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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for a PPS number to date in 2020; the number approved and processed; the number being examined; and the number refused. [29761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (13 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PPS number applications to be decided upon. [29762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Closures (8 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 58. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the actions that have been taken since a company (details supplied) announced that it is to cease production; the engagements that have been held on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review on household income limits in order to apply for social housing will be completed; the stage at which this review is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (8 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are being considered for a disused building (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29283/20]

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: First Stage (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I am delighted to present this Bill to the Dáil and to speak on it on First Stage. Many people live along the River Shannon and everyone is sick and tired of the floods hitting and the politicians coming out on their boats to have photographs taken and to say how awful it is. The politicians go away, the floods recede and that is the end of it. Then the floods come again and again. ...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: First Stage (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. It is a very timely one, given that the level 3 nationwide restrictions came into effect at midnight. The way we support workers through income supports is particularly important at this time. We know how quickly the number of PUP recipients increased when Dublin and Donegal went into level 3 and so we know that many workers across the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I will be brief because I want to allow my colleague, Deputy Paul Donnelly, to step in. I appreciate that the Minister has been clear in stating that the status quowill remain regarding social welfare payments. Regarding the secondary payment, the winter fuel payment, which many people living here receive - it is the English version of the fuel allowance - I want to make sure that will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: If the existing suspension of redundancy provisions is extended, then Brexit happens and we have a situation where an English company, with employees here, becomes insolvent, is it possible that those workers could get access to redundancy payments, even if the suspension is ongoing? If they were to move to another job, would that redundancy provision be protected for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: The redundancy scheme is suspended at the moment. If that were to continue and a UK-based company goes out of business, would employees based here be able to access their redundancy entitlements? If something like that were to happen after Brexit, and the insolvency was because of Brexit, would it be possible for those employees to access redundancy payments, even though the scheme is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I also asked about the winter fuel payment.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing needs analysis will be commissioned for the offshore islands in view of the fact that housing has been identified as a major issue by many living on the islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24323/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question please provide the total amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer expenditure for 2021 for her Department; and the breakdown by line items of the additional expenditure. [28795/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (6 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of cattle that go down with TB and are actually that are found to have it when slaughtered in the factory; and the uses made of the meat from those animals. [28190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the local authority funding provided from central Government in each of the years 2010 to 2019, inclusive, in tabular form. [27967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will receive additional funding from Government in view of significant losses due to Covid-19; the matters examined by his Department in respect of this issue; his plans in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1185 of 5 March 2020, the details of the way in which those differences apply in determining the funding allocation precisely when it comes to the various factors considered and local authority funding amounts as referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (1 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare inspectors in her Department. [27953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (1 Oct 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inspections carried out by social welfare inspectors in each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the nature of the inspections carried out; and the number of the inspections which were house visits. [27954/20]