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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the impact the national development plan, NDP, will have on the spending by her Department; the provisions in the plan for rural and community development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50326/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: What impact will the NDP have on spending by the Minister's Department and what provisions are in the plan for her Department?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister is saying that the capital funding of €962 million that was announced in the NDP will be spread out over a five-year period, starting with €162 million for 2021. Is the 2021 figure new money, by which I mean will the Minister's Department be getting additional money for the rest of the year? Is the €962 million announced in the NDP new money? The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the €162 million for 2021 of the €962 million announced under the NDP, if I have those figures right, does the Minister know how much remains to be allocated? We are towards the end of the year. Will the Minister reply to my question on the west and north west region? Was any specific focus given to it? When we look at the projects outlined in the NDP, can we...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the number of remote working hubs now up and running and available for use of the initial 400 that were identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress made in the 2021 Work Programme for Our Rural Future; the number of measures which have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had with the Department of Transport in relation to the funding of the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (14 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to share the draft policy strategy for the islands with representatives as requested by an organisation (details supplied) to ensure island communities can engage with the policy development process and provide insights to the strategy focus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: When it comes to social protection, we must remember how we approached budget 2022. We approached it with every single social welfare rate below the poverty line. There had been no increase in the core social welfare rates in the previous two years. I hoped we would approach this budget with the lessons of Covid-19 learned, in particular lessons relating to the pandemic unemployment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning and for their presentation. I have a couple of brief questions. First, going back to the document setting out the ten-year plan for the islands, can the witness clarify whether it was the island communities or representatives that suggested that if more time was needed, the Department of Rural and Community Development should take it in order...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail will increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 17:20 Galway to Dublin train. [49366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Appeals Commission (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of recruiting four additional assistant principal officer case managers for the Tax Appeals Commission. [49367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 148. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department that have boards in which members have an obligation to appear before committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas in tabular form. [49368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2022 of increasing the funding for the school completion programme by 10%. [49364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if increasing the rate of domiciliary care allowance has been considered with regard to the cost of disability and the cost of parenting older children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to include recipients of the part-time job incentive scheme reflecting the fact that recipients will have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for 15 months before moving to the part-time job incentive scheme and are restricted in the hours...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of hiring an extra 400 social workers and 160 aftercare workers, respectively. [49363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the number of unmarked vans withdrawn from the fleet during the same period. [49361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant gastroenterologists based in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if this number will be further increased. [49370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric dermatologists based in Portiuncula University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if this number will be further increased. [49371/21]