Claire Kerrane

141. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the UNCRC Second Optional Protocol will be ratified before the summer recess (details supplied); and if he will provide an assurance that Ireland will finally ratify this world-renowned child protection convention before the end of 2025. [38102/25]

417. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on plans for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37439/25]

431. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has been denied an additional special needs assistant (SNA) by the NCSE following a recommendation made for the additional SNA by the local SENO following a formal review of the school's staffing allocation; why this recommendation was ignored; if she will seek a review by the NCSE of this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37727/25]

440. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a request for financial support from a newly amalgamated school (details supplied) where only one grant funding will be provided to subsidise the pay of secretaries upon amalgamation, reducing the amount the school receives from €46,550 to €23,275 despite no reduction in staffing levels; if she will support the request for funding to ensure the school does not face a financial blow for amalgamating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37831/25]

747. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the amount of money allocated for pay for early years educators as part of core funding annually since its inception, and the corresponding amount used per pay agreement, in tabular form. [37731/25]

815. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to a response by the HSE to Parliamentary Question REPDR 25/01974, if a wider issue (details supplied) will also be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37434/25]

816. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health for an update on a new site for a primary care centre Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; to outline the next steps for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37440/25]

864. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if, following a query (details supplied), a wider issue will also be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37732/25]

884. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a healthcare professional (details supplied) could be trained in a hospital for breast cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37832/25]

935. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there are any financial supports for communities where they provide services and activities for older people in community centres; if any organisations for older people support this financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37435/25]

69. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will seek the development of a rural Garda plan to ensure the unique policing of rural areas is recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36045/25]

87. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting on outstanding ACRES payments, including the numbers in Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36047/25]

335. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what the purpose and value was of the contingent charge recorded by the Minister for Health in 1974 (Instrument T.235/74); whether this charge was ever enforced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36800/25]

336. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the State funded, subsidised or insured any aspect of the operations at a location (details supplied), including buildings, care services or facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36801/25]

174. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when community safety partnerships will be established; if he is aware that the delay is impacting communities where task forces on antisocial behaviour are unable to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36318/25]

23. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on plans to deliver an affordable housing scheme in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/25]

102. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct local authorities to end the practice of including carer’s allowance as income in the differential rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35792/25]

395. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether there is a need to review the processes in place for the amalgamations of second level schools; her further views whether the existing consultation process requires updating when two schools are being amalgamated; if amendments have been made to the Report on the Amalgamation of Second Level Schools published in 2001; if she is concerned that existing measures on school amalgamations do not appear to include all stakeholders; if her attention has been drawn to a recent amalgamation (details supplied); if she is concerned that past pupils were never included in the consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36049/25]

396. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are specific rules in place in relation to consultation both in the locality and with past pupils in cases in which two schools are amalgamating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36050/25]

442. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received for an exemption under residential zoned land tax due to actively farmed land in County Galway and County Roscommon. [35289/25]

505. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a pension scheme for foster carers registered with the State and currently providing care to foster children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36001/25]

540. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider removing the means test as a qualifying criteria for foster carers to access the back-to-school allowance, given the unique circumstances of the children they care for; the annual cost for all children in care to receive this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36007/25]

566. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when persons (details supplied) can expect a decision on their short-stay holiday visa appeal. [35560/25]

568. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding an eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/25]

626. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of aligning the aftercare allowance to the foster care allowance (FCA) for all foster children in the State aged 18 and to be in receipt of this until they are 23 if living in the foster home, in order to avoid foster families in receipt of the FCA to not lose €125 per week, or in some cases losing the full €425 per week. [36000/25]