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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional schools will be able to seek DEIS status; if there is flexibility to allow schools DEIS status in certain circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57219/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the DEIS technical group; if schools will be able to seek DEIS status for 2022 given the funding was made available in Budget 2022 to expand same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if financial supports are available to a not-for-profit community sports club (details supplied) to assist with running costs such as rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to bus drivers’ concerns in relation to 100% capacity on school buses given the increase in transmission of Covid-19; if additional resources will be put in place to support and protect bus drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57496/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if contributions can be considered for an alternative year instead of the previous tax year with regard to self-employed persons retiring and moving to the benefit for person over 65 years of age in 2021, in recognition of the fact that many businesses were heavily impacted by Covid-19 which in turn affected their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the means testing requirement to qualify for the one-parent family payment; if exceptions are made for household income such as savings which are intended for the purpose of supporting children such as purchasing a home or paying for college costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit from January 2021 to date; the number awarded by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time from application to approval for the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit, by month, since January 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes to the process for the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit given the updated public health guidelines requiring entire households to isolate for five days if a member of the household has Covid-19; if she plans to scale up her Department’s ability to process these payments in expectation that these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 556. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be given a date for an assessment by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sports Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 751. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if financial supports are available to a not-for-profit community sports club (details supplied) to assist with running costs such as rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (18 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a premises (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland; the reason the date for the completion has moved from 2021 to 2025; the reason for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56700/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (18 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be rolled out to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56729/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I commend the work of Ms Feehily, the entire commission and Ms Burke. A large volume of work has been done. It is just a pity that it was not done before any mention was made of pension age increases in the first place. It would have been a huge help. The report contains a great deal of knowledge, and a great deal of work went into it, and I thank the witnesses for that. I agree with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I think so. I will come back at the end, if not. I thank Ms Feehily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I have a question about the table on page 132 of the commission's report. It is fine if its representatives cannot answer it now. Do the Exchequer expenditure projections in that table include the indexation link to 34% of earnings or an increase in the State pension? I want to check that. The witnesses can come back on it, as I appreciate they may not have that information. I...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I will begin by acknowledging the work that paramedics do throughout the State day in, day out. They are the first on the scene to horrific incidents and they tend to people at the most frightening times of their lives. They do all of this under immense and growing pressure. I also acknowledge the National Ambulance Service and the management team there. Last year, I spoke to them about...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been made available to a municipal district (details supplied) for flood relief schemes; that schemes that will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there are discrepancies in funding allocations from his Department to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55972/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (16 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes of her Department regarding provision of school rulebooks to parents of children who were school students in the 1960s and 1970 specifically with regard to the 1946 rules and regulations for national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56046/21]