introduce measures to reflect the additional cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35175/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: When will the Minister publish the implementation plan to address the cost of disability?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: With regard to the report now going to the steering group, is there a timeline for the work the group will do on the report and when it will come back to the Minister? Will the straw-man proposal to look at restructuring long-term disability payments include the domiciliary care allowance? I believe it should. Most people would agree that there are ongoing difficulties in this regard....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the updates to processes for the additional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35174/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister about the new process in place for the additional needs payment.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: It is really welcome and I welcome the income limits that are there as well. I welcome the advertisements, the fact that awareness is being raised of what is available and that it is available to workers as well as those who rely on social welfare. I asked previously that putting this online be looked at because I came across a lone parent in her late 40s who had worked all her life....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Will all the data for those who apply and receive or do not receive an additional needs payment be collected? I presume a person can ring the contact centre, ask for an application form and it will be posted to his or her house. That is welcome. While the online access will be helpful for some, as will phone and email, for others it will not be. In my home town we have Syrian and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being put in place to meet forestry licence targets and address the current backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish her response to the report of the Pension Commission and recommendations before the Dáil summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned review to the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given further consideration to her Department providing support with redundancy payments for local employment service and jobs club branches when their services cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious implications that means testing and eligibility requirements for the carer’s allowance have on family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to publish her response to the report of the Child Maintenance Review Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits made by the IDA to County Roscommon and each location visited in 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022. [39050/22]