Results 541-560 of 3,739 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the sheep improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 5 December 2023, if he will provide a county-by-county breakdown of the advance payments issued under the sheep improvement scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme Sucklers and Beef Data and Genomics Programme schemes in their final year respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (12 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on the situation of overseas nurses who, when recruited were told that after one year in Ireland they would be able to bring their families to join them, who have now learned that in order to do so they must have in excess of €30,000 in their bank account; the potential recourse available to these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (12 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a cohort of farmers will now not receive their ACRES payment until January 2024; the steps he will take to address the issue and ensure farmers receive their payment on time as expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55127/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (12 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway, respectively, who submitted an application for home care to date in 2023; the number of applications that were approved; the number of persons in the counties waiting for care; and the average waiting time that they have been waiting for home care. [55225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise what affordable housing schemes are planned for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to reduce rising rents in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53471/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why approved carer's allowance applicants are waiting weeks to receive their first payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation to remove child maintenance as household means for lone parent payments will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 29 November 2023, if, with regard to the difference in premiums between the new Forestry Programme and the previous programme, consideration has been given to raising premiums established under the previous programme to accommodate for factors such as inflation, and to support farmers...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I again want to raise with the Taoiseach the legislation on lone parents and the treatment of child maintenance for social welfare payments. This is not complex legislation but it is now a year since the child maintenance review group reported. It is very short legislation. Given lone parents and lone-parent families are consistently at the top of the table when it comes to the highest...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I listened carefully to the Minister's speech and, unfortunately, she never once mentioned the Government's responsibility to provide additional practical supports and services to communities where populations have increased due to new arrivals. The first thing that most people in these communities will tell you is that the existing services and supports are already under pressure. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I congratulate Ms Lenehan and Mr. Healy on their appointments and wish them the very best in their new roles. It goes without saying that a lot of farmers will be putting their faith in this new regulatory office and hoping it will be positive for them. A lot of this was born out of the factory protests and has centred on beef in particular but it is important to mention that this committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The witnesses have said they are confident the regulator will have the powers it needs. I obviously have to mention competition and anticompetitive practices. At every stage of the legislation, we sought to include an amendment to provide for such powers. Those powers do not exist in the first instance. The Minister was very much minded to give the regulator, as a new office, a chance and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I wish Mr. Healy and Ms Lenehan well.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek a review of the closure of a service (details supplied) provided under local Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the native tree area scheme; if current approval and inspection processes mean that a farmer or forestry landowner could have a situation where they have planted on their land under the scheme which maybe later inspected by his Department and be rejected; if there is a process by which land can be inspected by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 178. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a development (details supplied); the details of the proposed site; the timeline for the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54037/23]