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Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: "Report on extending availability of full Parent's Benefit to lone parents 9.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on extending the availability of the full duration of Parent's Benefit to lone parents to examine the effect that enabling all children to equally...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Hard-pressed families cannot continue to wait for support when it comes to soaring energy bills. The €100 support announced by the Government earlier this week is welcome, but it is modest. The Irish Examinerreported last week that some households are facing bills of over an extra €1,000 for electricity and gas next year. While this €100 support will bring some relief,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: There is a crisis in home care services in this State and the Minister's Government refuses to acknowledge it. The level to which older and vulnerable people are being failed has been exposed by a HIQA report published last night. That report makes for concerning reading and it calls for a complete overhaul of home care services. It has highlighted several key areas where the home care...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I note the Minister has made no reference at all to the HIQA report I referred to, which was published last night. It makes for really concerning reading. It calls for a complete overhaul of these services. Clearly, it is not working. The Minister said the waiting time for funding has reduced and that is welcome. Although people are getting their funding, which is also welcome, they...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 28 September 2021, if consideration will be given to including partial capacity benefit as a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance providing recipients were in receipt of a qualifying payment previously and that they meet the means testing requirements for the fuel allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including disability allowance and blind pension as qualifying payments for the partial capacity benefit in order to support those with a disability in seeking and gaining employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria which restrict applications for partial capacity benefit to those who have been on invalidity pension or illness benefit for a minimum of six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the availability of the one-parent family payment and half-rate carer's allowance by enabling eligible recipients to claim the payment until a child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the crisis in home care in that packages are being approved but the care is not being provided given the lack of home care workers; the steps he will take to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages awarded in each of the counties in the CHO2 area; and the number of these approved packages in which care is not currently being provided. [62092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages awarded by county; and the number of these approved packages in which care is not currently being provided. [62093/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to make access to QQI level 5 healthcare support as affordable and easy as possible for participants, given the major lack of home care workers. [62094/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 23 November 2021, if her attention has been drawn to delays in processing Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit applications in recent weeks; the processes her Department is putting in place to ensure those who contract Covid-19 or are close contacts and cannot go to work can avail...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements in relation to medical card holders that do not or cannot wear masks when attending general practitioner appointments given that mask wearing requirements are at the discretion of each individual doctor; the processes that are in place to ensure they can attend appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61352/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take regarding CAP following his tour of marts and his engagement with farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60447/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that a site with full planning permission in an IDA Ballinasloe Business and Technology Park, County Galway is marketed globally by the IDA for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a site with full planning permission in the IDA Ballinasloe Business and Technology Park, County Galway that is ready for construction and to be marketed globally by the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 293. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1691 of 27 July 2021, if he will provide an update on the development of a regulatory framework for home support providers including an update on the primary legislation; when this will be introduced; the role HIQA will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60888/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allocating additional funding to the LEADER programme for 2023 to 2027, given the recently announced indicative allocation of €180 million for this period and in consideration of the fact that LEADER funding has stagnated since the previous period and has dropped significantly since the period from 2007 to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about the indicative funding that has been disclosed in respect of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and what will be available under the LEADER programme from 2023 to 2027. It is a huge drop on the period from 2007 to 2013, considering the very important role played by LEADER. I ask the Minister to make a statement on what has been announced thus far.