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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Department funding for a school (details supplied) that is left over from completed works can be re-directed in view of damage caused by such works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a national phone line where applicants of the vacant home scheme seeking information and support with their application can call in view of the complexity of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the stress and difficulties, delays in local authorities paying for works carried out under the vacant homes scheme is causing for homeowners; the steps he and the Government will take to reduce these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the stress and difficulties the current requirements to prove vacancy when seeking to avail of the vacant homes scheme is causing for homeowners; the steps he and the Government are taking to address this and ensure works can begin on the relevant properties in a timely manner; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances under which a section five requirement can be waived in relation to applications for the vacant homes scheme; if he will reconsider or expand these circumstances in view of the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if teachers who take a career break to work abroad, and whose contracts will not resume until September, are entitled to avail of jobseekers supports on their return to Ireland while looking for a job prior to the reopening of schools in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48122/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 908. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are discussions in relation to a former convent in a location (details supplied) to be used as an IPAS centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48499/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 29 July 2025, if the exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant, under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme is available for people to apply and access immediately; if so, the way in which a person applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (18 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that disability allowance recipients are having their allowance revoked based on his Department’s contention that the person can work despite the person’s GP (best placed) categorically stating the person is unable to work; the way in which his Department can ascertain the person can work over...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (18 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 327. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason children with additional needs are only sponsored with the national childcare scheme until children turn four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49406/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her engagement with Tusla following the report of a missing child in Donabate, Dublin, to date in 2025; the steps Tusla is now taking, and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49873/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Things have moved on since I submitted this question and we now know that child was Daniel Aruebose. I take this opportunity to offer my sympathies to everybody who loved him, especially the foster carers who looked after him.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I appreciate, and we all respect, that the Garda investigation is under way and the force has to be allowed do its work. It is important to acknowledge those gardaí as well. It was a very difficult search, especially finding the remains. I have a couple of questions. I welcome that the closed cases will be examined, starting with those closed...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I take it from that reply that perhaps this will be done in future by Tusla, and of course there is a role for other organisations. On one other point, there appears to be a gap for preschool-age children. When a child is born, there may be a number of visits by the public health nurse to the home. After that, depending on whether the child goes into formal childcare, there really is no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on key commitments made in the programme for Government on early years and, specifically, the commitment to undertake a broad consultation and publish a detailed action plan to build an affordable, high-quality, accessible early childhood education and care system with State-led facilities adding capacity, as well as a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister about a number of key commitments in relation to childcare in early years in the programme for Government, specifically the broad consultation, the detailed action plan to ensure accessible, affordable, high-quality childcare and also the review of core funding. I ask her to provide us with any timeframe in relation to any of those three key commitments. Within the broad...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I want to come back to the State-led facilities, which is a significant move. The Minister talked about looking at areas of unmet need. I understand some scoping was carried out within the Minister’s Department in terms of where that unmet need is. To provide one example, which I have given here before, an analysis was carried out with the family resource centre in Boyle, County...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I appreciate the decision has not been made yet, but does the Minister envisage using the building blocks scheme to build capacity and allow a new group that has come together, particularly groups of parents, to purchase an existing building? It is a win-win then. A new premise is not necessarily needed in Boyle. There is an ideal premises in the town that is well located and perfect for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 9. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of issues childminders are experiencing with the new regulations; if she is concerned that childminders are leaving the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49910/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I want to ask the Minister about the regulations that came into effect for childminders across the State in September 2024. They have now been in place for a year and there are issues being raised, primarily by Childminding Ireland. Given the severe capacity issues we have within our early years sector and the very high turnover of early years educators, particularly out of private...