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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on eligibility requirements for the Croí Cónaithe scheme for owner-occupiers in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44718/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: This is to ask the Minister about the Croí Cónaithe scheme for towns and villages in particular. Will she outline what engagement she and her officials have had with the Minster and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to what is a very exciting fund and scheme especially for rural towns and villages? It is very welcome. I wonder what role the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: While I appreciate this is a joint venture and that perhaps some of my questions come under the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, perhaps the Minister could inform us regarding the eligibility criteria, population and that figure of 400. I have come across a number of cases, for example, a young lad on the road from us is in a village in a country area that does not have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister and I too welcome the scheme. It is a good one and is needed. However, I take it from her answer local authorities do not have autonomy. It would be great if where the authorities have an allocation of X amount of money, do not spend it all and there are a few applications that are on serviced roads where the water and all that is there, they could decide to allocate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I had a similar question on the paper and it was not put together with this one. I ask the Minister and I have raised it before, which is exactly that same question in respect of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan’s Department. Can the Minister inform the House as to what the response to that question from that Department has been because it is something she has said previously she has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that his Department has had with a business (details supplied) following its closure to ensure that jobs can be replaced and employment can continue in the rural community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45163/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on plans to legislate for remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the development of a rural-proofing mechanism, as outlined in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the recent engagement that she has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding remote working legislation; the way that this will support rural workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44715/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 122. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that her Department has taken to address the backlog of applications in the local improvement scheme; if she will commit to upholding recent funding increases for the scheme in 2023 considering the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 133. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the recently launched Towns First Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Offshore Islands (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 145. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update the Islands Strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to extend eligibility for the help-to-buy scheme to pre-owned homes for first-time buyers in rural areas given that the availability of new homes is much lower in rural areas than in rural areas and therefore current scheme guidelines may reduce accessibility to the scheme for first-time buyers in rural communities; and if he will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I have heard what the Taoiseach has said on the issue I raise but I am really at my wit's end in trying to get answers from Bus Éireann for parents in Roscommon and Galway regarding school transport. I acknowledge the waiving of fees. It would have been a roaring success had the capacity been put in to make it work. It would have worked very well. I have one case, for example,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I would appreciate if the Taoiseach would not respond with reference to the figure of 21,000. Contact is the issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I am asking about contact with Bus Éireann. I acknowledged the waiving of fees.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I cannot speak to anyone in Bus Éireann.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I have acknowledged the waiving of fees.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to efforts to develop an OPW managed site (details supplied); if any engagement has taken place in relation to these efforts; if consideration could be given to allow these plans to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received and approved for the croí cónaithe scheme by county and by applications submitted and approved respectively to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45845/22]