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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the refusal of school transport for a child with special educational needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on CAMHS services in the State; if he will outline his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) following its submission which includes case studies outlining issues around availability of services for children with intellectual disabilities, extensive waiting times, and lack of early supports for children with ADHD;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The external selection panel that will select and recommend the most suitable candidates for the board of directors.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: It is now a year since the child maintenance review group published its report. It made a number of recommendations around child maintenance and social welfare, all of which we have called for for many years. The timelines for the legislation that is needed to remove the provision that child maintenance is counted as means for social welfare payments have come and gone. It is now said to...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if summer gaeltacht scholarships are available for 2024 for second level students who do not attend a DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on reports that changes to the Nitrates Derogation will be delayed by a further six months, given the current timeline is January 2024; what engagement he has with organisations representing the farming community on this focus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting their basic income for sustainability scheme (BISS) and areas of natural constraint (ANC) payments; the steps he will take to ensure that all farmers awaiting these payments receive them without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the €7 million announced in Budget 2024 to support the increasing number of children with a disability requiring AIM supports to access and participate in the ECCE programme; how this money will be allocated to ECCE providers; when the money will be allocated; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the practice of an organisation (details supplied) recouping monies under a circumstance from ECCE providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider establishing a fund for which Tidy Towns could seek rebates for tax paid on fuel, given increased costs borne by them as Tidy Towns committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50988/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for his opening statement and the briefing document. First, it is important to acknowledge the sector and the importance of it to our rural communities, for which sometimes there is not much more than greyhound and horse racing and all that. It is very important to those communities and I want to acknowledge that. At the same time, €95 million is an awful lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I understand the increase of 4%. That is fine. If the figure was €90 million, €85 million or €80 million I would still have the same question. How does the Minister arrive at that figure? Do the sectors come and look for a specific figure? Has the Minister given them exactly what they have looked for? Have they looked for more and has he given less? How was the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That is due to go to tender shortly and it is an external independent review of the fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Okay, great. That is positive and welcome. Regarding the 80:20 split, can the Minister give me the rationale as to how that is determined? How does he decide that one gets 80% and the other gets 20%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister and want to ask him about animal welfare, which is very important in terms of the funding being provided. On page 4, the Minister talks about the high standards of integrity and welfare and ensuring that those are maintained. Can he give the committee a little more information as to who determines that those welfare standards are as high as he says they are? Where does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I suggest that the Minister might consider requesting that there is a breakdown, where the Minister is giving €95 million, and I do not believe it is much to ask both bodies to come back to him and tell him what these bodies spend this funding on in the year. For accountability and transparency, that should be asked of them. It is not a big deal and that should be provided on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will be familiar with the amendment calling for an analysis or review of the funding under different headings that my predecessor, Deputy Carthy, brought forward for a number of years. Has there been an analysis by the Department of the money that is provided every year and where it is going? Do the sectors provide a breakdown of what they spend it on, line for line? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister.