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

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will be aware that the Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, has put forward proposals on what has been announced on LEADER. It is seeking a budget of €389 million for the LEADER programme. It is coming at this issue based on the commitments that were made in Our Rural Future. I do not think it is good enough that we should stand still. I appreciate the Minister's...

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

Claire Kerrane: I agree that really wonderful work is being done in counties such as Roscommon where LEADER partnerships are doing a great deal of excellent work, whether in job creation, development or sustaining current jobs. It represents massive amounts of funding for enterprise and boosting tourism. They have done a lot for the county, as have partnerships across the State. LEADER, in particular, has...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of town regeneration officers to support the development of rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a six-month progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Strategy will be available considering the commitment to provide same as set out in the strategy and her advice that the report would be available before the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60144/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2022 Work Programme for Our Rural Strategy will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are in place to support the refurbishment of vacant properties in rural communities; the way ease of access for persons is ensured within funding streams such as the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the town and village renewal schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of a rural-proofing mechanism to support the Our Rural Future Strategy considering examples of rural-proofing legislation in the North and mechanisms in Sweden and New Zealand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that have been taken to support a community (details supplied) impacted by the move from brown to green; the investment that has been made to the community; the efforts that have been made to replace jobs lost by the wind down of peat production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue arising from a specific matter (details supplied) relating to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all third-level students will be given the option to take scheduled exams online in circumstances in which students are concerned regarding ongoing public heath guidelines; if he will advise in the case of a specific institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department’s research into parental alienation; when this research will be completed; the next steps in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60508/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties posed to children and adults with autism and other conditions when it comes to availing of the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the process of testing of inpatients in cases in which there is no clinical suspicion of Covid-19 upon admission to hospital with particular reference to testing processes for a vaccinated versus unvaccinated patient whilst an inpatient at hospital; the details of the precise PCR assay threshold that is used by the HSE; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine status of those staff, residents and patients involved in healthcare outbreaks of Covid-19 in hospital, nursing homes and residential care settings in the Roscommon-Galway region since July 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the weekly breakdown of all Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU which shows the precise number of vaccinated versus unvaccinated patients admitted to ICU and the cumulative weekly vaccine take-up by age in each corresponding week between 1 April 2021 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the variations in vaccination status of Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU in Ireland in comparison with the UK cases in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the current reimbursement process in place for medical card holders seeking to claim back the costs of blood tests; if this has ever been reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders are advised of the reimbursement process to recoup the costs of blood tests with their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) on the charging of medical card holders for blood tests by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made for the reimbursement of costs for blood tests with a general practitioner in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of applications approved and paid out and the number refused; the current average waiting time for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60451/21]