Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport whether he will review the TaxSaver commuter ticket scheme to provide flexible, pro-rata ticket options for hybrid workers and improved advance seat reservation facilities for regular rail commuters, particularly on the…

Claire Kerrane

I thank the Minister of State for representing the Department here this evening. I am very proud to represent the people of Ballinasloe. I have done so since 2020. One of the first things I did when I was elected in 2020 was open a constituency office in the town. It is the…

Martin Daly

I thank the Secretary General and his team for coming in today, as well as the officials from the Department of education. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for his office’s report. First, this is a valuable scheme towards the provision of nutrition to schoolgoing…

Martin Daly

It is a staggering amount of money and there appears to be a lack of corporate urgency around this. We are told that it requires individual consultants to sign off on the claims. When we put questions to the HSE and the Department previously on this, there seemed to be a lack of…

Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the role of data protection officer in Tusla.

Martin Daly

Ireland is a mature representative republic and democracy, and we fought long and hard for our independence and the right to make decisions as a sovereign nation. It is simply inexplicable to me that the Opposition is purporting to oppose a situation where we are going to take…

Michael Fitzmaurice

I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I was thinking today that it is no wonder the public are losing complete faith in politics considering what the present leader of this country stated in 2013 or 2014 about the triple lock and then he tries to defend something…

Claire Kerrane

I welcome today's State apology to the family of Brian Stack, and I too offer my sympathies to Brian's wife, Sheila, and to their sons, Austin, Kieran and Oliver. Brian Stack's shooting was wrong and should never have happened. The Stack family's search for truth and for justice…

Claire Kerrane

We have had good news on housing in County Roscommon, with a planning proposal approved in Monksland in south Roscommon this morning. It will follow a number of housing developments that have happened in the area. Similarly in Ballinasloe I attended a meeting last Thursday night…

Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the announced funding in Budget 2027 for 212 residential places in 2027, the number that are new beds; and the number that are reserved for emergencies only.

Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of parents who will benefit from the reduction of childcare fees from €735 to €550 per month.

Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which she intends to deliver €200 per month childcare via core funding when this excludes parents whose provider are not in core funding; and if Government commitment to €200 per month is…

Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if a rural resident in their early 30s, who has completed a Tús placement and is not a qualifying farmer or fisher can currently access the RSS under any existing provision; if not, if he will consider extending the…

Claire Kerrane

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in order to better support people in receipt of jobseeker's payments trying hard to gain employment, if he would consider seeking the ring fencing of a…