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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the Minister's comments. I am sure she has read the proposals I have made in respect of social protection in our alternative budget. One such proposal is that parental bereavement leave and benefit be introduced. This would be a two-week payment and would come at a very small cost. I looked at the number of stillbirths recorded by the HSE, which estimates that there are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to establishing a discretionary fund to assist households with utility costs and debt given rising energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48970/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: My question is similar to that of Deputy Healy Rae. Will the Minister consider establishing a discretionary fund to support and assist households with mounting utility costs and bills? Some will face utility debt in the coming weeks and months, if they are not facing it already. Will the Minister consider this, given that many are locked out of the fuel allowance in the first instance?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: It is fairly clear that there will be moves in regard to the fuel allowance in the budget next week. The fuel allowance is a great payment and is most welcome at the rate at which it is paid because it is extremely important for households. However, it is only extremely important for the households who actually receive it in the first place. There are issues, some of which were outlined by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I agree that we cannot have a situation whereby the fuel allowance continues to be increased and extended for ever and ever. We need to make sure people's homes are warmer, which can be done through the retrofit programme highlighted by the Minister. It makes sure that people are warm in their homes in the first instance, which is really important. My issue with leaving this to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be a review of the rates of payment for the parent’s leave and benefit scheme to ensure that parents can afford taking up the leave including with regard to situations in which employers previously topped-up salaries of parents availing of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to extend the parent’s leave and benefit to all parents of children born after November 2019 given that the current legislation excludes parents of children born by surrogacy; if he will ensure that lone-parents can avail of the full ten-weeks of the benefit and leave; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow any flexibility for rural schools when it comes to retaining a teacher in which student numbers have reduced given the continued complexities of Covid-19 in school communities and the impact of the loss of a teacher to a school, its students and the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any flexibility in cases in which a person (details supplied) has the required number of PRSI contributions but not at the necessary class for the invalidity pension given that through no fault of the person's own, the person had paid a WOPS stamp during their early years at work; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: General Register Office (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average waiting time for registering a birth and registering a death; and the number of applications awaiting processing for both. [48945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for the processing of child benefit; and the number of applications currently waiting to be processed. [48946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for the processing of PPS numbers; and the number of applications currently waiting to be processed. [48947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the offices under her Department that remain closed to the public due to Covid-19. [48948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the civil registration office in Dublin remains closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48949/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (7 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a closed facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail will increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 17:20 Galway to Dublin train. [49366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of recruiting four additional assistant principal officer case managers for the Tax Appeals Commission. [49367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department that have boards in which members have an obligation to appear before committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas in tabular form. [49368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2022 of increasing the funding for the school completion programme by 10%. [49364/21]