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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...

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

Claire Kerrane: Households up and down the country are facing massive electricity bills this winter. October's bill will land shortly and households are already worried sick at the thought of it. We already know that people are struggling to pay their bills following never-ending hikes over the past 18 months. The facts speak for themselves. There were 715 domestic electricity disconnections in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (12 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 5 October 2022, if she will confirm that the removal of the long-term requirement will also mean that recipients of illness benefit will qualify for the cost-of-living support payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a fee reduction can be made available to part-time students given the announcement of a €1,000 fee reduction for undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50394/22]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I am sharing time with my party colleagues. One of the greatest challenges we face, as I am sure we would all agree, relates to the fact that children who need additional support are being neglected in the current system. Far too many of them are not getting the support they need when they need it and they are instead being passed from one waiting list to another. They wait for an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any flexibility can be given to rural schools to retain a teacher in cases in which the number of students falls to ensure that rural schools can remain open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on school transport especially for children who previously had a seat on the school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Oct 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any flexibility can be given to a school (details supplied) when it comes to student-teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49841/22]