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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: We need this water drained and we need it today.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the ongoing flooding at Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon. One family home has already been abandoned and 600 ha of farming land and livelihoods are under water. As I stand here, two additional family homes are under immediate threat of flooding. These are the homes of an elderly couple in their 80s and a mother in her 70s. So far, a hosepipe at both...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (27 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be provided under the just transition fund for projects (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3682/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (27 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person can only apply for home insulation through the SEAI once; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is causing difficulties for persons who applied to the SEAI previously and now cannot access grant support to better improve the energy efficiency of their home; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Tánaiste about the three weeks parents' leave and benefit that was announced in the budget more than three months ago. As the Tánaiste will be aware, many parents are waiting for this. The only option available to them up to now has been to take unpaid parental leave, which many simply cannot afford to take. Many parents, especially those who have had new...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients who have tax to pay; the breakdown of the number of persons owing tax who received payments of €203, €250, €300 and €350, respectively; and the average tax payment owed by these recipients. [3536/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment being taken off the local authority social housing list due to their household income being above the threshold due to the fact the payment has brought them above the income limit; if he will engage with the Minister for Social Protection on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider making payments under the turf cutting compensation scheme early in 2021, given increases in energy costs and to assist families in meeting their heating costs during the winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the algorithm for the calculation of the 2020 leaving certificate results will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing the algorithm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the work of the child maintenance review group; the stage the work is at; the number of meetings it has held to date; the timeline for it to report on its findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if referrals to JobPath have ceased due to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions or if they have continued; if other referrals to job activation schemes have continued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to difficulties faced by community employment schemes in replacing participants when the three-year term is up; if she will consider relaxing this rule to ensure that valuable work in communities including the provision of services to some of the most vulnerable persons are protected and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review of contracted activation services within her Department has been completed; when she will publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the fuel allowance season in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3537/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of liable relatives pursued in order to recoup moneys paid for the one-parent family payment in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and the number of liable relatives that began making payments. [3538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation will be introduced to extend parent's leave; the estimated timeframe in which he envisages this legislation will be passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special payment of €250 for students will be paid to students who go to study in Northern Ireland; if discretion is made on individual cases for this payment; if there are other financial supports available to students here who move to Northern Ireland for third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3401/21]

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I am delighted to contribute to these statements. I am very conscious, as I do so, of the many young people right across the State who have missed out on so much both last year and this year. I was lucky enough to go to college. I attended NUI Galway, thanks to many sacrifices made by my parents. The experience that I had is the experience...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021)

Claire Kerrane: After being closed on a temporary basis in 2017, Castlerea fire station in my constituency was permanently closed last July. I raised the matter here at the time. In parliamentary question replies and correspondence to me since, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, consistently stated the fire station was closed due to internal staffing matters. He is either being misled or misinformed...

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

Claire Kerrane: 248. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new policy on the islands will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2061/21]