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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with suckler farmers following announced changes to SCEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8154/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many citizenship ceremonies are planned for 2024; the expected months for citizenship ceremonies in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8624/24]

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: There are chronic shortages in general practice right across the State, including in many of our rural communities. They have been worsening in recent years. I see it throughout many towns and villages in Roscommon and Galway. People are unable to see their GP and are waiting for weeks for an appointment to see their GP and more and more GP surgeries are running waiting lists and are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Most of the queries have probably been asked and answered at this stage and if they have, the witnesses could give a bit of information and I can look back. The opening statements provided to us were detailed and really helpful but across all of them it seems as though we are in a space where the actions farmers are taking, sometimes at a cost to themselves, are apparently almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Yes, and I will follow up on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Yes, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Is there a timeline for the research that Teagasc has undertaken to be completed, given some of the work that has been done? The witnesses referred to their own work on this. Is there a timeline in that regard or is it just with Teagasc and we must wait and see?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Yes. We cannot wait for that. Coastwatch referred to a good proposal that was raised by, I think, Macra na Feirme, whose representatives were before us last week to discuss these issues. I refer to farmers' ability to assess for themselves water quality and, again, the importance of a case-by-case approach, every farmer being different and all that. The simple field nitrate tests were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: An Taisce also makes the point in its opening statement that we must remember that farmers are not the only ones capable of causing nitrate pollution. This is an argument many people will make in that farmers can take all the actions in the world but it is not just farmers. Would the three groups be able to briefly give their view and opinion on responsibility, that is, where farmers lie as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: For those farmers who are in the derogation, their first priority is to hold that. If the specific measures they are taking are not enough to do what needs to be done, we will get to the point in a couple of years' time, when this is being examined again, that farmers will be told what they did actually did nothing. That needs to be turned around.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on special education teachers, SETs, following changes to the SET hours allocation model; if consideration has been given to the impact these changes may have for children who access SET supports; if she will review the decision, given the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8140/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I was listening to "Liveline" as I drove in. Two women were on speaking about a Government decision made today to cut the products provided to breast cancer patients post-surgery, including a change that provides one post-surgery bra to women instead of two. The allowance is to be cut by more than half. I am sure the Minister will agree this is a very small support at a very low cost to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the Green Paper on Reform of Disability Payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7802/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Residency (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance to advise under the bilateral agreement between Ireland and the United States, if a U.S. citizen living in Ireland who is paying taxes in the U.S on a social security disability and Union pension is expected to also pay taxes in Ireland, and therefore pay taxes in both countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to providing flexibility on the deadline for hedge management activities, given challenging weather conditions in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when full local community-based neurorehabilitation teams will be in place in CHO2, as committed to be delivered in 2023; when recruitment will begin to put these teams in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of vacancies/vacant posts within children's disability network teams; the nature of the posts; and how long each post has been vacant in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form. [7541/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update following correspondence issued to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters stating that the long stay contribution legislation is currently receiving attention, the outcome of this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7542/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 532. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 9 November 2023, the number of active dentists on the dental scheme for medical card holders in both counties or if there are none; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost spent by the HSE on contractors for maintenance work (details supplied) in 2023. [7712/24]