Results 2,121-2,140 of 4,409 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been giving to reducing the cost of retaking a driving test with the Road Safety Authority in view of the considerable cost of taking a driving test multiple times and the significant cost-of-living challenges many persons are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to exempting arts grants and funding self-employed individuals receive as artists from means testing criteria, similar to the rule introduced under Catherine's Law for educational purposes (details supplied); if she recognises current rules that consider funding and grants as means-limits...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason self-employed individuals who are in receipt of disability-related social welfare supports are subject to an annual review of income that is based on six months of the year and may not be reflective of their annual income; the reason this assessment of self-employed recipients of disability-related supports...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Sep 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the gratuity payment to former community employment scheme supervisors to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47473/22]

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: If this was about the industry paying the price, of course, we would not be here this evening. It is, quite frankly, naive of the Minister of State to think that this will not be passed on to people building their first homes and to those forced to rebuild their homes. I listened to the response by the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, earlier on, much of which he spent justifying why the banks and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy where students aged 19 years with a student Leap card can avail of reduced transport costs while students aged 18 years cannot; if he will examine extending this to allow 18-year-old students the same access to more affordable transport as 19-year-old students; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the schemes targeted at providing support for derelict and vacant homes will be extended, given the announcement schemes would be made more widely available in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of persons in receipt of disablement benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing fuel allowance payment rates dependent on household size; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if the Workforce Advisory Group, which was established to examine the workforce in the homecare sector, has reported its findings; if he will outline the next steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recommendations that have been actioned with regard to a report on mental health services in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (4 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the effectiveness of the TB programme in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48504/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Public transport is still very much non-existent in many parts of rural Ireland. We are still seeing the loss of services. Last summer, the Dublin-Galway X20 bus service was taken away, which particularly impacted the likes of Aughrim and Ballinasloe in east Galway. That services are still being lost very much flies in the face of the green agenda and encouraging people to get out of their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports that are in place regarding benefit-in-kind to reduce the impact of higher financial costs for those workers who commute as part of their job considering the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, the recent changes to the benefit and the fact that these workers use vehicles for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (5 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify whether the cost-of-living payment included in Budget 2023 will be available to all social welfare recipients given that there was reference to the payment being made to long-term recipients, not all recipients; if she will ensure that this information is widely available given that communication so far...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (5 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify when in October 2022 that the cost-of-living payment is expected to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for applications for additional needs payments by month from June 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (5 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (6 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants that are available for a business (details supplied) in tabular form. [49282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (6 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are supports for owners of commercial premises which have been vacant for a long time to allow them to install the necessary services within the building to rent it out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49283/22]