Results 1-20 of 174 for long speaker:Claire Kerrane

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...practical resources. It has received refugees and international protection persons for seven years now and has nothing to show for it. We have to battle for an extension for the local school. At long last, there has been movement. Funding for the childcare facility has been pulled and we are awaiting a decision on that. There is no access to GPs for people who are moving into the town...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide all sports grants available to a football club where the club is leasing ground on a long-term basis (not owned); and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18963/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister about the long-awaited scheme for the group known as the forgotten farmers. In our last round of questions back in February, the Minister advised that his Department was looking at establishing a system, but there is still no detail about what that scheme would look like. I have met with farmers who are part of this cohort known as the forgotten farmers. They are really...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ..., he and the Department waited until April to announce a suspension of some inspections, and after that, the fodder transport support measure, all of which I welcomed but they did come after a long period. I know from speaking to farmers that many of them felt very much on their own as the rain continued to fall and as they kept being told the Department was monitoring the situation. A...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. All we need to know now is how soon he will meet the Attorney General and when we will know what the Attorney General has come up with and how long that is going to take. We are being asked every day for an update. Every day the water is rising. We are getting some little bit of relief now due to the rain not falling, but there it really...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...are looking at their lives' work totally devastated, young families with big mortgages are unable to let their children outside, and this devastation has been allowed to go on and on. Last month, along with my colleague, Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus, and representatives from the community, we met with the director for biodiversity at the European Commission and he was crystal clear...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: .... Frankly, there would be no point in having red lines in the first place. Funding is also important. Many more than those in Sinn Féin said that funding was needed. It needed to be dedicated, long-term funding from the EU and it should come to accompany what is a major and ambitious plan in respect of nature restoration. The EU has missed an opportunity here at a time when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister provide an update on the proposed solution for forgotten farmers? As he knows, it is long overdue and we are still awaiting the details of what the scheme will look like.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I acknowledge that this has been a priority for the Minister, but as he mentioned, this situation has been going on for a long time. To clarify, he stated that a system had to be built. Is it the case that he knows what the scheme for forgotten farmers looks like? That is not clear to the general public. I have been contacted repeatedly by forgotten farmers, who are in a desperate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...detailed outline of what this scheme will look like for forgotten farmers in the first instance. That should be done as quickly as possible, given, as he said, that this has gone on for a very long time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is welcome that 68 of the 259 applications that have been submitted have been approved and letters have been issued. Obviously there is a long way to go with the remaining applications. I presume the Department is getting through them as quickly as possible. This is important. I want to raise again the issue of the limiting eligibility...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Turbary Rights (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...that? The INHFA had its discussion and came away with the understanding that there will not be a negative impact on farmers in commonage areas when it comes to the ACRES scoring and payments. How long will it take the Minister to look at this proposal and confirm what the situation will be?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of vacancies/vacant posts within children's disability network teams; the nature of the posts; and how long each post has been vacant in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form. [7541/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (20 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update following correspondence issued to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters stating that the long stay contribution legislation is currently receiving attention, the outcome of this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7542/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...and the renewal parts, as those are just as important to highlight. It relates to the huge uncertainty that is there. Why would you spend thousands investing when you do not know how long the derogation is going to stay at its current level or whether it will come down the next time or the time after that? Elections are coming up and as we are going to have a new environmental...

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...the social protection system. That can be done. The changes that have been made in this legislation will make a difference and will support lone parents an awful lot better. This has been a long time coming. I have raised the issue of maintenance being treated as household means and how wrong that is many times in this House since I was elected. It was never right to treat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...and the regulator should be given a chance but, on that element and given that much of this was driven by and stemmed from factory prices for beef and so on - I appreciate the campaign started long before that but it was a real turning point in respect of all of this - is the office concerned it does not have such powers or is it happy to take a wait and see approach? The CCPC exists but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...for the organisation. Moving to a skills-based board is positive and I think that will work well. I wish Horse Sport Ireland well in that process because it will obviously take time. How long did the consultation process run by Horse Sport Ireland go on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...away but nothing happens and the issue goes around in circles. Obviously in the case of our guests, in the short term there is a need for emergency funding to support farmers but then there is the long term to consider. The good thing about the long-term aspect is that it will not take years, which is the establishment of an agency that manages, is responsible and is accountable for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...legislative options. I definitely think that is something this committee should pursue because, in the first instance, yes, this is emergency funding for farmers but just as important is the long-term solution, which is an agency because we need somebody to be accountable. At the moment the buck is being passed from one to another, which is not good enough so an agency is needed. We also...