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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: In her response, will the Minister outline the next steps in relation to the report, which I presume she has received by now, and the work done by the consultants on that rural-proofing mechanism? It is important it is a cross-departmental approach and that all Departments are held to account. That brings me back to the point about the emergency situation in the west and north west,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps her Department has taken to address the backlog of applications in the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53699/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister about the ongoing backlog within the local improvement scheme. We are all aware of the scheme and the demand for it. I know the Minister has increased funding to it, which is welcome, but there seems to be huge demand that is not being met in counties throughout the State. Will she provide up with an update on that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister and acknowledge that she has put a focus on the scheme and there has been additional funding. She said the same thing last year about her Department reaching out to local authorities to see what they had on their books, what had not been completed and what they could complete by the end of the year. I presume from the response of the Minister that is happening again...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I presume the Minister does not have figures on the backlog and the number of applications that are live and have not yet been completed. I understand that is what her Department is gathering and the information would be helpful. Perhaps "resistance" is the wrong word, but I know the Minister has raised this matter a number of times with the Minister, Deputy Ryan. Obviously, all of us have...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Towns First Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Transport (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on her engagement with the Department of Transport to improve rural public transport services and pilot new transport initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the building acquisition measure funding under the town and village renewal scheme will be continued into 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the LEADER Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 131. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Islands Strategy; when the Strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (27 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider making recommendations made by the Workplace Relations Commission obligatory to be honoured where it finds against a body which is State-funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54010/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I will be brief. Mr. Kearney put it better than any of us could when he said people just want to live in their homes. This is really the top and the bottom of the issue. It is a small ask in this day and age, but, unfortunately, this is the request. This is all that is being looked for. All of us local representatives have been on the ground at Lough Funshinagh. It is important to again...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Court Orders relating to Child Maintenance, Access and Custody: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank all the witnesses for attending the meeting and for their presentations. I have always been of the mind that the courts are not the place for dealing with child maintenance. It seems there is consensus on that. It is not the right environment to determine child maintenance arrangements. As we know, payments can be ordered by the judge of the day, who can choose a figure off the...

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Over 300 people in Roscommon and Galway have been approved for home care and are waiting to receive it. Some have been waiting up to 18 months. They want to and can be cared for in their own homes, but this can only happen where the care is being provided. They and other families are being let down. I raised the crisis in home care during Leader's Questions last December. At the time,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (9 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Galway County Council is in a funding crisis. This is not news to the Minister of State. It has been raised in this House many times over many years. The question is why. It is because it is not getting its fair share of funding from central government. The facts speak for themselves. Galway is the second largest county in Ireland and it has the third highest population across the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (9 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: With regard the one-off payment allocation of €2.75 million for Galway, can the Minister of State advise whether that one-off payment will go to all local authorities? Of course, it is just a one-off. When we look at the discrepancies that exist with regard to funding, there is a clear issue. I do not hear the Government or Ministers acknowledging the issue regarding the level of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (8 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met the CEO of Iarnród Éireann; the topics discussed; and when the next meeting is scheduled. [55365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to make changes to broaden access to support under the disabled driver's scheme, and in particular accessing a primary medical certificate, given the lack of any other mobility supports to individuals; if he will consider looking at the Disabled Drivers and; Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Ombudsman's report entitled 'Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes - a commentary by the Ombudsman'; his views on whether the medical criteria in order to obtain a primary medical certificate are excessively restrictive; if he plans to act in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 20 September 2022, if a response will be provided to this query; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54782/22]