Results 301-320 of 4,407 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (8 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are being considered for a disused building (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29283/20]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I, too, want to voice my opposition and that of my party to this regulation. Last week, I raised the growing issue of energy poverty. We all know that energy prices and bills have increased. We have seen an increase in the public service obligation levy. Electric Ireland customers saw an increase earlier this month and now we have a further increase of €7.50 in carbon tax. A fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to a local authority in the case of a facility that it owns that is at risk of closure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider paying the compensation under the turf cutting compensation scheme in a one-off bulk payment as opposed to an annual payment; his plans to cover the remainder of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30126/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for persons applying for a PPS number. [29760/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for a PPS number to date in 2020; the number approved and processed; the number being examined; and the number refused. [29761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PPS number applications to be decided upon. [29762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if lone parents will retain their income supports (details supplied) and claim the pandemic unemployment payment; if same will continue for the length of time that the pandemic unemployment payment is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30396/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish operational guidelines for employers ensuring that flexibility is shown to parents with childcare difficulties to ensure that they can continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment despite being unable to meet the conditions to be available and seeking work, especially for lone parents who are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (14 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents have lost their working family payment due to their hours being cut due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact this is having on families, in particular lone parents with children over the age of 14 and who cannot access jobseeker's transition payment or one...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (14 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 304. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department plans to address the gap that will emerge when the current LEADER programme ends on 31 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30405/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Earlier today, I re-read more than 300 comments left by almost 500 people who participated in my online survey on household debt last month. One of those who left a comment was a mother who has been crying herself to sleep so her husband and son do not see her. Another was a person who is living alone and in constant pain but cannot afford to go to the dentist for the major dental work she...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Remote Working (15 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a request made by an association (details supplied) that employers would provide the €3.20 per day to cover the additional costs of working from home such as heat, light and electricity, which is the same level of payment as the tax-free allowance the Revenue Commissioners provide; if he will consider same in view...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (15 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received the report carried out by external consultants to review all current contracted public employment services; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for assistive technology will be complete and the device made available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30933/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I wrote to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine this morning about this issue and asked that there be some limited numbers of people be allowed around the rings at our marts. There is a major issue with broadband infrastructure. I spoke to one mart manager yesterday whose Internet connection is poor. Farmers and buyers at home simply do not have the necessary broadband. I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS can refuse legal tender such as cash or postal orders and insist that transactions can only be made by card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32174/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if frontline and essential workers will be prioritised for driver tests in view of possible further restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32175/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarity on students that were working part-time and on pandemic unemployment payments; the reason students cannot claim tax back until the end of 2020; if provision will be made for this to occur sooner; the reason the Citizens Information website still states that students can apply for the payment; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (22 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by patients accessing their medical records from private consultants in which a patient requires emergency medical care in the public health system; his views that there should be an obligation on private consultants to share information in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the...