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Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2022: First Stage (31 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I am glad to introduce this Bill with my colleague. This legislation has passed Second Stage in this House unanimously twice. It was passed in the previous Dáil and the one before that, but here we are again. Despite obvious support in this House and among the public for a long time, nothing has been done to make this happen. This is about giving workers a choice when it comes to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (31 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the payment rules for the training support grant; if consideration has been given to providing reimbursement for courses which have been completed and paid for by the participant given that many training courses require payment before the course is completed; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending social welfare supports to retired civil servants who have received their occupational pensions in place of a standard State pension, such as the living alone allowance in cases in which there are requirements to be in receipt of a primary social welfare payment; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that edited minutes of Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland board meetings have not been publicly available since January 2021 in view of commitments to publish minutes following the publication of the Crowe Howarth report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if the current organisational structure chart for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland will be provided; if it will include numbers of all staff working in each directorate by tenure, that is, permanent, consultant, contract, agency or other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16882/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (30 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a report on a protected disclosure has not yet been finalised (details supplied); when the report with findings will be made available relating to this protected disclosure from the outsourced investigator; if he will provide all costings accrued to date relating to this protected disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning and for their opening statements. It is very valuable that we have heard the challenges first-hand from Mr. Ó Maoldhia. It is good that the Department is here at the same to hear them as well. Again, this is another hearing as part of our work on the islands that shows, as was said, the need for Departments to work together, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to provide domestic violence refuge space in County Roscommon given that it is one of the nine counties without these spaces at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16222/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (29 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of each social insurance and social assistance payment in 2021, in tabular form; the total amount paid for each payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (29 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing an additional two week parent’s leave and benefit; the cost of increasing the leave and benefit from five to seven weeks per child as scheduled from August 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing the leave and benefit from seven to eight weeks in tabular form. [15800/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending social welfare eligibility to stamp 1 visa holders, particularly in cases of serious illness or emergency access to schemes such as the supplementary welfare allowance considering the recent focus on migration and need to ensure supports for refugees; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that persons on community employment schemes are required to meet the qualifying period of 390 days in receipt of the jobseeker’s allowance in order to qualify for the fuel allowance before they enter community employment given that those referred to community employment by her Department are obliged to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (29 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing exemptions for specific types of savings within means testing for carer’s allowance such as cases (details supplied) and in consideration of forthcoming changes to capital thresholds later in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Environmental Schemes (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of one-stop shops as part of the Government’s new national retrofitting scheme; when persons will be able to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission is disallowed on sites that are only accessible via a national secondary route; if his attention has been drawn to the implications of this for farming families with land along these routes in particular; if this is being examined as part of new national rural guidelines; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce a grant to assist persons restoring derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that is given to adequate space in classrooms when seeking to reduce the pupil to teacher ratio to ensure that children are not crammed in classrooms allowing them an adequate and safe space in the classroom environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any legal requirements in relation to the minimum space requirement for children in classrooms; if she has examined the matter; if not, if she will consider same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a citizens information office (details supplied) is closed to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (24 Mar 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of investigations launched in a region (details supplied); the number of these investigations that relate to one staff member alone; the cost to the State of the investigations, including legal advice; if she has concerns in relation to the matter; if she has examined the matter; and if she will make a statement...