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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that he will address rising rental costs for properties in areas outside Dublin such as rents in counties Roscommon and Galway which have seen significant increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3332/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (25 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities on the issue of vacant properties which are owned by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to including homes under the value of €300,000 as exempt from inclusion as capital with regard to means testing requirements for social protection payments in recognition of the fact that these properties do not provide additional income for many recipients of social assistance schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is flexibility with regard to the five-year rule for reapplying to the back-to-work enterprise allowance for those who have previously participated in the scheme particularly in circumstances in which there is a timeframe of less than three months left in this five-year timeframe in which the planned enterprise is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder can apply for a chiropody treatment card; if not, if this is only available to medical card holders in certain areas; the way the scheme works; if it will be rolled out to those living in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 593. To ask the Minister for Health if vacancies remain at a facility (details supplied); if so, if he will provide a list of such vacancies; the services that remain unavailable at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the front-loading system for SNAs will be introduced in September 2022; if so, when principals will be informed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2746/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are changes planned to the allocation of special education teachers for primary schools; if so, when details of this will be made known to school principals to allow them to plan for new enrolments and engagement with parents on such enrolments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2747/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister said there will be a meeting tomorrow but is it the case she has already made the decision on the leaving certificate and she is not considering giving students a choice? I understood that was the position until the Taoiseach made the situation seem different again in an interview last weekend. Has the decision been made on this matter? Students are trying to get their voices...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: As has been said, Deputy Fitzmaurice and I met with students and teachers at St. Cuan’s College in Castleblakney on Monday last. On that same day, students in the Holy Rosary College in Mountbellew were also protesting. A number of those protests also continued today. They have been clear that they want certainty. It is great shame to leave students with this worry and stress. The...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: I have never struggled so much, as someone not in this House too long, to put words together to speak tonight because it is simply difficult to find the words. This day last week, all of us, as an entire nation, were brought to a stop. A young woman with her whole life in front of her, with hopes and with dreams, had her life stolen from her in broad daylight along a very popular walking...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 344. To ask the Minister for Finance when the annual exemption limits for persons aged 65 years and over for the payment of tax on pensions was last reviewed and increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 345. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review current taxation policy for the payment of tax for older couples in receipt of the State pension in cases in which they have a modest occupational pension from work given they contributed to that pension throughout their working life and payment of such tax now erodes their tax credits and lessens their weekly income; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 643. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of current applications awaiting decision for citizenship through the foreign births registration. [1245/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 644. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working on citizenship applications through foreign births registration. [1246/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 645. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications submitted for citizenship through the foreign births registration in 2020 and 2021. [1247/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 646. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for citizenship through the foreign births registration that have taken longer than 18 months to process. [1248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 647. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the length of time in months that decisions on citizenship were delayed for due to Covid-19. [1249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 648. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered simplifying the process for citizenship for applicants with Irish ancestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1250/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are in place to support and protect pregnant teachers and staff in school environments; if consideration has been given to providing pregnant and vulnerable school staff with the opportunity to work from home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1216/22]