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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department's economic policy unit. [34618/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The programme for Government commits to a pensions solution for carers. The Taoiseach will know that the Commission on Pensions in its report put forward a number of recommendations as to how that can be done. While I appreciate there are different views on the pension age, there should be no delay in providing a full State pension to family carers, and that needs to include foster carers....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to extending timetables and the availability of tracks for the Westport to Dublin Heuston service particularly regarding the provision of additional train services between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays and the need to ensure sufficient carriages for train services that currently run; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to ensuring safety in entering and exiting the area outside Roscommon train station in view of the fact that the exit is dangerous due to traffic at the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supports that are available to Irish elite amateur kickboxers considering the cost of travel, training and equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37330/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to disregarding grant and project-based funding as means-tested income for the disability allowance and the blind pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child who is in receipt of the disability allowance and who is still in full-time secondary education will qualify for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance given that children will likely not be considered for qualified child increase through their parents if they are in receipt of disability allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that her Department received for disability-related social welfare payments in 2021 and 2022; the number that were successful; the number that were eligible based on medical grounds but were refused based on means testing requirements; and application outcome in tabular form by year. [37029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional €10 per week payment to all recipients of disability-related social welfare payments by payment type and as a total in tabular form. [37030/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department expects to announce the successful applications for the recent employment services tender considering the expected timeframe is overdue and current providers will have a very short timeframe to wind down if unsuccessful in their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37764/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18-year-olds who are still in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18-year-olds who are still in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients by each core social protection scheme, disaggregated by payment type. [37150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension transition payment at the weekly standard state pension rate of €253.30; and the estimated full-year cost of increasing this payment rate by €1. [37153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 19 May 2022, the estimated cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance for the period 30 September to 31 December 2022, 12 October to 31 December 2022 and from 21 January 2023 and for the fuel allowance season 2023 by period, in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance for the period from 30 September 2022, 12 October 2022 and 21 January 2023, in tabular form. [37790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if with regard to Covid 19 enhanced illness benefit a positive Covid-19 test is still sufficient to prove that a person has been diagnosed with Covid-19; if not, if a doctor’s note is now required in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fuel allowance applicants in 2020, 2021 and 2022, who were €100 or less over the qualifying means test threshold, who were €250 or less over the qualifying means test threshold, who were €500 or less over the qualifying means test threshold or who were €1,000 or less over the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise with regard to the forthcoming changes to national employment services how and when the termination of existing contracts will be communicated to clients accessing current services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37765/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise with regard to the forthcoming changes to national employment services the advice or supports that are in place to support existing providers with forecasting expected expenditure in advance of the termination of current contracts on 31 August 2022; if an extension can be put in place until end of year...