Results 941-960 of 4,563 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review into structures of county childcare committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/21]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. It is now five years since the national maternity strategy was launched. It was hailed at the time as setting out radical reforms of maternity and neonatal services over a ten-year period. However, last year HIQA published a report following inspections of 19 maternity units and hospitals, during which it discovered that the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (2 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that are in receipt of part-time and casual jobseeker’s benefit, part-time and casual jobseeker’s allowance and short time work support payments for 1, 2 and 3 days, respectively per payment, per day, in tabular form. [30018/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Last Friday, a tender was published to expand local employment services into four new areas. This would have been welcome had the local employment services been extended based on the existing service, which is community based and not for profit. Instead, the tender proposes a new payment-by-results model similar to that found in JobPath. It proposes the end of the community ethos and...

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for her statement and I will focus my contribution on the e-mental health hub in Castlerea in my constituency, which replaced the former Rosalie dementia care unit for older people. I raised the funding issue in this Chamber three weeks ago after replies from the HSE to me confirmed funding for the e-mental health hub in Castlerea was not provided this year. I...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (3 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of efforts to replace jobs lost at a factory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected under the National Broadband Plan in counties Galway and Roscommon to date in tabular form. [30278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (3 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by county in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit. [30277/21]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. On the PUP, I appreciate that she cannot make a decision at this time but the initial plan was from April to move those remaining on the PUP over to the jobseeker's payments. Is that still being considered or what is likely to happen? Has an extension of the fuel allowance, as it was last year, been considered by the Department? Some...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations that have been carried out to prepare for the use of the digital green certificates to allow ease of travel for those wishing to travel abroad in summer 2021; if those who are fully vaccinated will be able to travel without any restrictions or quarantine imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31443/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a resolution of the 2008 Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in a case (details supplied) is expected; the reason there has not been a public consultation held on the substitute consent application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31261/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Last week, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland published its research report on caring and coping with dementia during Covid-19. The report found family carers to be at breaking point, with their mental and physical well-being seriously affected. More than half of family carers were worried about how they would continue to cope. Carers spoke about the loss of day services, about community...

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: In 2020, over €3.6 million in direct payments went to just 20 farm enterprises, while average CAP payments in counties Roscommon and Galway are about €10,000 and many farmers receive much less. At the same time, some individuals are receiving between €200,000 and €400,000-plus in CAP payments. This is not right, it is not fair and it is something we should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure students with conditional university offers can receive their leaving certificate results before the outlined date of 3 September 2021 in recognition of different administrative timeframes of universities overseas and to ensure students can access their chosen university courses; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for persons who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and had their payments ceased as a result of reaching 66 years of age; if consideration has been given to allowing recipients of the State pension (contributory) to receive the pandemic unemployment payment in circumstances in which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of social welfare payments for April, May and June and to date in 2021; and the number in receipt of each social welfare payment in tabular form. [30858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of parent’s leave and benefit by month in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [31085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department has in place to address concerns of seconded local employment scheme and community employment scheme employees with regard to their employment particularly in relation pension allowances and unpensioned portions of salary which constitute core pay; if direct engagement and mediation is in place...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals to each job club by location in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [31644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons accessing employment services through INTREO in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date 2021, in tabular form. [31661/21]