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

Claire Kerrane: I am asking for an update on the development of a rural proofing mechanism, as promised in Our Rural Future.

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

Claire Kerrane: It is good that progress is being made. It needs to happen as quickly as possible. Every time I raise the need for rural proofing, the prime example I give of its necessity is the west and north-west region. Further data from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, shows that the gap in disposable income between the region and the State average is widening and is now €3,973. Ireland...

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

Claire Kerrane: That is key. We need to see high-value jobs and the closing of the growing gap in average disposable incomes between the west and north-west region and the rest of the State. We need to see what the Northern and Western Regional Assembly has called for repeatedly, namely, positive discrimination. We need to see major investment in infrastructure in the west and north west if we are to turn...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns first policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Offshore Islands (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is supporting island-specific projects within the development of local development strategies under stage 2 of the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the forthcoming Islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8973/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in relation to the announced allocation of €12.5 million to the local improvement scheme for 2023, if further funding is being considered for this scheme given the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (23 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if free travel scheme holders have to book train journeys online in order to use their pass; if this is the case for all public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9369/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I recently attended a community meeting with local gardaí on antisocial behavioural issues in a town in my constituency. The gardaí at the meeting said this is a priority area but that there were no gardaí to put out on the beat. This is not their fault, of course, but it is very worrying for the town itself. It is particularly worrying for rural communities in which Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives in place to encourage dental practices to take part in the dental treatment services scheme, particularly with regard to rural communities where there will be a lower density of dental practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9005/23]

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Given the reality on the ground - the facts and figures do not lie - it is astonishing that the Minister spent ten minutes playing politics with this issue, which he calls the most pressing issue of our time, and criticising my party as if it has created and presided over record rents, record housing prices, record homelessness and has missed virtually all its targets when it comes to such a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used each LocalLink bus service within County Roscommon in each direction from January 2022 to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will advise on scheduled improvements for LocalLink bus services within County Roscommon in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved PLC places in County Roscommon in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8737/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional roads policing unit as of 15 February 2023, in tabular form. [8736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (21 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the average response times of ambulances in County Roscommon; and the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location, in tabular form. [8733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (21 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the level of staffing of clinical pharmacists in the HSE; the optimum target staffing in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (15 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the weekly rate of payment for participants on the job initiative scheme; if the scheme is treated the same as community employment Tús and rural social scheme with regard to payment rate top-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to introduce the EU disability card in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7603/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban. [6592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP under the drugs payment scheme to ensure easier access to it for pregnant women. [6593/23]