Results 21-25 of 25 for garda speaker:Claire Kerrane

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Claire Kerrane: ...when it comes to persons with a disability in particular, the income thresholds are outdated. I know of a couple who are working and who need to put an extension on a house. The gentleman is a garda and the over-€60,000 rule meant they could not get anything in regard to building that extension for their child. This made things extremely difficult and they have not been able to...

Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: ...her Department obtaining information from passengers in airports? Since what date have those staff been in airports? What exactly is their role? What information are they collecting? What role do the Garda play in this departmental mission? Yesterday, we heard a gentleman tell his story on "Liveline". He was approached in the airport by two gardaí and told there was an...

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: .... Moreover, whatever figure the judge chooses is not necessarily paid. Every time, it is up to the lone parent to go back to court, a bench warrant is issued and, often, there is no prosecuting garda in attendance. At every point, the burden comes back on lone parents. We really need to take it off their shoulders. I firmly believe a child maintenance service can only be beneficial...

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: ...coming into the household, regardless of whether it is paid. In cases where it is not paid, it is back to the lone parent, back to court again, and a bench warrant is typically issued which typically sits on a Garda desk for months or years on end. Even where the maintenance order is granted, it is not always necessarily paid. Time and again, it is back to the lone parent, and the lone...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Claire Kerrane: ...balanced recovery after Covid-19. That is so important. We have to recognise that there was no such balanced recovery in many towns and villages after the 2008 recession. Post offices, schools, Garda stations and businesses have closed, services have been stripped and moved to bigger towns and main streets have become derelict. Many of the jobs lost at that time were never replaced and...