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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way the pandemic unemployment payment will be treated when it comes to calculating jobseeker’s benefit for individuals in 2023, relating to pay and weeks worked in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health and social care professionals in primary care will be able to progress from staff grade to senior grade while those same professionals with the same length of time with regard to experience in hospitals and the mental health area will not; the rationale for allowing some to progress in their careers while others cannot; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 328. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 25 February 2021, the reason women who turned 61 years of age before 30 March 2020 will not be screened at 65 years given the screening programme has been increased up to 65 years; the number of women who will miss out due to this specific use of a date; the reason women are no longer screened beyond the age of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of nursing homes in the State in which residents in them are provided with tailored support packages or comfort monies will be provided; the number of individuals who receive these supports; the grounds on which they receive them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the average payment made to private nursing homes under the National Treatment Purchase Fund by county. [45826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in the State that receive a top-up payment from the HSE in respect of a resident or residents; the corresponding county each nursing home is located; the rationale for these top-up payments; and the way in which it is determined who receives them. [45827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a centre (details supplied); the number of staff currently employed; the current services available; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the way an Irish citizen vaccinated outside of Ireland but in the EU avails of an EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45831/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medications which have been removed from being available for free under a medical card in the past three years; the person or body which decides to remove such medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45838/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 337. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be made available again under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 338. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be made available again under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45840/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Yesterday in the Dáil, the Tánaiste stated in response to me that the establishment of a discretionary fund to assist households with rising utility bills and, in some cases, debt was a very good idea and would be looked at prior to the upcoming budget. I welcome that. This is a proposal that we introduced in a motion in the Dáil last February on increasing energy costs, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Banking Sector (22 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further action that has been taken to address banking charges on overseas pensions; if elimination of charges on those receiving their pensions into bank accounts in Canada and the USA has been extended to all recipients; if there are intentions to refund the charges which have been made as a result of the making of all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (22 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that have taken parent’s leave and benefit since the scheme was extended from two to five weeks; and the uptake of parent’s benefit and leave since January 2021 to date. [45474/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Last week, it was reported that families face paying €400 more for electricity and heating this winter. The Tánaiste has said the Government will look at increasing the fuel allowance but that allowance is very limited. People who lose their jobs must wait 15 months before they qualify for the fuel allowance. This is particularly important given the thousands of people who have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I recently asked the National Transport Authority, NTA, to increase the frequency of the Local Link service from Ballaghaderreen to Roscommon town in my constituency. This route passes through a number of small rural towns and villages, some of which have no public transport whatsoever. The service also provides an important link to Roscommon hospital. I have sought for the service to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected, not surveyed, to broadband by National Broadband Ireland in counties Roscommon and Galway to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (16 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken in response to the findings of a report (details supplied) published in 2020 regarding the future of the post office network; the engagement he has had with a union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional funding to the National Transport Authority in order to increase the frequency of the LocalLink service in a town (details supplied) from two days per week to four days per week given the demand for the service and the ability of the service provider to provide the increased service; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (16 Sep 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the decision to cease the 20 and x20 Bus Éireann route from Galway to Dublin in view of the importance of this route as a link to Portiuncula Hospital especially for older persons living in nearby rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/21]