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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the change the Minister has made to the fuel allowance. It will make a real difference in many households from January onwards. That is a welcome move. The change to the means test will allow "a married couple", as it is phrased online, to receive the fuel allowance once their income is not more than €1,000 per week. Does that include situations where, for example, a...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I apologise - I had meant earlier to ask the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, or the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, about the rural social scheme, Tús and community employment, CE. I notice that all are down in the Supplementary Estimates, in that the amount estimated was not actually spent, particularly in respect of CE. I know that changes have been made, and I appreciate that a...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: On the community centre investment fund, is there a date or a rough timeline for when the announcement will be made on successful applications under the remaining categories? Where funding was made available, it was clearly provided in addition to LIS funding and that is welcome because demand is high for this scheme. It was said earlier that the Department is in the process of contacting...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I will begin by welcoming the Bill. It is absolutely essential given that it implements everything announced on budget day. As always, I welcome every increase to every payment and every move that is positive in the Bill. In my contribution I want to raise a number of issues. Some of these I have been raising for some time and there are others on which I hope the Minister might be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are participating in training and education courses who are usually in receipt of disability allowance will qualify for the €500 lump-sum payment for disability-related supports; if the decision to exclude these participants from receiving the payment was reverted; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment participants who qualified for the CE scheme through disability allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension from January 2022 to date in tabular form. [57281/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that partial capacity benefit was excluded from the €500 disability lump sum payment; if consideration was given to making this payment available to those on partial capacity benefit; if the payment will be extended to those in receipt of PCB now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that there have been delays in IPAS accommodation payments to a business (details supplied); the action that is being taken to prevent delays such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if contracted services, including contract cleaners, catering staff and security personnel, working in public hospitals will receive the Covid-19 recognition payment; and if so, when it will be paid to them. [58051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a planned new primary care centre in a location (details supplied); the stage that this development is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58052/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at a centre (details supplied); and the length of time that each vacancy has existed. [58053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in a centre (details supplied); the number of these beds currently occupied; the current waiting list for a bed in the unit; the current staffing levels; the current staffing vacancies, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allocate a HSE-contracted GP to a town (details supplied) on a short-term basis given the increased population since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58055/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment was given to put in place a healthcare professional at a location (details supplied) in 2017; the reason that this did not happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Approved Housing Bodies (22 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if approved housing bodies are eligible to apply for support under the community and voluntary energy support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58089/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has calculated a death gratuity payment owed to a deceased member of staff (details supplied) given that the delay is leading to a delay in finalising probate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57057/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the gratuity payment to former community employment scheme supervisors to be paid in full, given that her Department confirmed that some payments have been received but many former CE scheme supervisors are still waiting for their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing community employment, Tús, and rural social scheme supervisors with a bonus payment, in recognition of the work that they carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic and of the valuable work that they carry out in communities across the State; and if she will make a statement...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Rural communities that have welcomed Ukrainian refugees in recent weeks are under pressure, particularly when it comes to healthcare and education. This is of course mainly due to the lack of and loss of services in rural areas, which existed long before the war. I see it my own hometown of Ballaghaderreen, which welcomed Syrian refugees as far back as 2017. We were one of the first towns...