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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support persons back to education and back to work in response to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39995/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the time that a person aged 55 years and over can remain on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39996/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carbon Tax (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report on the impact assessment of the current and projected future increases in carbon tax on low income families by her Department; the stage the report is at; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW put in place for flood relief in the Shannon Callows for 2020. [40965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW is putting in place for flood relief in the Shannon Callows in 2021. [40966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the maximum amount of water has been safely released without flooding communities at Parteen Weir and Ardnacrusha in order to lower Lough Derg in anticipation of the next weather event. [40967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 365. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 October 2020, the status of discussions between his officials and the HSE on the possible solutions which could be found to the issue of medical card and GP card holders being charged for blood tests which are clinically necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (2 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered making the pandemic unemployment payment a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance or allowing time spent on it to be counted towards the 15-month requirement for jobseeker’s to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40595/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. One thing we can all agree on is how positive it is to see the Department moving so quickly regarding remote working facilities. If any positive is to come out of Covid-19, it is that work-life balance may be made much easier for people, such as in saving on commutes etc.. Most positive of all, is the sight of people moving out of Dublin and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: There is no heading. It concerns the hubs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: The blue area on the map represented the hubs and the red area signified the BCPs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Does that map represent what is there or what will be there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Regarding the BCPs, how many have been rolled out to date? On the remote working hubs, I visited the one on Arranmore Island. It is obviously important that these remote working facilities are just as available on the islands as the mainland. Are there plans for additional remote working hubs on the islands or is there an update on the roll-out for people living on our islands? There was...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will know well that there is not a country in the world that moves retiring workers onto a jobseeker's payment and which treats them as someone who is unemployed. Since 2014, more than 35,000 65-year-olds have been forced onto a jobseeker's payment at retirement. Not only did Fine Gael and the Labour Party abolish the State pension transition payment provided to 65-year-olds at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school build (details supplied); the stage the process is at; the time frame for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to persons being denied carer’s benefit as they do not meet the requirement of having worked the necessary number of weeks in the last 26 weeks due to their employment being impacted by Covid-19; if allowances will be made in order that Covid-19 does not impact persons applying for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €250 support payment to students will be made to those who had to return to college in order to carry out placements (details supplied) that were delayed due to Covid-19 in which they have returned but have not had to pay fees; if this payment will cover those students who had to return to college due to Covid-19 disrupting their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent paramedic emergency medical technicians assigned to Merlin Park; and the date staff were assigned. [40027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent paramedic emergency medical technicians assigned to Counties Roscommon and Galway; and the date staff were assigned. [40028/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the reason mental illness is listed as only for those under 16 years of age to qualify for the long-term illness scheme; if he will consider removing the age limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/20]