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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Low-cost selling requires a job of work from us all. If an example can be shown, it would come back on the argument the Minister and Department have put out there to the effect that it is totally unworkable, which is the word the Minister used. Perhaps something could be produced to show how it can work. It would be worthwhile to put such an argument together. That would be a good piece...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (28 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the matter; the dates on which he has or will engage; if he will establish a review which encompasses the scope of services provided or which could be provided by...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I spoke yesterday to a paramedic who told me that morale in the ambulance service is in the gutter due to the long-running and ongoing recruitment and retention crisis. We have seen the recent capacity review by the HSE to show that we need to double the workforce in the next three years. We know industrial action has now been voted for. We know that the director of the National Ambulance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the transfer of Brexit adjustment reserve funding to the REPowerEU fund; if he will confirm whether the funding will be ring-fenced for agricultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25140/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional SEAI grant supports are available for households which have already had solar panels installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what financial supports are available to individuals and communities seeking to develop renewable energy in their communities, such as wind turbines, solar panels and other focuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what measures have been put in place to ensure wheelchair accessibility for buses and trains providing services to County Galway, including addressing issues with lack of space on Intercity trains, around seat bookings and with regard to mobility supports at train stations for wheelchair users and individuals with mobility issues; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which jobseeker’s benefit applicants who are ancillary staff who work in schools and have to sign on for jobseeker’s benefit for the summer months will have their rate calculated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to including combine harvesters in the eligible equipment list for the tillage capital investment scheme under TAMS II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given increasing the maximum funding ceiling for the tillage capital investment scheme under TAMS II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the tillage capital investment scheme under TAMS II in 2022 and 2023; the number of applications submitted under each category; the number of applications approved, and the total spend under each category; the average payment made under each category; if this information will be provided in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the protein aid scheme to date in 2023; the level of funding allocated to date in 2023; if he intends to increase the overall funding for the scheme in 2024 in order to allow more farmers to partake in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline how his Department intends to incentivise farmers to reach the target of 20,000 hectares of beans planted by 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals for a voluntary dairy reduction scheme that are being explored as part of the food vision dairy group; the consideration that is being given to including an entry scheme for young farmers as part of, or alongside the proposed exit scheme; the different proposals being considered as part of a voluntary scheme; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are different scoring timeframes for groups participating in ACRES co-operation project teams; if he will allow the same timeframes across all participants in this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30920/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise what consideration has been given to re-establishing sugar beet processing in the State; if he will advise on any research or consultation his Department has carried out in this area as part of efforts to increase tillage production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31164/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if financial supports are made available to businesses, including those providing healthcare (details supplied) where they provide such services to Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy and dietitians in CHO2, in tabular form, with a breakdown of the number waiting in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. [30729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 643. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare professionals employed by the HSE to provide therapies such as speech and language and occupational therapy can provide such services in non-HSE-owned buildings where a space is available in a building in a town already providing similar services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30730/23]