Claire Kerrane

494. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department fully covers the cost of assistive technology advised for students in schools. [72274/25]

599. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any financial supports available to a person seeking to buy a large derelict building in a town and develop apartments, to provide a number of apartments as private rented accommodation in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72183/25]

818. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when Ireland will ratify the UNCRC second optional protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71521/25]

834. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide gross wage amounts for employees (details supplied) in early years, as collected through the financial returns. [71857/25]

835. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approved areas of expenditure for core funding; and if she is satisfied that all core funding is being spent on the approved areas of expenditure. [71858/25]

1110. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the considerations when providing a buggy for children with cerebral palsy; and if it is possible for parents to top-up the HSE contribution and purchase an alternative model. [72373/25]

149. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress of a project (details supplied); when it is expected to move beyond the stage 2b process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69001/25]

157. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69000/25]

193. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the entire north 2est of Ireland-Sligo, Mayo Donegal, Roscommon Leitrim and Cavan has been excluded in the current NCSE recruitment drive for senior and staff grade occupational therapists and speech and language therapists for the national educational therapy service (ETS) in special schools, with the plan for it to be extended to special classes in mainstream schools; if this to be a phased roll out; when will the OTs and SLTs be recruited for Sligo, Mayo, Donegal, Roscommon, Leitrim and Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70556/25]

195. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the financial challenges faced by some parents regarding the payment of mock examination fees at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70570/25]

335. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will engage with insurance companies who refuse to give the residents of Derrymullen, Ballinasloe, County Galway flood cover, given that there has been no flooding in this area since the erection of the flood wall in 2011. [69582/25]

336. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the work that has been done to ensure greater access to Tetra across Galway and Roscommon; the status of the review into Tetra; if it is planned to be replaced; if so, the technology that will be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69686/25]

390. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69179/25]

418. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the issues with the pilot secondary school enrolment scheme in Tullamore that has seen some students offered multiple places while other students have been offered none; the reforms she plans to make to this scheme in light of these failings; the reason her Department did not follow the model in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69760/25]

501. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the vacant properties grant applies to apartments; the additional supports which are available to those seeking to do up a derelict apartment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69644/25]

570. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason self-employed workers who pay PRSI, when they get sick, have no access to income supports, despite working and paying taxes; if this anomaly will be examined; if illness benefit will be extended to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70098/25]

653. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific legal or resource barrier that currently prevents the Department from mandating a four-week timeline for initial child contact assessments, mirroring the EU-based Danish family law system (Pillar 1); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69702/25]

989. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to consider reducing the age for free breast and cervical checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69584/25]

1012. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason a service (details supplied) is no longer available; if this service can be returned to avoid long journeys elsewhere for essential appointments, especially given the well documented levels of deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69742/25]

1013. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that the current waiting times for primary care psychology in Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore which are currently in excess of two years (details supplied), her plans to address these waiting times; if she intends to provide additional primary care psychology and psychology administrative supports; the timeframe for these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69743/25]

1015. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the current wait time for primary care psychology in Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore is in excess of two years; that the head of primary care services in the Midlands Louth Meath CHO has attributed these waiting times to ‘capacity challenges due to no additional primary care psychology and psychology administrative support’, and that ‘new and additional posts would assist the wait times and waiting lists; if and when she intends to provide these additional posts; and, if not, how she intends to address the wait times and waiting lists in Midlands Louth Meath CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69752/25]

1110. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the grants available in 2026 for communities seeking to develop new playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69741/25]

90. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will seek greater supports for counties where there are difficulties in acquiring domestic violence refuges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67257/25]

117. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on a domestic violence refuge in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67256/25]

440. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she plans to extend funding through the community primary care service to include battery packs for CPAP devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68606/25]