Results 1,281-1,300 of 4,407 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: This is to ask the Minister what steps she has taken on incentivising people to restore derelict properties in rural areas and whether she has had any engagement with the Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government on this matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I presume a number of those existing schemes, including town and village renewal, cannot be accessed by individuals or families moving into a rural area. I have often come across, even in recent weeks, people moving into an area or returning to their home area who have a house that is derelict, vacant or in need of significant work and find they do not have an avenue. Perhaps there will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I presume those actions will be published shortly. When does the Minister envisage the funding for the appointment of town centre first officers in local authorities will be made available? In many cases, such as in County Roscommon, one person will probably taken on.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the number of remote working hubs now up and running and available for use of the initial 400 that were identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress made in the 2021 Work Programme for Our Rural Future; the number of measures which have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had with the Department of Transport in relation to the funding of the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to share the draft policy strategy for the islands with representatives as requested by an organisation (details supplied) to ensure island communities can engage with the policy development process and provide insights to the strategy focus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning and for their presentation. I have a couple of brief questions. First, going back to the document setting out the ten-year plan for the islands, can the witness clarify whether it was the island communities or representatives that suggested that if more time was needed, the Department of Rural and Community Development should take it in order...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: The latest report from the Residential Tenancies Board published earlier this month shows rents in County Roscommon have increased by 8.6% and in County Galway by 9.4%. That is just in the last year alone. Average rents in County Roscommon are now over €718 per month and in County Galway rents have surpassed €1,000 per month and are now approximately €1,300 per month....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 91. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the staffing levels and range of services being provided currently in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50829/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister please provide an update on the staffing levels and the current services available in the e-mental health hub in Castlerea in my constituency? This hub, as the Minister knows, was opened in June 2020. No funding was provided from January of this year. This is an issue I have raised repeatedly. Funding was put in place in July. Has it been spent?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Just to confirm, three posts remain unfilled in the CAMHS Connect and none has been filled for the psychiatry of later life service.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I appreciate that recruitment is not something the Minister of State can control but perhaps if recruitment had started in June 2020 when the service was opened rather than seven months into 2021, we would not have much of an issue now. While I acknowledge that significant investment went into opening this facility in the first instance, funding did not carry through until earlier this year....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a village (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland;if this has changed to the initial plan in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51588/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 222 of 3 June 2021 and 41 of 16 September 2021, the number of premises connected by National Broadband Ireland, not surveyed, not ready for connection, but connected to date in counties Roscommon and Galway. [51589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to increase capacity on post-primary school buses in line with public transport given issues being experienced by working parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to major difficulties being faced by primary school principals in sourcing substitute teachers; the way in which she plans to rectify same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51579/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full rate pensions approved on an annual basis which have been based on level of contributions (details supplied) from 1991 to date, per contribution boundary in tabular form. [51529/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients who are currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be moved to standard jobseeker’s terms should the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions not go ahead on 22 October 2021 as planned particularly with regard to those who cannot return to their employment as a result of current...