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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge the commitment in the programme for Government and I am glad this will be a focus of her Ministry. That is welcome. However, all the commitment in the programme for Government does is change the name of the payment. I welcome the revocation of the requirement for those who go on jobseeker's payments at 65 to seek work. It was a very silly rule that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister. It is always said by Ministers, especially when we discuss the abolition of mandatory retirement ages, that there is no statutory retirement age in the State. We know that, but so many employment contracts stipulate retirement at the age of 65. There would not be almost 5,000 65 year olds on jobseeker's payments if the age of 65 was not contained in their employment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by lone parents in terms of child maintenance payments; if reform in the area will be a priority; if so, the timeline for such reforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Is the Minister aware of the difficulties being faced by loan parents when it comes to the collection of child maintenance payments? Will reform in this area, as indicated in the programme for Government, be a priority for her?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I acknowledge the commitment in the programme for Government to reform our child maintenance system. My party tabled proposals in 2018, and a revised version in 2019, on establishing a child maintenance service, which is badly needed. Lone parent families feature too highly in rates of consistent poverty, deprivation and beingat risk of poverty. They need to be considered. Evidence shows...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I take it from that that the Minister will examine our proposals. I am happy to furnish her with a copy of them. They have been published twice in recent years. There are two issues with child maintenance. First, where those payments are actually made, they are viewed as household means for many social welfare supports. That is wrong and the Minister needs to examine the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many trade workers who undertook emergency work during the Covid-19 pandemic have been locked out of supports as they return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19006/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I have asked several times how people will go about applying for that enterprise support grant. Will the Minister give an indication as to when she believes those matters will be decided and made public to allow people apply for them. Will those on the PUP who have returned to work without being able to apply for this payment and who do not pay rates and therefore cannot apply for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the enhancement of the role of MABS has been examined to help families deal with unsecured household debt; if she has engaged with stakeholders on the issue of household debt arising from Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19004/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by mothers whose maternity leave is coming to an end at a time when childcare is unavailable and they are unable to return to work; the way in which she plans to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19003/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to honour the 2008 Labour Court recommendation which stated that community employment supervisors should have access to a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19005/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Data (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: On the matter of special schools, I bring to the Minister's attention St. Teresa's special school in Ballinasloe. It has twice applied for an extra autism spectrum disorder, ASD, class but it was refused on both occasions due to "time restraints", to use the Department's term. However, at the same time 39 schools in Dublin have been ordered to reopen in September with ASD classes. It seems...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I was first contacted by local retained firefighters concerned about the continued closure of Castlerea fire station long before I was ever elected to this House. The retained firefighters did not see their role as just a job. They served their community with pride and that pride can be seen in speaking to them. I saw it the first time I met them. Castlerea fire station was closed in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Does it not seem strange to the Minister that he has cited staffing issues in his response when the fire station was not permanently because of staffing issues? It was permanently closed because of this new report. The decision was solely based on that. There is a statutory obligation on local authorities to provide a fire service, as the Minister has said. That obligation is not being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing student teachers some days in August and September 2020 to assist teachers and schools in preparing for reopening in view of the fact they missed out on subbing days in May and June in 2020 in addition to valuable teaching experience in the classroom as school placements were cancelled in further view of the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow discretion for primary schools to reduce the curriculum areas temporarily in the first term of the new school year to allow teachers to give more time to SPHE with a focus on well-being following young children returning to school and the impact that Covid-19 will have had on them; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for local and rural roads by 10%. [20027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of expanding rural transport options by increasing funding to LocalLink by 50%. [20029/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 316. To ask the Minister for Finance the person or body responsible for stamp duty here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Island Communities (30 Jul 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 406. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her priorities regarding her responsibilities in relation to the islands; her plans to visit the islands as part of her new role when safe to do so; the engagements she had undertaken as part of this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20086/20]