Results 2,141-2,160 of 4,409 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

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

Claire Kerrane: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the €67 million in funding that was announced in Budget 2023 to fund 12,300 grants to adapt the homes of older people and people with a disability that is new and additional funding for 2023. [49271/22]

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

Claire Kerrane: 197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability scheme will be published. [49274/22]

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

Claire Kerrane: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the €25 million that was announced to support adaptation works to 1,800 existing social homes announced in Budget 2023 that is new and additional funding for 2023. [49272/22]

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

Claire Kerrane: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the €4 million figure that was announced in Budget 2023 for increased capital funding for the delivery of Traveller accommodation and for adaptation works for the homes of older people and people with a disability that is for Traveller accommodation; and if this €4 million figure is part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date until which persons must be in receipt of invalidity pension in order to qualify for the one-off payment; if persons who reach the age of 66 years and are transferred to a State pension in November still qualify for the one-off payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49337/22]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I am sharing time with my party colleagues. One of the greatest challenges we face, as I am sure we would all agree, relates to the fact that children who need additional support are being neglected in the current system. Far too many of them are not getting the support they need when they need it and they are instead being passed from one waiting list to another. They wait for an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Households up and down the country are facing massive electricity bills this winter. October's bill will land shortly and households are already worried sick at the thought of it. We already know that people are struggling to pay their bills following never-ending hikes over the past 18 months. The facts speak for themselves. There were 715 domestic electricity disconnections in the first...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Just like the Taoiseach yesterday, when we raised the need for a ban on evictions to keep people in their homes, the Minister spent most of his response reiterating what was in the budget. Some of what is in the budget, particularly for those on fixed incomes and who rely on social welfare, is welcome. However, we are talking about householders who face...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any flexibility can be given to rural schools to retain a teacher in cases in which the number of students falls to ensure that rural schools can remain open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on school transport especially for children who previously had a seat on the school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any flexibility can be given to a school (details supplied) when it comes to student-teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49841/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to introducing a travel stipend to support community employment participants in rural communities, given the ongoing cost of living crisis and increasing cost of fuel and limited public transport in many rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients will receive a one-off payment for each grant that they are in receipt of, following the one-off payment for recipients of the carer’s support grant announced in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49792/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason fuel allowance recipients who are participants in the employment support schemes cannot avail of the fuel allowance as a lump sum payment; if consideration has been given to offering the choice of weekly payments or lump-sum payment for those recipients particularly given many households rely on oil to heat their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the announced one-off payments announced in Budget 2023 are expected to be paid across October, November and December 2022, in tabular form per payment and respective dates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 5 October 2022, the average processing time for applications for additional needs payments for the 37% of applications which are not finalised within four weeks broken down by weekly timeframe in relation to processing times in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are in place for workers with children who are required to isolate or stay at home due to Covid-19, in circumstances where the parent has to take time off work to care for the child and has to suffer a financial loss or take time from annual leave; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are being put in place for children who require urgent orthodontic care as a result of a specific issue (details supplied) where the HSE have not yet accepted responsibility for transfer of care in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations with regard to children and young people who are discharged from CAHMS where these patients are referred to a HSE healthcare centre or day hospital to be seen by a psychologist which often have long waiting lists; if he will advise the supports that are in place to prevent the patient waiting for extended...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if fees paid by families under the fair deal scheme will be reviewed given the high costs for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49535/22]