Results 441-460 of 4,407 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: My question is about capacity in the childcare sector. There are major deficiencies, with thousands of children without a childcare place. What actions does the Minister intend to take to build capacity urgently in the sector?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister. The first point he made relates to capital expenditure and the provision of extensions and new builds under the building blocks scheme. However, the 33,000 children who need a childcare place today cannot wait for the capital projects and extensions, which, in many cases, I presume, will require planning permission. Some providers have the physical space needed but...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I acknowledge that. However, the last pay increase that was achieved was 65 cent. It took 14 months to negotiate it. It could not be done around the table, with workers having to seek assistance from the Labour Court. If they wait another 14 months and get about 60 cent, we will lose the early years educators we desperately need from the sector. There are childcare places that would be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to raising the pay of early years educators by €1.50 per hour, as sought by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38970/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 25. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to implementing Sinn Féin's €10 a day childcare affordability plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 32. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the provision of childcare facilities in housing developments so that childcare is treated as essential infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38972/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1055 of 9 September 2024, if a breakdown of the 300 Garda transfer applications approved, by Garda division, can be shared; the status of the remaining 250 applications made for transfer; the length of time it takes to process a transfer request; the number of Gardaí approved on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 234. To ask the Minister for Health to provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) which can currently only provide 20 hours of day care at home for people with Alzheimer’s in County Roscommon, through HSE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39298/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (1 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in tonnes of grain, such as maize, soya, wheat, and barley, that were imported into Ireland in 2023; the countries whence the grain came; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38931/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently on waiting lists for essential therapies such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech and language therapy, in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38870/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 460. To ask the Minister for Health if a site (details supplied) will remain in HSE ownership, in all or in part; the amount of the land is owned by the HSE; if the HSE has plans for the lands; if a map of same can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38659/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of HSE audiologists conducting visits to HSE-owned nursing homes to ensure that residents can have their hearing checked and looked after; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38745/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I will say again that community gardaí and overall gardaí numbers in Roscommon are totally unacceptable, particularly in what is now the Castlerea district, which has two Garda cars every night covering a vast rural area of 67 km from one end to the other. I would like to see that area reviewed. The Garda Commissioner needs to look...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I am glad to have the opportunity to debate the falling Garda numbers in my constituency, in counties Roscommon and Galway. It is an issue I have consistently raised and highlighted many times. I recognise the work of An Garda Síochána and its members across the State, as I know every Member of this House would do. In recent months in particular, we have got to know our community...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I will take a supplementary question from Deputy Durkan.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister. He will get more time to respond later.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: We must move on.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Community Gardaí in County Roscommon and County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37482/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal basis on which non-means-tested benefits are being provided to Ukrainian nationals in a manner that appears to contravene the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38334/24]