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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if INTREO front and back office set-ups established in response to Covid-19 have been reviewed; if she will advise on when front and back office set-ups will return to normal office set-ups following the lifting of certain public health guidelines particularly in consideration of the impact that prolonged front-back INTREO...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is flexibility 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 their own they had paid a WOPS stamp during their early years at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reopening the Covid-19 testing centre in Athlone, County Westmeath to save persons from having to travel long distances for a Covid-19 test given the current difficulties for persons seeking a PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59381/21]

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to share time with my colleague, Deputy Ó Murchú. I will take 15 minutes and he will have five minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. I welcome the announcement this evening of the reopening of the pandemic unemployment payment. It is important that we give workers and families some little bit of certainty given the changing public health guidelines that emerge as well as, unfortunately, some restrictions. As I always do, I welcome any increase in social welfare payments,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allocating additional funding to the LEADER programme for 2023 to 2027, given the recently announced indicative allocation of €180 million for this period and in consideration of the fact that LEADER funding has stagnated since the previous period and has dropped significantly since the period from 2007 to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about the indicative funding that has been disclosed in respect of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and what will be available under the LEADER programme from 2023 to 2027. It is a huge drop on the period from 2007 to 2013, considering the very important role played by LEADER. I ask the Minister to make a statement on what has been announced thus far.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will be aware that the Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, has put forward proposals on what has been announced on LEADER. It is seeking a budget of €389 million for the LEADER programme. It is coming at this issue based on the commitments that were made in Our Rural Future. I do not think it is good enough that we should stand still. I appreciate the Minister's...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I agree that really wonderful work is being done in counties such as Roscommon where LEADER partnerships are doing a great deal of excellent work, whether in job creation, development or sustaining current jobs. It represents massive amounts of funding for enterprise and boosting tourism. They have done a lot for the county, as have partnerships across the State. LEADER, in particular, has...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of town regeneration officers to support the development of rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a six-month progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Strategy will be available considering the commitment to provide same as set out in the strategy and her advice that the report would be available before the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60144/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2022 Work Programme for Our Rural Strategy will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are in place to support the refurbishment of vacant properties in rural communities; the way ease of access for persons is ensured within funding streams such as the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the town and village renewal schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of a rural-proofing mechanism to support the Our Rural Future Strategy considering examples of rural-proofing legislation in the North and mechanisms in Sweden and New Zealand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that have been taken to support a community (details supplied) impacted by the move from brown to green; the investment that has been made to the community; the efforts that have been made to replace jobs lost by the wind down of peat production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60455/21]

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

Claire Kerrane: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue arising from a specific matter (details supplied) relating to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all third-level students will be given the option to take scheduled exams online in circumstances in which students are concerned regarding ongoing public heath guidelines; if he will advise in the case of a specific institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department’s research into parental alienation; when this research will be completed; the next steps in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60508/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties posed to children and adults with autism and other conditions when it comes to availing of the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the process of testing of inpatients in cases in which there is no clinical suspicion of Covid-19 upon admission to hospital with particular reference to testing processes for a vaccinated versus unvaccinated patient whilst an inpatient at hospital; the details of the precise PCR assay threshold that is used by the HSE; and...