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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of permanent full-time equivalent staff in the forestry division within his Department, by grade, role and function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of temporary and contracted full-time equivalent staff in the forestry division within his Department, by grade, role and function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16053/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ecologists recruited to the forestry division of his Department in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16054/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, with regard to the environmental considerations map layers available via the iNET mapping system which demonstrate the different layers of consideration for afforestation under criteria for the Forestry Programme 2023-2027, he will provide those maps as one combined map with all relevant layers to show a holistic overview of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outstanding agriculture payments, by payment scheme, in tabular form [16136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful sheep improvement scheme applicants awaiting payment; the number of payments provided, by county, in tabular form; the number awaiting payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to adjusting the deadline for the national sheep welfare scheme actions to be completed, given concerns from sheep farmers and representatives organisations about the current October deadline and proposal to change to deadline to mid-November; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to undertaking yearly privileging courses; if not, if it will commit to privileging its currently employed advanced paramedic staff who are practising to paramedic level and are qualified as advanced paramedics but not privileged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16421/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to privileging courses as a previously set out course or commence a new course, with a new structure, content and contract for staff who enrol in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16422/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: In recent weeks, I have been contacted by parents in Monksland in south County Roscommon who have no special class place for their children in September. I am told that there are 18 children in Monksland alone who have no school place. Of course, this is just one area. In one case, a mother has tried seven local schools with no luck. Another mother has been told that the only school she...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on current waiting times for driving test centres in Roscommon and Galway county, including waiting times; how many individuals are awaiting a test, broken down by centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15951/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers participating in the organic farm scheme cannot draw down the maximum organic payment entitlement for the entire area of their farm in cases where they are also participating on ACRES and in turn can only receive the lower payment rate; if this was outlined in the terms and conditions in either ACRES or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I congratulate Mr. Murrin on the new role and wish him the best of luck. I appreciate that he is coming into a role. I have a couple of questions. Towards the end of his opening statement, he mentioned food, drink and horticulture all being central to our future. Can he speak to us a little bit about horticulture in particular and his views on where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: If there is no one else to contribute, I will thank the witnesses very much for their time. On behalf of the committee, I thank them for their engagement this evening. We will suspend proceedings to allow the witnesses to exit and the witnesses for the next session to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Yes, I think we would all agree with that. Second and lastly, I wish to ask about the audits under the quality assurance scheme. Mr. Murrin will remember and know that during Covid, the audits were remote and done online. I have the pleasure of doing my dad’s when it comes around, which is always fun. When it went remote that time, I found it very good. Obviously it was done...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (10 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making changes to payment methods for those issued with speeding fines in Ireland but live in a foreign country, including provision of an online payment option; if he will reassess the 56-day limit to allow for postage and potential errors on forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (10 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mink farmers received compensation for the closure of mink farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15584/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Licences (10 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department's performance for Q1 versus its licensing plan for Q1 2024, per licence and scheme type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15618/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (9 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many electricity customers did not receive the latest electricity credit due to be being below the low energy threshold that is, using less than 150kWh (kilowatt-hour) of energy a quarter between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023. [13652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (9 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment who decided that electricity customers who are below the low energy threshold that is, using less than 150kWh (kilowatt-hour) of energy a quarter between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023 would be disqualified from accessing the electricity credit; the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the...