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

Claire Kerrane: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccination centres and other settings in which the booster vaccines are being rolled out including primary care centres are running at full capacity; if sufficient vaccinators are in place across these settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60501/21]

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

Claire Kerrane: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if he his attention has been drawn to the long delays at a primary care centre (details supplied) for Covid-19 booster vaccinations; the steps he will take to avoid such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of non-EU lamb slaughtered in Ireland in 2020 and to date in 2021; the origin of that lamb; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the annual budget from his Department to Teagasc; the breakdown of the level of funding provided to Teagasc under each scheme in each of the past five years. [60512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount that was paid to advisers in relation to the Knowledge Transfer Programme; the amount paid to farmers during the three years of the scheme; and the average number of farmers per advisor. [60513/21]

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to share time with my colleague, Deputy Ó Murchú. I will take 15 minutes and he will have five minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. I welcome the announcement this evening of the reopening of the pandemic unemployment payment. It is important that we give workers and families some little bit of certainty given the changing public health guidelines that emerge as well as, unfortunately, some restrictions. As I always do, I welcome any increase in social welfare payments,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if INTREO front and back office set-ups established in response to Covid-19 have been reviewed; if she will advise on when front and back office set-ups will return to normal office set-ups following the lifting of certain public health guidelines particularly in consideration of the impact that prolonged front-back INTREO...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is flexibility in which a person (details supplied) has the required number of PRSI contributions but not at the necessary class for the invalidity pension given that through no fault of their own they had paid a WOPS stamp during their early years at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reopening the Covid-19 testing centre in Athlone, County Westmeath to save persons from having to travel long distances for a Covid-19 test given the current difficulties for persons seeking a PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59381/21]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I thank the Minister for her opening statement and for the information provided by her Department. I have a number of questions on to the Supplementary Estimate that is before us. I was surprised to see a substantial reduction in the exceptional and urgent needs payments due to lower numbers of people accessing them. I have raised this issue with the Minister...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I asked about the child maintenance review group. I thank the Minister.

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I do not know what is more ridiculous, the fact that both Government speakers have commended the local employment services and the job clubs or that they are dismantling them. The Government is getting rid of the current services that exist in the local employment services and the job clubs. The Minister said my reference to the Indecon report was selective. Yes, the Indecon report put...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges: — the commitment, hard work and professionalism of those working in Job Clubs and Local Employment Services (LESs) across the State, many of whom have given twenty-five years of service to the communities in which they serve; and — the importance and value that not-for-profit, community-based job activation services...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update with regard to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 particularly with regard to the consultation process as outlined in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Regulations (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance when he sought a reduction in VAT on domestic energy bills from the EU Commission; the way he communicated this to the Commission; and the persons he discussed it with and the response he received. [58909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Regulations (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought a reduction in VAT on domestic energy bills from the EU Commission; if he has raised this matter with the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by the equine industry when it comes to insurance; the action he has taken to protect jobs in the sector and to ensure that racing events can get insurance cover in order to go ahead; if he has engaged with the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if weddings that were scheduled ahead of the most recent updates to public health guidelines but fall after this date, will be exempted from the midnight curfew on hospitality and nightlife; the mechanisms that are in place to ensure those couples that have scheduled their weddings in line with guidance at that time experience...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Language (30 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that Irish language supports are provided as part of social protection services in particularly with regard to customer-facing services such as INTREO offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58335/21]