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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a review of services provided by INTREO and Social Welfare Offices in 2021; if she will provide an overview of the review recommendations; if she will outline the measures which have been put in place to date regarding changes to services provided by INTREO and social welfare offices and related...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if supplements (details supplied) will be included under the medical card scheme given that those on waiting lists for transplants rely on such medication. [51186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (18 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dog owners with more than ten dogs are required to register with his Department; the rules that are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Proposed Legislation (18 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 886. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021; the timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51185/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I wish we could see a commitment from the Government to get to the minimum essential standard of living, MESL, rather than the haggling we heard just before the budget over whether it might be €10 or €15 or might fall in the middle. We need and should be moving towards providing certainty to social welfare recipients to go to the MESL.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department will ensure that social welfare payment rates are adequate and that the social protection system protects persons from poverty considering the announcement of a €12 increase to the weekly core payment rates in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50411/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I refer to the €12 increases, which will kick in in January for all social welfare rates across the board and in light of that its inadequacy, based on the minimum essential standard of living that I have raised with the Minister many times.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: To be fair, I do not think that is very fair. What I wanted to see was the ramping up of those supports to ensure that people knew they were there in order to access them. Of course, if numbers were low earlier in the year, such as in February and March when they were between 4,000 or 5,000, there was concern. The Department did all that work on advertising and campaigning. That is what I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the processing of additional needs payment applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50417/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister provide an update on the processing of additional needs payments? These are very important in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis. I presume demand will increase and I am sure the Department expects demand to increase further as we come into the winter period.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I am glad to hear the online option is been progressed. This will be important. It is something I have raised with the Minister previously. It would be welcome because it may allow a person to ensure every bit of information is uploaded and provided before an application is submitted. There would then not be an over and back between the Department and the applicant. In September I was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report of the child maintenance review group will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50416/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The purpose of this question is to ask the Minister for an update on the report completed by the child maintenance review group, which, I understand, was furnished to her at Easter. Perhaps she might be able to tell us a little about that report, what stage it is at and when it will be published.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: As the Minister stated, lone-parent families are in deep poverty. They show very high levels across the board, from at risk of poverty to risk of deprivation, living in deprivation and experiencing deprivation. The consistent poverty rate remains far too high. It is much higher than it should be in any case. The Minister will also know lone parent organisations, both One Family and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The report is done. The Minister has had since April to consider it. I believe that she will move on it. I welcome that. However, it would be good if we all, especially the organisations involved, could see the report because up until now - and certainly up until the group was established in 2020 - there has not been that sense of urgency around child maintenance and the establishment of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review means testing for the carer’s allowance including a review of the removal of means testing requirements to qualify for these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 85. 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 given her commitment to providing a solution but no inclusion of such a measure in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on work underway in her Department examining long-term disability income supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (13 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her plans regarding recognising the additional cost of disability; the way that she intends to ensure that this additional cost is reflected within the social protection system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50415/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Just like the Taoiseach yesterday, when we raised the need for a ban on evictions to keep people in their homes, the Minister spent most of his response reiterating what was in the budget. Some of what is in the budget, particularly for those on fixed incomes and who rely on social welfare, is welcome. However, we are talking about householders who face...