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

Claire Kerrane: I welcome and acknowledge the fact childminders can now provide supports of the national childcare scheme and that will perhaps encourage or allow parents the choice rather than choosing a formal childcare setting. This is particularly so in rural areas where childminders would be used a lot, especially where they can provide flexibility that perhaps the formal childcare setting cannot. I...

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

Claire Kerrane: There will be a review between now and September 2027, which is the transition period. That is really welcome. I encourage the Minister, if she has an opportunity between now and September 2027, which I would like to think the Minister will, that she might meet with representatives from Childminding Ireland. I was very impressed with them. The organisation obviously represents a huge...

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Child poverty is rising. It is incredible to think that, in 2025, in one of the richest countries in the world, we have a situation whereby this generation is so much more worse off than the previous. I think of my own parents who were born in the 1960s. When they grew up, they had very little but they were never hungry. That was 60 years ago. There are serious questions, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a decision made by a board (details supplied); the impact this will have on retired workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42007/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Services (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 314. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an emergency service (details supplied) was used as part of an operation; the reason this was used; the reason another service was not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 668. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial supports available for the cost of running a car including motor tax for families where there is a member of the family with additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41871/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the opening of a special class at a school (details supplied). [40816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the opening of a special class at a school (details supplied). [40817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the opening of a special class at a school (details supplied). [40818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the opening of a special class at a school (details supplied). [40819/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application made by a school (details supplied) under the additional accommodation scheme for two modular classrooms and re-configuration of two small classrooms into one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that two modular classrooms are approved for a school (details supplied), as per their application under the additional accommodation scheme, to ensure that the efforts they have made to open an autism classroom is supported and that they can ensure integration from both the mainstream and autism class, in line with her...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Roscommon County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41630/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Galway County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41631/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Offaly County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41632/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a group water scheme is temporarily unavailable due to contamination where does the responsibility to provide water tanks rest; the considerations that are taken into account or criteria that must be met; and the way a community or group can request the provision of them. [43072/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to group water schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on the number of group water schemes that exist in each county annually for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1918. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a domestic violence refuge for County Roscommon; where it will be located; when it will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 1919. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a domestic violence refuge for County Offaly; where it will be located; when it will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40814/25]