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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the tender for local employment services; the length of time the tendering process will be open for applications; if the terms of reference will include changes to the current model of employment services from a cost-met model to a cost bid model; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister provide an update on the forthcoming tender process for local employment services and job clubs? She will know that this has been a matter of concern to those who work in these services. When will the process begin, how long will it last for and will the terms of reference include a move from the current cost-met model to a cost bid model?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I was hoping to get more than a reference to "shortly", as the latter is difficult to interpret and define. If the extension of the initial services to the four new locations is expected to be rolled out from July, I imagine that the tendering process is due any day now. Perhaps the Minister could provide further details on that. What concerns me about the Minister's reply is the move...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister has made the case for why this tendering process is necessary. That is fine, but my concern is that, ahead of the tendering process, she is talking about paying for each jobseeker referred to the service. That is a move away from what local employment services are doing well. I am glad that the Minister recognises this, as they are reputable. The 2018 Indecon report showed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be given to keep emergency access to rent supplement in place for victims of domestic violence permanently and beyond the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the child maintenance review group will report on child maintenance matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Programme for Government (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment on the cost of disability; the steps being taken to introduce a cost of disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26178/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing payments for the small business assistance scheme for Covid to businesses that have been approved for the scheme, in particular, with regard to delays of payments through specific administering councils (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the companies National Broadband Ireland is using to roll-out broadband; the amount of the work that is being outsourced; if National Broadband Ireland is actively seeking companies to roll-out broadband that are based in Ireland to ensure jobs are protected here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if voluntary contributions can be included as part of eligibility criteria for the benefit made available to persons retiring at age 65; if there is consideration of the need to include a wider scope of PRSI contributions for this payment in recognition of the varied circumstances that persons have worked throughout their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of expressions of interests received for the hot school meals programme; the way in which schools were selected to be included in the programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility criteria for short-term work support payments currently allow for flexibility with regard to normal employment and unusual circumstances which many employees are experiencing with work patterns; if her Department is reviewing discrepancies in decisions around normal employment relying on the discretion of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on ongoing talks between her Department and the HSE on the acquiring a site for a new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24892/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be given DEIS status given the blow to the socioeconomic status of the area due to the wind down of a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policy Reviews (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the Child Maintenance Review Group to report with its recommendations. [25364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the tendering process will begin for the local employment service. [25365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 357. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to review rules regarding pay during maternity leave such as employer requirements to pay persons a percentage of their salary during their maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25384/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pharmacists are not being used to roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (11 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of plans to replace jobs lost at a company (details supplied); the efforts being made in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23674/21]