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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister of State confirm the figures, namely that 867 applications were received and that 333 of those were approved? Can she advise if any have been refused? She will be well aware that the women in agriculture stakeholder group has raised concerns about the eligibility criteria. Last summer, when it was introduced, it flagged its fear that it would lock some women out of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It will be important to see how many, if any, of the 867 applications made have been refused for whatever reason to allow us to understand if there is an issue there. If a stakeholder group of women farmers set up to represent women farmers is raising an issue of access to this scheme, it would be worthy of consideration by the Minister of State. Perhaps when this fourth tranche closes, she...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to a particular proposal on a Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to ensure that farmers who choose the later reporting option for national sheep welfare scheme measures do not have their payment delayed until after January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18240/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to commencing an immediate review of the forestry programme, given that more than six months have now passed since the programme’s inception and the persistently low levels of uptake by farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18244/24]

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It is hard to fathom, when diesel and petrol prices are higher than they have been for years, when we have seen a 30% increase in costs in the last three years and when, since January, there has been a 13 cent per litre increase in the price of petrol and a 9 cent per litre increase in the price of diesel, that the Minister chose to increase that further on 1 April and to increase it again...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Minister for Health on the provision of additional medical supports for communities where Ukrainians and international protection persons have arrived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will be well aware of the increased pressure in many of our communities where Ukrainians and international protection persons have arrived and been welcomed, in many cases. I have raised Ballaghaderreen with the Minister many times and the pressure health services there are under. If someone moves into the area now, he or she cannot get a GP. Both GP surgeries in the town are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: This is my tenth time to raise Ballaghaderreen and the need for additional practical resources. It has received refugees and international protection persons for seven years now and has nothing to show for it. We have to battle for an extension for the local school. At long last, there has been movement. Funding for the childcare facility has been pulled and we are awaiting a decision on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will prevent the fuel excise increase scheduled for 1 May 2024 given the financial pressure farmers and contractors will face as a result of further increases to the cost of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide all sports grants available to a football club where the club is leasing ground on a long-term basis (not owned); and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide all sports grants available and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18964/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending recent changes to the consideration of child maintenance as means for social welfare payments to the housing assistance payment, given the recognition that one parent families are at a higher risk of poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19447/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the review of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18988/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reopening the fodder support scheme in 2024 given the fodder shortage experienced this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on recent increases to Horse Sport Ireland registration charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18828/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to providing a label or certification of quality to Irish grain, given the quality and low-carbon nature of Irish grain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18855/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Last month, Aircoach pulled the Galway to Dublin bus route. It served AIT in Athlone and Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe. This followed Bus Éireann Expressway pulling its service from Galway to Dublin, which also served routes for students going to college, hospital appointments and Dublin Airport. The pulling of public transport routes flies in the face of encouraging people to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the women farmers' capital investment scheme under the current round; the number that have been refused due to ineligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what the new restructuring for regional health areas will mean for children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19680/24]