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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the CIE pensions 1951 scheme, with regard to any amendments or changes to provisions for members; if he will advise on a specific matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to extending free school transport for the 2023-2024 academic year, given the ongoing effects of the cost-of-living crisis on families and the significant demand for school transport in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10090/23]

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

Claire Kerrane: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full list of social welfare payments that will be eligible for the €200 bonus payment in April; if she will provide this information in a list form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9764/23]

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

Claire Kerrane: 403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of partial capacity benefit will be considered in the forthcoming Spring cost-of-living package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/23]

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

Claire Kerrane: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if half-rate carers allowance recipients will receive the announced €200 payment to carers in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9916/23]

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

Claire Kerrane: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit recipients will receive the announced €200 payment to social welfare recipients in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9917/23]

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

Claire Kerrane: 417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the weekly recipient numbers for each social welfare payment since February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on the forthcoming tender for EmployAbility services; when the terms of reference will be published and applications accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Creation (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been given to bringing the job initiative rate of payment in line with the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration could be given to reducing the maximum fee of €950 for naturalisation applicants in cases where the applicant has lived, worked and contributed taxes for a long period of time, i.e. thirty years in Ireland; if this could be added to the exemptions the Minister for Justice allows for in such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of difficulties faced by people born in England living and working, paying taxes in Ireland for a long period of time, i.e. 30 years, unable to apply for an Irish passport, given the fee of €950 associated with naturalisation which has to be completed first, and the impact this is having on limiting such...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on any changes in the allowed number of days for food producers to store products with Dublin Port; if he will advise on guidelines for the number of storage days allowed and charges thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 719. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants currently available or due to become available for improvement works to community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10189/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seekers (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I acknowledge the enormous challenge Ireland faces in respect of the ongoing war in Ukraine, its impact and the role we have to play to support those people. If it was the other way around, we would be in need and seek the same support. At the same time, there is no excuse for leaving communities in the way they have been left. I welcome...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seekers (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I am glad to have the opportunity to raise this issue again. I am asking the Minister quite directly to put additional resources into rural communities that are taking in and seeing increased numbers of arrivals of refugees and international protection families. I have raised this issue with the Minister here and I have raised it with the Taoiseach. I have raised it with the Minister,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome this scheme and this fund for communities. However, I also believe there is a role for the Department to play given that, not primarily but in many cases, it is rural communities that are welcoming refugees and international protection families and individuals. We just spoke about communities needing to heard and their voices needing to be listened to, but that includes practical...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: More or less every local authority in the State will be involved in this. Is there a point person within each local authority who will oversee all of this? I have to take the opportunity to raise the prime example of Ballaghaderreen in my constituency, which I have raised with the Minister before, which has been welcoming hundreds of refugees since 2017 in the emergency reception and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 14. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is engaging with local communities to encourage awareness and applications to the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8977/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: My question is about the new community recognition fund that was announced and which I very much welcome. Can the Minister give some more information on how she plans to build awareness of that scheme and how it will work in conjunction with local authorities?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the development of a rural proofing mechanism, as outlined in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8768/23]