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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children currently deemed as living in poverty in Ireland. [11518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of current recipients of rent supplement; and the number of recipients of rent supplement in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [11520/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Human Rights (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current definition of the minimum essential standard of living in Ireland. [11534/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the working family payment; the number of recipients of the working family payment, by month, since January 2020; and the number of applications for the working family payment since January 2020, in tabular form. [11535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if time lost by participants on community employment schemes and Tús due to Covid-19 will be given back to them with additional time on schemes; if she will consider same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11710/21]

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

Claire Kerrane: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she considered waiving the qualifying period for those on jobseeker’s when applying for the back to education allowance as has been done with the pandemic unemployment payment to allow for flexibility in supporting jobseekers, especially young jobseekers in circumstances in which they may not have the qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available from her Department for persons who have had to leave their homes due to flooding; the way such assistance can be obtained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Application Forms (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason application forms for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds are not available online in order that persons can easily access a form to be sent by post for 65-year-olds who cannot apply online; the reason this process is complicated by having to send an email to request a form; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending child benefit past the age of 18 years for children who remain in education in recognition of families who may struggle to cover the cost of school clothing for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact of the loss of family supports, community supports and voluntary community supports that cannot be put in place due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foster Care (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons due to age out of foster care and who are at risk of living in poverty or becoming homeless; the supports in place for young persons at risk of poverty of homelessness on leaving foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 744. To ask the Minister for Health if the current Covid-19 vaccination allocation groupings will be reassessed to prioritise those who have serious medical concerns; if a reconfiguration of the vaccination roll-out will consider those who have medical conditions that require them to undergo treatments or urgent procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services and speech and language therapy disability services; if he will provide the average waiting times for these services from January 2020 to date by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing respite services; the impact of Covid-19 on access to respite services for these people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated impact of Covid-19 on waiting times for non-urgent care; and the average waiting times for non-urgent care, by category, since January 2020 to date, in tabular form. [11566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Research and Development (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 1084. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to greatly reduced prices for sheep farmers when it comes to low prices for sheared wool; the action he will take to better support farmers when it comes to sheared wool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Research and Development (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explore new industry using wool production in Ireland given that it will be used to a greater extent for insulation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if changes were made to the upper age limit in which women are invited for a smear test by CervicalCheck; the reason a person who turned 61 years of age before 30 March 2020 was not invited for further screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10840/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Meetings (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if processes are in place to ensure compliance in the construction sector with the sectoral employment order; if the order is mandatory for those in the construction sector; the enforcement measures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10263/21]