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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I thank all the witnesses for being here. My first question requires a more or less yes-no answer. Is there a difference between a paramedic and an advanced paramedic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Great. In County Roscommon, after the closure of the accident and emergency department in 2011 and as a result of the distance to the next nearest available accident and emergency service, the people of Roscommon were promised a rapid response vehicle to be staffed by an advanced paramedic on a 24-7 basis. For about a year and a half at this point, a paramedic has been on one of the lines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Will that complete the line for advanced paramedics and return the 24-7 cover on the RRV?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: It is really important that we get that back. We need it. It was a commitment. Eighteen months have passed. I have raised this matter repeatedly. It needs to be dealt with. The privileging courses eventually came back into play. How many advanced paramedics will come through those courses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Does the NAS intend to have further courses? Is it aware of other paramedics who are working as paramedics but are fully qualified, APs from perhaps outside of the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Thank you. So is Ballinasloe on the radar in terms of seeking capital funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: That would be important. To conclude, I take the opportunity to commend Mr. Healy's predecessor, Martin Dunne. I worked with him previously in relation to west Roscommon. I went to him to flag the ambulance black spot that was there and to make the service 24-7. At the time, it was impossible, but he went away, did a report, looked at the figures and made it 24-7. I commend him because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Separately, in relation to Ballinasloe and the NAS college there, has the NAS sought funding for a new ambulance college, a replacement ambulance college, in Ballinasloe, in County Galway?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of humanitarian assistance payments applications that were submitted in respect of garages and sheds; the number of these applications approved; and the number rejected. [54083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (8 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will approve treatment for a constituent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 704. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 914 of 30 September 2025, to identify the regional representatives, as regards constituencies she is engaging with, given the hospital is in my constituency and at least two of the three representatives in that constituency have not had any engagement with her, despite my request for a meeting for all regional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns following significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if she will address these concerns, and the future of the service. [52220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members to discuss significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe. [52221/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: County Roscommon is one of a number of counties with no domestic violence refuge. I met with Roscommon Safe Link over the summer. I must commend them on the great work that they do. For a number of years, they have been struggling to find a location for a refuge, which they are anxious to establish for the county. They are struggling to find one that meets the standards that are being...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Family carers deserve an income support that recognises their care. The current system does not do that because if you are living with someone or are married to somebody, no matter how much care you provide and whether it is 24-7 or whatever it may be, it does not matter. The care does not matter because your partner, your husband and the person you are living with has an income. I always...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration has been given to the impact on community and private childcare providers of the introduction of auto-enrolment and the significant added cost this will place on providers; if she plans to take any action on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52369/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Of course, the bottom line here is that if you seek an external independent report, get the recommendations, fail to implement those recommendations, and then see the same issues arise again, it is not exactly rocket science to know how that has happened. We, as elected representatives, have been misled. On a really important report in relation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I agree with my colleague that the Minister for Health should be here tonight to stand over a decision she has made. She should be here to answer our questions. The Minister for Health should be here to tell us why pregnant women in our region are going to be forced to travel to access maternity care and have their babies. She should be here tonight to tell us why she and the HSE have made...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Budget 2026 (30 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax band thresholds in the upcoming budget for those over 65 years, and revert back to €40,000 for married couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51312/25]