Results 3,801-3,820 of 4,403 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending child benefit past the age of 18 years for children who remain in education in recognition of families who may struggle to cover the cost of school clothing for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact of the loss of family supports, community supports and voluntary community supports that cannot be put in place due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foster Care (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons due to age out of foster care and who are at risk of living in poverty or becoming homeless; the supports in place for young persons at risk of poverty of homelessness on leaving foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 744. To ask the Minister for Health if the current Covid-19 vaccination allocation groupings will be reassessed to prioritise those who have serious medical concerns; if a reconfiguration of the vaccination roll-out will consider those who have medical conditions that require them to undergo treatments or urgent procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services and speech and language therapy disability services; if he will provide the average waiting times for these services from January 2020 to date by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing respite services; the impact of Covid-19 on access to respite services for these people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated impact of Covid-19 on waiting times for non-urgent care; and the average waiting times for non-urgent care, by category, since January 2020 to date, in tabular form. [11566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Research and Development (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 1084. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to greatly reduced prices for sheep farmers when it comes to low prices for sheared wool; the action he will take to better support farmers when it comes to sheared wool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Research and Development (3 Mar 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explore new industry using wool production in Ireland given that it will be used to a greater extent for insulation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if changes were made to the upper age limit in which women are invited for a smear test by CervicalCheck; the reason a person who turned 61 years of age before 30 March 2020 was not invited for further screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10840/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Meetings (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if processes are in place to ensure compliance in the construction sector with the sectoral employment order; if the order is mandatory for those in the construction sector; the enforcement measures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10263/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a driver test centre in a location (details supplied), given the backlog for tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure the timely transition of tax credits for persons who were previously in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and have now returned to employment; the timeline his Department is working to in order to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to ensure persons who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and have now returned to employment are not overpaying tax as a result of delays regarding the transition of tax credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if substitute teachers will be able to avail of pay scale increments which have been delayed as a result of recent school closures; if her attention has been drawn to the significant impact these increment delays have for substitute teachers with regard to wages and panel rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the most recent timeline regarding the introduction of the additional three weeks of parental leave; when parents can expect to avail of this crucial support which was announced in October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awarded the supplementary welfare allowance in 2019; the number of applications submitted by county in 2019; and the purposes for which funding was allocated. [9482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the time allowed on the back to work enterprise allowance will be extended for current participants given that they have been unable to avail of the advantages of the scheme due to Covid-19 and have therefore lost out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10520/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (24 Feb 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of on-site inspections by social welfare inspectors at construction sites in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the information sought during such inspections; if compliance with sectoral employment orders is checked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9742/21]