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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It is important to clarify that the Minister is saying that, aside from the five-year averaging option that just over 5,000 farmers avail of, which is a very small amount, that this is the only option available when they will receive these two payments. The five-year averaging option is the only option for farmers to try to reduce the tax they have to pay this year. If that is the case, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on afforestation levels under the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8331/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I ask for an update on afforestation levels under the new forestry programme and for the most up-to-date figures in respect of the number of licences approved so far this year.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister of State will be well aware that there are significant concerns regarding the many limitations of the new forestry programme. I have engaged across the board in relation to forestry and have not met a single farmer, forester, organisation representing those involved in forestry, private forestry company or mill that has any confidence in the forestry programme. They have raised...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I presume that the Minister of State and I are meeting the same groups. She has met SEEFA and I have met that association many times. I am sure she is aware of the concerns raised by many of the farm organisations, particularly the forestry section of the IFA. They are all saying the same thing. The maps speak for themselves in showing the very large swaths of land across the island of...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: There are chronic shortages in general practice right across the State, including in many of our rural communities. They have been worsening in recent years. I see it throughout many towns and villages in Roscommon and Galway. People are unable to see their GP and are waiting for weeks for an appointment to see their GP and more and more GP surgeries are running waiting lists and are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I was listening to "Liveline" as I drove in. Two women were on speaking about a Government decision made today to cut the products provided to breast cancer patients post-surgery, including a change that provides one post-surgery bra to women instead of two. The allowance is to be cut by more than half. I am sure the Minister will agree this is a very small support at a very low cost to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: For the past 12 years in Roscommon there has been an advanced paramedic on the rapid response vehicle on a 24-7 basis. This was committed to by both the HSE and Fine Gael after the accident and emergency unit in Roscommon was closed in 2011. It was specifically to ensure there would be advanced life support always provided, given the accident and emergency unit was no longer there. At that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I thank him for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. I have two points to counter the one that keeps being thrown back that RRVs everywhere are routinely crewed by either a paramedic or an advanced paramedic. That is well and good but the point is the commitment was made that an advanced paramedic would be there 24-7...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I met with local retained firefighters in my constituency last week. They are still waiting for the increased retainer that was promised to them last year. This was to be agreed before the public service pay talks commenced. Counties such as Roscommon and Galway, which I represent, are heavily dependent on the retained fire service. The delay in this increase is making the recruitment...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: There is real anger in Roscommon town following the announcement by An Post to close the post office building in the heart of the town. It was built in 1911 and it is 112 years old. The building means a great deal to the people of Roscommon. They do not want to see it closed or sold. It appears that Roscommon is the first county town to lose its An Post-run post office. The plan is for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: No.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The first issue I wish to raise relates to the Minister of State's reference to the Shannon Callows SAC. Nowhere on the Government website, where this scheme was announced, along with the details of how to qualify for it and what is required, does the term "SAC" appear. I would like to think that is not an attempt to reduce the amount of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important topic. It is very timely that it be debated here this evening. Late last summer I met with farmers and representatives from the Save Our Shannon organisation, with which the Minister of State is probably familiar. This was in the midst of devastating summer flooding in the Shannon Callows. Farms from Athlone to Meelick were...

United Kingdom Import Controls: Statements (25 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It is safe to say we would rather not see these new custom controls coming into effect. We would rather not have seen Brexit come to pass, but now that these new controls are here and happening in a matter of days, the Government and the Minister's Department have a major role to play and a responsibility to make sure the requirements now needed are as straightforward as possible for those...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I am delighted to see this legislation progress in the House today and I commend the Minister on making it happen. It is very important legislation that will make a real difference to the lives of lone parents and their families. When I took up the role as the party's adviser on social protection back in 2016, I knew very little about lone parents and how they access or, in many cases,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Has the Minister engaged with the ICBF, particularly in the past week when much of this has come to the fore? Some farmers bought 5-star bulls because they followed what the ICBF told them but those bulls are now 2-star or 3-star. This will have a significant impact on those farmers. I spoke to a farmer who lost more than €100,000 overnight. He had to tell his daughter she will not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That, in itself, is not really following the science. If a farmer has a 5-star cow and is in SCEP, the cow will remain 5-star, but if the farmer sells the cow, it is not 5-star. That does not make sense. There has been a lack of engagement in respect of these changes. For the third time, what engagement has the Minister had with the ICBF? Has it contacted him? Its representatives were...