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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 14 November 2023, if the five-year requirement under the definition of a young farmer, as set by the Government, can be amended within the lifetime of the current scheme and current CAP; if there are plans to amend the definition for future equivalent schemes; and if he will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: It is now a year since the child maintenance review group published its report. It made a number of recommendations around child maintenance and social welfare, all of which we have called for for many years. The timelines for the legislation that is needed to remove the provision that child maintenance is counted as means for social welfare payments have come and gone. It is now said to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if summer gaeltacht scholarships are available for 2024 for second level students who do not attend a DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on reports that changes to the Nitrates Derogation will be delayed by a further six months, given the current timeline is January 2024; what engagement he has with organisations representing the farming community on this focus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting their basic income for sustainability scheme (BISS) and areas of natural constraint (ANC) payments; the steps he will take to ensure that all farmers awaiting these payments receive them without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the €7 million announced in Budget 2024 to support the increasing number of children with a disability requiring AIM supports to access and participate in the ECCE programme; how this money will be allocated to ECCE providers; when the money will be allocated; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the practice of an organisation (details supplied) recouping monies under a circumstance from ECCE providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider establishing a fund for which Tidy Towns could seek rebates for tax paid on fuel, given increased costs borne by them as Tidy Towns committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50988/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank everyone for their presentations and detailed submission to our committee. I was out of the room so some of these questions may have been asked already. I apologise if I have missed some of the answers. I have a number of questions based on the opening statement, the first of which relates to governance. Obviously, the selection of board members is really important for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I presume that because Horse Sport Ireland wants to move to a skills-based board, there was a good breadth of variety in the submissions it received from those who engaged with the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: How many submissions in total did Horse Sport Ireland receive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Okay. Then, for the next stage, the representatives spoke about an external selection panel. How will they be chosen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Does Mr. Dowling have a timeframe for that next step? I presume that is the next step

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: In the opening statement, Mr. Duggan spoke about the balance sheet being fragile and one of the reasons given was the timing of grant payments from State funders under the current funding model. Could someone elaborate a little bit on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Okay, that is clear. Horse Sport Ireland carried out a comprehensive assessment of strategies to try to strengthen the financial position and feels that its financial position will, in fact, be strengthened. It will have an impact this year and it will be strengthened further in 2024. What is that primarily based on? What has Horse Sport Ireland done to strengthen that financial position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I will not go into the details regarding passports because it has been raised but, obviously, similar to colleagues, I hear from people who have been waiting months on end for passports. The representatives appreciate how urgent that issue is and the need to resolve it as quickly as possible. I will not go into it because my colleagues have done so. The idea of a new digital passport is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I have to attend a public meeting online after the votes, so if the committee returns I will not be able to come back.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the refusal of school transport for a child with special educational needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on CAMHS services in the State; if he will outline his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) following its submission which includes case studies outlining issues around availability of services for children with intellectual disabilities, extensive waiting times, and lack of early supports for children with ADHD;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The external selection panel that will select and recommend the most suitable candidates for the board of directors.