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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (17 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender; if he has engaged with representative organisations to ensure there are no delays to the 2023 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can confirm that Leader programming for the islands will be delivered entirely through Irish, including local development strategies and documentation relating to the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23391/23]

Dog Welfare Report: Motion (18 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine entitled "Issues impacting Dog Welfare in Ireland", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 13th October, 2022. I am happy to move this motion on the report completed by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In 2021, the joint...

Dog Welfare Report: Motion (18 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The Chairman of the joint committee, Deputy Cahill, left me with this job. He will not be impressed. Over the six days, the committee was grateful to hear from a range of stakeholders, including Dogs Trust Ireland, the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Veterinary Council of Ireland and officials from the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine officials...

Dog Welfare Report: Motion (18 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I will not need ten. I think everything has been said that needs to be said. I welcome some of the updates the Minister of State has provided. I am positive and hopeful that the recommendations will be taken into account. It is important that what has been put forward in this report is heeded. There are many reports from committees and everywhere else and many recommendations, and the...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak on this debate. I listened to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, earlier on. He spoke about the accommodation providers facing threats. We have all seen the protests and everything that has gone on to date. Most of it, if not all, is absolutely unacceptable, particularly the protests we have seen in Dublin. However, we must also look at the other...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Okay. I want to make the point again that where rural communities are opening their arms and refugees have come in, the Government needs to support those communities. I have spoken to the Minister of State about the town of Ballaghaderreen, which is a prime example. From 2017, the Syrian refugees began arriving, and from that point to this, additional resources and services have not been...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I move amendment No. 18: In page 12, line 22, after “law” to insert “and anti-competitive actions in the agrifood supply chain”. This amendment is now even more important, given the debate in recent weeks around food prices. We have seen a lack of transparency, particularly regarding the gap between when produce leaves the farm gate and when it appears on...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Whether the scope of the amendment is one line or ten lines, it still gives the regulator the powers we want to it to have. Those powers relate to anti-competitive practices. If these anti-competitive practices exist and the Minister believes they exist and the law to deal with them is already in place, why is nothing being done about them? If there is significant law in place and the CCPC...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: We are just going around in circles. I asked whether the Minister was satisfied that anti-competitiveness practices are not ongoing. I again make the point, and it is not one he responded to, that if the laws are there and if the powers exist in legislation, my question remains. Why has every farming organisation and stakeholder involved in this legislation sought that this regulator would...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(4) The regulator shall report to the Minister within 12 months of its establishment date as to its ability to acquire data under section 12(3)(d), and make any appropriate recommendation so as to ensure the regulator is empowered to access or seize such data it requires to meet its...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for taking on board our amendments in this amendment and the previous one. I am happy to withdraw our amendment and agree to the amendment the Minister has proposed.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I move amendment No. 23: In page 24, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(2) Prior to an appointment undersection 33(1), a proposed candidate for Chief Executive shall attend the relevant Oireachtas sectoral committee to discuss his or her strategic priorities for the role.”. This is an amendment that was brought forward and discussed on Committee Stage....

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I am happy to withdraw the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage of their building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on work underway in her Department to examine the possibility of a teacher relocation scheme at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (16 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on Ireland's transfer of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to the REPowerEU fund; if a timeline can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the announced low-emission slurry scheme under TAMS 3 will be available to contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22775/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow flexibility around ACRES deadline, given recent difficult weather conditions and heavy rainfall have caused delays to sowing and fencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there is no backlog of applications waiting to be processed for afforestation, ash dieback or forest road schemes, given that there have been no accepted applications for these schemes since 1 January 2023; if there is a backlog, the measures his Department is taking to process these applications; and if he...