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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 593. To ask the Minister for Health when a post (details supplied) will be filled; how long the post is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6590/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date, in tabular form. [6591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 723. To ask the Minister for Health when a worker (details supplied) will receive their Covid recognition payment. [7055/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (14 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available to farmers to make roadway access to a derelict property and a hayshed on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I will ask the Minister about co-operation between Departments to support communities where refugees have arrived. Ballaghaderreen in my constituency is a prime example. More than 400 refugees and international protection families have arrived since 2017. This is a small, rural town that has seen zero supports and nothing additional for it. There are issues around healthcare and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagement from her Department with community employment supervisors regarding their employment-related concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6038/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Can the Minister of State give me an update on the engagement where I know that the Department has entered talks in the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, in respect of pay, and terms and conditions, in particular, for community employment supervisors? The Minister had confirmed in the past week at the committee the hope that all supervisors would be looked at once and for all in respect...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I do not believe anyone in this House would disagree with the fact that community employment provides essential and key services and supports right across the State. They provide services that in many cases would otherwise simply not exist. The supervisors and the assistant supervisors, in particular, have a significant responsibility when it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate that he cannot speak to the ongoing deliberations within the WRC but this is a welcome move. The supervisors, be it in Tús, RSS or in community employment, have not seen a pay rise since 2008, which is a long time. During that period, they have had additional workload and responsibilities because of the demand within the communities for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6036/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister please provide an update regarding accessing a State pension for family carers and long-term family carers, as she committed to?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for that update. When this was announced initially and the Minister spoke about it in September, she said she expected the pension for family carers to be in place from January 2024. I appreciate that much work has to go into this. However, could the Minister let us know whether she still intend for that to be the timeline and that she foresees this being in place and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I presume it is the case that even though there is much work to do, which I appreciate, it is envisaged that the January 2024 timeline is still on track. That is really important because for a long time now, family carers who have ceased their caring role and sought their State pension have not been able to access a full State pension. In fairness, they were more than entitled to it after...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I appreciate that the Minister wants to see this legislation brought forward as quickly as possible, as do I and the rest of the Opposition. It is really important that these changes are made and they will make a difference to lone parent families. The Minister said the liable relative unit provision has been discontinued. What does that mean in practice for the unit? Will it abandoned...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations made by the child maintenance review group, including the removal of child maintenance as household means for social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6032/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I want to ask the Minister about the implementation of the recommendations from the child maintenance review group, especially the recommendation on the removal of child maintenance being treated as household means when it comes to accessing and retaining social welfare supports. Can the Minister provide us with an update on the legislation and when she expects to bring it to the House? It...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Some of what the Minister said regarding what the Department is doing, instructed by her, is really welcome. While the Department is not obliging parents to prove or show proof that they have sought maintenance, in practice is maintenance still being used in meeting the calculation of the lone parent payment? There was no agreement in the review group regarding the possibility of setting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the processing of additional needs’ payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6031/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister to provide an update on the processing of additional needs payments. These payments are typically made in emergency situations to people who are struggling financially. It is clear that processing times have reduced and I imagine they have reduced significantly which is welcome and important. Will the Minister please provide an update on processing times at the moment?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister's update and the two-week processing time are welcome. In September I received a reply to a parliamentary question stating that 95% of applications were taking between five and eight weeks to be processed. I appreciate CWOs are stepping in where they can and where the person in need can access them in the first place, which has become more difficult. I would argue that few...