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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (8 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their asylum application. [23052/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their join family visa application. [23053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for visa applications; the reason for the long delays being experienced by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/25]

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I am stunned by the amendment the Minister has tabled to the motion. The motion seeks nothing more than for the Government to implement what the Minister outlined in the programme for Government and seeks further information and detail on the Government's commitment to our early years sector in the programme for Government, and the Minister could not even support that. The amendment refers...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the challenges that exist in the Early Years Sector, including for parents trying to afford and access childcare places and for educators when it comes to pay and terms and conditions; — the thousands of children on waiting lists for childcare places; — the serious deficiencies in capacity in our Childcare Sector;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on a report submitted to his Department by the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy Working Group on replacing the disabled drivers and disabled passenger's scheme; and when changes will be made. [22367/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the number of people being refused primary medical certificates to allow them to afford an adapted vehicle; if his attention has been further drawn to the impact the strict medical criteria of the certificate is having on people; if he will engage with colleagues on much needed changes to the criteria for the certificate, and when this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a list of all grants and funding available for community centres and sports organisations; the opening date for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 488. To ask the Minister for Health if any financial assistance is available for the cost of orthodontic treatment for children where the child is a private patient, with no medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 491. To ask the Minister for Health when a person on a panel (details supplied) will be offered a position; the status of the panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22383/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 496. To ask the Minister for Health when a position will be filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (7 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a list of all grants and funding available for community centres and sports organisations; the opening date for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/25]

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (1 May 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I want to acknowledge the way the Minister went about making the rearrangements for this debate this morning and I thank her. Grace was 10 years old when she entered the foster care placement that is at the heart of the commission report. It was due to be a temporary placement in 1989. We cannot remind ourselves enough that she was a 10-year-old girl, a child, and she was without a...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Claire Kerrane: It is totally unacceptable that in our State in 2025, children have no guarantee of an appropriate class place to meet their needs. An appropriate class place for children with additional needs will ensure that they can engage and fully participate in the classroom the same as any other child, and an appropriate class place must also be in the child's community. Why would we be busing our...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (30 Apr 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the action that has been undertaken in furtherance of the stated commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce an ‘earn and learn’ apprenticeship model enabling childcare staff to gain qualifications and advance their careers; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Claire Kerrane: In our own proposal on the €200 per month, we looked at using the national childcare scheme and expanding it to childminders. That would really assist in building capacity in the sector because for many parents, the choice is no longer there. If they want to get the subsidy and need help in affording childcare, they have to look to the formal setting whereas in rural areas in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about the cost of childcare, which remains very high for a lot of parents and families. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to reduce the cost of childcare. How does the Minister intend to go about this and does she have a timeframe in mind for reducing the costs for families?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Claire Kerrane: Does the Minister envisage investing more in the national childcare scheme to bring down the costs directly for parents? This is what Sinn Féin had proposed with our €10 per day plan, which is around €200 per month. This is using what is there with the current mechanism as the quickest way to bring down the costs of childcare. While the Government repeatedly tells us...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Claire Kerrane: This is an issue I have raised on a number of occasions with the Minister. I welcome the fact she has met and engaged with the JLC and that she has gone further than that in asking it to utilise the €45 million because it is key we improve pay for the early years educators. We know staff turnover in the early years sector is really high. I got a breakdown, county by county. The...