Results 901-920 of 4,407 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: The 326 hubs which have been mapped out are welcome. Obviously, things are progressing quickly, which is welcome. Is the detail on the locations mapped out published, or when will it be published? If 100 hubs are expected by year end, when will the detail of the locations of those hubs be known, so local communities and workers can plan? It is hoped workers will be going back to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the hubs that have been mapped out, I ask the Minister to come back to me on whether remote working hubs have been identified on the islands off the coast. The use of pubs was also a big part of the rural action plan. Has there been continued engagement on that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department will publish its islands policy and strategy to support island and coastal communities; the areas of focus that are being prioritised within the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27972/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: This question is to ask the Minister when she will publish the new islands policy, which will be the future strategy for our islands. I also ask her to give some detail on the consultation process and the areas on which this forthcoming policy will focus.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the policy document itself, will the Minister be seeking to include timeframes and specific costs for the commitments in it? In addition, was the policy on the islands due sooner than the end of this year? I appreciate it may have been delayed with the consultation, but I thought it was closer to being completed than perhaps it is. Turning to the consultation process itself, I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister to provide some detail on the implementation of the plan and how she plans to implement the policy in the years ahead, following its publication. Is it a five-year strategy, for example? I welcome the Minister's engagement and the extensive consultation with people who live on the islands. Of course, they are best placed to tell the Minister how their islands need to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department will publish the rural proofing model which underpins the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27968/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: This question is about the rural proofing model referred to in Our Rural Future.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: It is disappointing that work will not begin on this rural proofing model until later this year. I assume that will be after the Minister makes her initial plan for what will be carried out and what her list of actions will be for this year. Obviously, a rural proofing model is long overdue in respect of the impact of certain Government policies. In many cases it will be too late....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: In regard to the engagements the Minister will have in respect of this new rural proofing model, I suggest that she engage not just internationally but also with the Northern and Western Regional Assembly which has done very good work relating to balanced regional development and the inadequacies that already exist. Unfortunately, while it is welcome to have that voice at the Cabinet, in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when SICAP funding will be increased to its 2008 level of €84 million given that current funding is at 50% of this amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27971/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the provisions being implemented to deal with digital poverty in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Grant Payments (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if figures regarding grants from Enterprise Ireland awarded to a company (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021 will be provided. [28050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of work to move school secretaries from being paid through the board of management ancillary grant to under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the STAR pilot project undertaken in Tuam, County Galway, as developed from the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; the findings of the pilot project; if consideration has been given to further roll-out; if a new strategy will be developed post-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the poverty impact assessment of reduced jobseeker rates for 18 to 24 year olds as committed to in the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019; and when the assessment will be published. [27913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance; and the number who are on a reduced rate. [28343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment to meet the minimum essential standard of living as detailed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will provide this information with regard to the current base rates and minimum essential standard of living rates by contributory and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average revenue net weekly pay for current recipients of casual and short-time social welfare benefit schemes by scheme in tabular form. [28380/21]

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, as someone who has grown up on and lives on a beef farm. In recent months, as the marts went online, it has given a great in insight into what happens when farmers go to the mart. For example, on many days I had to write down the weight and the price that the cattle were getting during the bidding when I went to the mart. The farmer...