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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Let me outline one step the Minister could take regarding child maintenance; I ask her to consider it. In the small number of cases where child maintenance is fully paid, we should really consider removing it from the means test. It should not be seen as household means. Child maintenance, when paid, is for the benefit of the child; it is not household means. One thing the Minister could...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress in relation to the child maintenance review group report in view of the fact the report was due to be published by the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5729/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: What progress has been made on the report that was due at the end of the year from the child maintenance review group? It is an important piece of work. We know the issues that lone parents experience in accessing and receiving maintenance. The establishment of the group was welcome. Will the Minister please update the House on how the report stands?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of those involved in the rural social scheme with regard to the six-year rule; if she will consider extending recent changes to the community employment scheme to rural social scheme participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5728/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: This is to ask the Minister about the six-year rule. It is an issue I have raised previously in respect of the rural social scheme, RSS. A number of welcome changes to community employment were announced before Christmas. They have been extended to the scheme, which is welcome as well. None of them addresses the issue that has been brought up by so many of those on the ground in respect...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I met with a number of RSS and Tús supervisors and co-ordinators from seven counties on Monday. The first thing I was struck by is that they really do not feel listened to, particularly the Tús staff. I appreciate that this is not in the question this morning but I wanted to convey that message back to the Minister of State. They really feel like the poor relation and very last...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Referrals are an issue. I appreciate what was announced just before Christmas was that the Department would look at a significant ramping up of referrals. That is really important. Even if it was relaxed during Covid, it makes no sense to sanction where the participants are just not getting the referrals. They want the referrals. As the Minister of State said, the work done in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns from trade unions representing employment service staff in relation to their engagement with a company which was awarded a contract as part of tender phase 1 and with regard also to the recent Workplace Relations Commission recommendation on this issue; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will be well aware of the situation in Laois-Offaly with the local employment job services and job clubs following the first tender process. She will also be aware that staff protesting there suspended their industrial action just before Christmas to engage with the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. The Minister’s Department has refused to engage in that process,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the talks proposed by the WRC, I am sure it understands and is aware of the situation and the relationship the Department has with the job clubs and local employment services, LES. It is not a case of the Department being the direct employer, and especially not now when we know a private company has stepped into that role. The WRC has invited representatives of the Department to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I know the Department is not the employer of the staff. I am sure the WRC knows that as well, but it has still invited representatives of the Department to attend the exploratory talks. It is disappointing that Turas Nua, which has won this contract, is failing to grant recognition. It may have had meetings and discussions but it is not willing to recognise SIPTU for collective bargaining...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made regarding the introduction of the parental bereavement benefit and leave given the availability of this scheme in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5327/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider addressing the issue of recipients of widow and widower’s pension not being eligible to receive payments such as the Covid-19 illness benefit payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5329/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the findings outlined in the Cost of Disability report; the way social protection payments will be reformed to support persons with a disability; the timeline for this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5328/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider amending the policy regarding parent’s leave and benefit to allow lone parents to take the full time available under the scheme, equal to the time two parent families can avail of to ensure fairness and equality for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (3 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider examining bereavement leave following a miscarriage in a wider context as part of the work his Department is currently undertaking to include bereavement leave for a parent who loses a child between zero and 18 years of age and in the case of a stillbirth; and if he will make a statement on...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. I have a quick question on programme A which includes the LEADER programme. I know from my engagement with a number of LEADER companies that the funding they received for the transitional period, which was to cover 2021 and 2022, has run out and we are only at the start of 2022. Would the Minister consider engaging with the LEADER companies...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the DEIS technical group; if DEIS status will be extended to additional schools in 2022 following the funding included in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the equality of pay and the terms and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (1 Feb 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent digital content executives for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4553/22]