Results 141-160 of 3,625 for speaker:Claire Kerrane

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the temporary waiver scheme in respect of development contributions beyond April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12764/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will roll out WALK employment across the State to ensure that young people with intellectual disabilities finishing post-primary school have opportunities for training and employment after school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11726/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the income thresholds for the fuel allowance in the case of under 70s in light of recent increases for those aged over 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12957/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider those aged under 70 years with modest occupational pensions which they worked for, who are unable to access the fuel allowance; if she will examine this cohort in the context of the next Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12958/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to continue increasing the weekly income threshold for the over 70s when accessing the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12959/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 28 February 2024, if there has been direct engagement with any farmers whose scores are affected as a result of the proposed buffer zone; if he is aware that turbary zones on commonage are often shared and accessed across communities, and that farmers taking part in ACRES cannot police...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on concerns raised in relation to imports of hawthorn and the risk of fireblight; what measures will be introduced to mitigate this risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12037/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Exemptions (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1017. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance on the residential zoned land tax on behalf of farmers to ensure that farmers whose land is being actively farmed is excluded from this tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Exemptions (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether farmers whose land is being actively farmed should be excluded from the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12487/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1039. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to extending the closing date for the spreading of lime under the liming scheme, given challenging weather and ground conditions in many places and concerns raised by farmers regarding their ability to spread lime by the current deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12828/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1069. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of concerns about farmers facing a shortage of fodder over the coming weeks; if he is considering supports for farmers with addressing this gap or with high costs of buying silage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13258/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education and Training Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1098. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the further education, training and employment opportunities for young people with intellectual disabilities finishing post-primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11725/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1365. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to open new rounds of funding under a walking tracks initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12297/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will include an organisation (details supplied) in the newly established Stakeholder Group on Dog Control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12053/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Inquiries (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a library (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12209/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1587. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding under town renewal scheme or any such funding was approved by her Department for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12210/24]

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I am very glad to have the opportunity to speak on the nature restoration law and, as my party spokesperson on agriculture, to very clearly outline our position. In recent days I have been quite bemused at the reaction to our vote in the European Parliament. From the very first discussion on the proposed nature restoration law at EU level, we engaged proactively at every point. We met the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Transport (6 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review eligibility for the free travel scheme for people who have a severe illness but who are not in receipt of the relevant qualifying payment; if consideration has been given to allowing discretion in certain cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10905/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on any delays to payments under the organic farming scheme; if delays to other farm payments such as ACRES have caused delays to payments for organics; if this is the case what measures are his Department taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 28 February 2024, if he will engage with any farmers whose ACRES payments may be affected by the introduction of this rule and consider them on an individual basis given it has been raised that farmers were unaware of this rule and he confirmed that the implementation of the rule was...