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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to share the draft policy strategy for the islands with representatives as requested by an organisation (details supplied) to ensure island communities can engage with the policy development process and provide insights to the strategy focus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: When it comes to social protection, we must remember how we approached budget 2022. We approached it with every single social welfare rate below the poverty line. There had been no increase in the core social welfare rates in the previous two years. I hoped we would approach this budget with the lessons of Covid-19 learned, in particular lessons relating to the pandemic unemployment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning and for their presentation. I have a couple of brief questions. First, going back to the document setting out the ten-year plan for the islands, can the witness clarify whether it was the island communities or representatives that suggested that if more time was needed, the Department of Rural and Community Development should take it in order...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail will increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 17:20 Galway to Dublin train. [49366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of recruiting four additional assistant principal officer case managers for the Tax Appeals Commission. [49367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department that have boards in which members have an obligation to appear before committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas in tabular form. [49368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2022 of increasing the funding for the school completion programme by 10%. [49364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if increasing the rate of domiciliary care allowance has been considered with regard to the cost of disability and the cost of parenting older children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to include recipients of the part-time job incentive scheme reflecting the fact that recipients will have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for 15 months before moving to the part-time job incentive scheme and are restricted in the hours...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of hiring an extra 400 social workers and 160 aftercare workers, respectively. [49363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the number of unmarked vans withdrawn from the fleet during the same period. [49361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant gastroenterologists based in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if this number will be further increased. [49370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric dermatologists based in Portiuncula University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if this number will be further increased. [49371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, units that accept admissions during out of hours periods in tabular form. [49372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing in the psychiatric unit at Roscommon University Hospital is at full capacity; and the number of vacancies in the unit since January 2021 to date, by month, in tabular form. [49482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 549. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm licences that have ceased to operate at sites for a continuous period of more than two years will be revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to establishing a discretionary fund to assist households with utility costs and debt given rising energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48970/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: My question is similar to that of Deputy Healy Rae. Will the Minister consider establishing a discretionary fund to support and assist households with mounting utility costs and bills? Some will face utility debt in the coming weeks and months, if they are not facing it already. Will the Minister consider this, given that many are locked out of the fuel allowance in the first instance?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: It is fairly clear that there will be moves in regard to the fuel allowance in the budget next week. The fuel allowance is a great payment and is most welcome at the rate at which it is paid because it is extremely important for households. However, it is only extremely important for the households who actually receive it in the first place. There are issues, some of which were outlined by...