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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young adults who are on waiting lists for respite services in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24844/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I raise the current and ongoing crisis in home care and the 412 people approved for home care in counties Roscommon and Galway who are not receiving it. Some, of course, receive some level of care and have been approved for more, while others have been approved and are not receiving anything. It is now being reported that some older people are staying in bed all day. Frankly, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Tús Initiative and the Rural Social Scheme: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming before us. It is important that we hear from the supervisors on the ground about Tús and the rural social scheme. All the opening statements contained practical suggestions, which shows the benefit of listening to the people on the ground because they know the schemes best. I hope this will play into the upcoming review of the rural social scheme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to transport difficulties being experienced by persons (details supplied) in a rural area; if transport options will be explored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a weekly cost of disability payment based on the Indecon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a weekly cost of disability payment of €20, €30 and €40 respectively in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance by €5, €10 and €15 per week in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of illness benefit in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23020/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered providing flexibility in relation to means testing thresholds for carer’s Allowance or for providing additional financial supports for carers of children with profound or long-term disabilities given that there are many cases of parents requiring life-long supports to provide care for their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process that is in place for community welfare officers as regards receiving an application under supplementary welfare allowance; who makes a decision on a claim; where that claim is submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of outreach offices in which community welfare officers are providing appointments to persons. [23366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 829. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacancies in the Disability Network Team for counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of vacancies that exist; and the timeframe these vacancies have existed. [23367/22]

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome this motion and commend my constituency colleague, Deputy Fitzmaurice, and his colleagues on bringing it forward. They have put forward, as has widely been agreed here this evening, reasonable asks of Government with regard to the turf-sale ban initially proposed by the Minister, Deputy Ryan. One of the first things the Minister, Deputy Ryan, said when he stood up was about the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to increasing the threshold for travel allowance as part of the means testing assessment for carer’s allowance on reflection of the rapidly rising prices of petrol and diesel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22370/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (4 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Portugal is scheduled before the end of the first half of 2022. [21841/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to increase the number of trains between Dublin Heuston to Roscommon from four times daily to five times daily from Mondays to Saturdays. [21837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered making lone parent family payments available in respect of the guardianship of foster children; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that lone parents cannot avail of those supports such as the one parent family payment and the jobseeker’s transitional payment for the children they are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processes that are in place to support lone parents who are foster parents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (4 May 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the guardian's payment is set at a rate of €191 per week; the way that this rate varies for additional children or for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22059/22]