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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit in 2021; and the number of recipients by county and month in tabular form. [29720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit in 2021; and the number of recipients per employment sector or industry by month in tabular form. [29721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review into structures of county childcare committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (27 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has mapping information of karst landscapes in the State; if there are protections in place to protect their integrity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/21]

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, as someone who has grown up on and lives on a beef farm. In recent months, as the marts went online, it has given a great in insight into what happens when farmers go to the mart. For example, on many days I had to write down the weight and the price that the cattle were getting during the bidding when I went to the mart. The farmer...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to roll-out temporary pop-up driver test centres; if so, the locations; if consideration will be given to locating a centre in a town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will run an audit on school curricula regarding inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if PSA door security licences will be extended without cost as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28555/21]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. On the PUP, I appreciate that she cannot make a decision at this time but the initial plan was from April to move those remaining on the PUP over to the jobseeker's payments. Is that still being considered or what is likely to happen? Has an extension of the fuel allowance, as it was last year, been considered by the Department? Some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department will publish the rural proofing model which underpins the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27968/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: This question is about the rural proofing model referred to in Our Rural Future.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: It is disappointing that work will not begin on this rural proofing model until later this year. I assume that will be after the Minister makes her initial plan for what will be carried out and what her list of actions will be for this year. Obviously, a rural proofing model is long overdue in respect of the impact of certain Government policies. In many cases it will be too late....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: In regard to the engagements the Minister will have in respect of this new rural proofing model, I suggest that she engage not just internationally but also with the Northern and Western Regional Assembly which has done very good work relating to balanced regional development and the inadequacies that already exist. Unfortunately, while it is welcome to have that voice at the Cabinet, in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister to provide some detail on the implementation of the plan and how she plans to implement the policy in the years ahead, following its publication. Is it a five-year strategy, for example? I welcome the Minister's engagement and the extensive consultation with people who live on the islands. Of course, they are best placed to tell the Minister how their islands need to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department will publish its islands policy and strategy to support island and coastal communities; the areas of focus that are being prioritised within the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27972/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: This question is to ask the Minister when she will publish the new islands policy, which will be the future strategy for our islands. I also ask her to give some detail on the consultation process and the areas on which this forthcoming policy will focus.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the policy document itself, will the Minister be seeking to include timeframes and specific costs for the commitments in it? In addition, was the policy on the islands due sooner than the end of this year? I appreciate it may have been delayed with the consultation, but I thought it was closer to being completed than perhaps it is. Turning to the consultation process itself, I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the hubs that have been mapped out, I ask the Minister to come back to me on whether remote working hubs have been identified on the islands off the coast. The use of pubs was also a big part of the rural action plan. Has there been continued engagement on that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of an integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27969/21]