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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department utilises a bank (details supplied) for making social welfare payments to recipients; her views on whether making payments through a bank which has no physical branches could have an impact on recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (10 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to provide pension provision as per a 2008 Labour Court recommendation for community employment supervisors; the engagement under way; the timeframe for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (10 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants awarded the supplementary welfare allowance to date in 2021; the number of applications submitted by county; and the purposes for which funding was allocated. [13149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (10 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the 2016 Concluding Observations Report for Ireland from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; the steps that have been taken to implement these recommendations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if changes are to be made to the strategy of providing updated public health guidelines with regard to the national framework for living With Covid-19 in consideration of the confusion created by utilising multiple sources and the effect that conflicting information has on public understanding and morale. [12544/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (4 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s allowance; the number who are on a reduced rate of carer’s allowance; the breakdown of these rates by the number of persons receiving a carer’s allowance payment of under €100, €150 and €200, respectively in tabular form; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (4 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the half-rate of carer’s allowance; the corresponding social welfare payment they are in receipt of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12325/21]

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: The decision of Bank of Ireland, following in the footsteps of Ulster Bank just a few days previously, is about so much more just than bank closures. For towns in my constituency like Ballygar and Dunmore in County Galway and Elphin and Strokestown in County Roscommon, and the communities who live in them, it means the end of local banking services. The consequences of that for those...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of families experiencing fuel debt; and the estimated number of families facing or experiencing fuel poverty. [11533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to changing the terminus of the 46A bus route in Dublin city to Heuston Station reflecting the needs of persons travelling from outside Dublin to access services and to make citywide transport links more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children and young families currently living in temporary or long-term accommodation; and the average waiting time for social housing for families with young children. [11519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to having children in special education attend schools on consecutive days rather than every other day to ensure routine for students; if this model will be reassessed as school reopening progresses in line with ongoing public health restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who do not have adequate access to ICT services for remote learning due to Covid-19. [11524/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current special needs assistant and special education teacher to student ratio. [11525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further information on the scheduled reopening of schools particularly with regard to supports and advice for high-risk staff and ventilation within school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if freelance workers can qualify for the pandemic unemployment payment if they were not at work for the relevant weeks of their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who have more than one job and lose one of their sources of income as a result of Covid-19 can be eligible for the pandemic unemployment payment; the supports available to persons in this situation who have seen their income drop sharply but remain in some part-time employment; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent to date on the pandemic unemployment payment; the breakdown of monthly spending on the payment since March 2020; and the number of recipients across each payment rate since March 2020, per month. [11288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients since March 2020, by month; and the number of pandemic unemployment payment claim closures since March 2020, by month, employment and sector, in tabular form. [11289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is room for flexibility with the back-to-education allowance in circumstances in which an application rejection results in serious financial difficulties for those pursuing further education, in particular a student (details supplied) whose application for the allowance was rejected after the academic year had...