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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1755. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to put an end to medical card holders being charged for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (18 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the CORU registration period of adaptation requirements for individuals who have moved to the State with regard to a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Last year, 286 notices to quit were served in County Galway and 58 HAP tenants in the county have been given notices to quit. There are zero properties available within the HAP limits. There are zero properties available in most of the towns where people can actually rent, including Ballinasloe. There is a waiting list for emergency accommodation for County Galway. Roscommon County...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (29 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the most recent United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child report on Ireland, if he will advise what measures the State will implement to ensure the elimination of discrimination towards children of Catholic priests, as recommended by the report; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on engagement between an organisation (details supplied) and his Department regarding pensions for staff in the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15513/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: To be fair, I am not actually accusing the Government of anything but the figures speak for themselves. Some 350,000 people were referred to a scheme and 29,000 secured work that lasted for a year. It should also be borne in mind that referral fees of €311 were paid to private companies, in some instances two, three or four times in respect of the same person. Over €300...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the reduced qualifying period for community employment, CE, schemes from 12 months on the live register to nine months for all qualifying social welfare payments, in view of the recent announcement made regarding Ukrainian nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15345/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the recently announced changes to CE schemes. However, I do not believe they go far enough. With regard to the reduction of the qualifying period from 12 months to nine months in respect of Ukrainian refugees, will the Minister of State consider extending that reduction across the board given the high and growing number of vacancies on CE schemes?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I remember raising concerns with regard to CE and the number of vacancies when there were 1,200, 1,300 and 1,400 vacancies on CE schemes posted online. Today, there are more than 3,600. It is an excellent scheme, as the Minister of State knows. I know he engages with the organisers, which is really important, but, at the end of the day, what...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Going on that, perhaps a broadening of that reduction from 12 to nine months beyond just those from our new communities could be looked at later in the year or even after the summer because, at the end of the day, there is a very high number of vacancies. The Minister of State will have been told the same thing I have been, which is that projects are not getting referrals and are struggling...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a review of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15344/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Does the Minister intend to carry out a review of the JobPath scheme now that referrals to that scheme have ceased? Given the amount of taxpayers’ money that has been spent on JobPath, it is very important that the scheme be reviewed now that referrals have ceased or else to have a guarantee that such a review will take place once it is fully finished.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for the reply. The JobPath scheme has cost over €322 million of taxpayers’ money. Any time I hear a Government representative speaking about JobPath, they speak of it as a success. However, I cannot understand how 350,488 people were referred to JobPath, some twice, some three times and a very few a fourth time, and then that was stopped. Some 29,041...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I also listened to the Minister and he spent ten minutes doing what he accused Sinn Féin of doing when he said we were playing politics. I listened to the debate. We have put on the Dáil record the reality for people with eviction notices and what they are facing. They are not a cohort of people the Minister has spoken to or about, in relation to this contribution. In fact, he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's review of the extension of the free travel scheme to people with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagement from her Department with community employment supervisors regarding their employment-related concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on her Department's review of means testing for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation process as part of her Department’s work on addressing the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of Public Works (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available from the OPW to repair a bridge (details supplied) considering it is a key heritage, cultural, tourism and meeting point for the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15343/23]