Claire Kerrane TD
Sinn Féin · Roscommon-Galway constituency
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Parliamentary questions
- June 10, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchools Building Projects
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school project (details supplied) approved in November 2024, but yet to progress; when the project will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 10, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild Safety
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will engage with the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs Migration on the way in which child safeguarding can be strengthened given the details of a case (details supplied) brought forward by a childcare provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChildcare Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will look at costs outside the control of Early Years providers who are in Core Funding, where costs have increased significantly, and they are not costs controlled by the provider (details supplied) meaning they are forced to make up the increase which in one case means an additional €26,000 annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenMedical Cards
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider seeking the extension of the medical card scheme to cover autism assessments for adults given the cost of such assessments can be a barrier for adults; if she will ensure that adults with autism are diagnosed correctly and therefore not prevented from accessing supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for Public ExpenditureOffice of Public Works
Asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on plans for an OPW site (details supplied) following a meeting on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for Public ExpenditureFlood Relief Schemes
Asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on plans for a permanent solution to flooding at Lough Funshinagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchools Building Projects
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a new school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchool Transport
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her plans to expand capacity on school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchool Management
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied) which was acknowledged by her office in March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine core funding guidelines, specifically in relation to temporary room closures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will extend reporting obligations by early years providers in core funding in order that it is not just in cases in which there is a closure for more than four weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average time being taken currently (in weeks) to attain garda vetting to work in the early years and school age care sector as an educator; the number of applications that were received in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those applications have been approved and rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if, ahead of Budget 2027, she will look at the amount being offered for children in early years who are sponsored to raise the sponsorship amount to ensure it meets the actual cost associated with a childcare place to ensure that providers are not left covering the difference and ensuring that children who are sponsored can access a place at the same amount to any other child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild Protection
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received all outstanding reports from the previous special rapporteur on child protection; when these reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenDisability Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will seek an earlier implementation of the new EU disability card, to ensure those unable to access a blue disability parking badge because they are mobile can access one and acknowledge their disability, especially those with autism who are a flight risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenDisability Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the new EU disability card; the status of implementing this card; the person or body that is leading this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild and Family Agency
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla staff who have left their positions; and the number of Tusla staff currently out on sick leave to date in 2026, in tabular form.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenDepartmental Staff
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the chief social worker role within her Department no longer exists; if she will consider restoring this role given the huge challenges being faced by the State's care system, the reforms underway by Tusla and the concerns raised by same and given the importance of this role within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild and Family Agency
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of social workers, social care workers employed by Tusla in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of special care workers employed by Tusla in 2026, in tabular form.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild Protection
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children to date in 2026 who have been allocated to a professional who is not a social worker, in tabular form.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenCare Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people who have commenced the special care training programme, the number of these who have completed the three months in-classroom; and the number who have completed the three month supervised work placement; the number who dropped out at any point; and the number of these who have been offered a permanent contract, in tabular form.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenCare Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of degrees held by persons who have commenced the Special Care Training Programme; the number of these people who came from overseas; the degrees the held, and the way in which these degrees are substantiated.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenCare Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the checks that are carried out before security personnel are placed to work in special care units; the number of times a child has been restrained by security personnel; the way in which this is recorded; the person or body that governs their contact with children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenCare Services
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any persons who entered special care to work as security personnel have since taken up a role as a special care worker.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild Safety
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider a unit in between residential care and special care to support children and young people as previously existed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenChild and Family Agency
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number who have applied for the rolling recruitment campaign for social care workers within Tusla; and the number of these fully qualified.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenLegislative Reviews
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will seek the powers of HIQA be extended to regulate and inspect private residential childcare services.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthSocial Workers Register
Asked the Minister for Health the number of social care workers and social workers waiting to register with CORU.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthMedical Cards
Asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the medical card scheme to cover autism assessments for adults given the cost of such assessments can be a barrier for adults; if she will ensure that adults with autism are diagnosed correctly and therefore not prevented from accessing supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthMedicinal Products
Asked the Minister for Health the position regarding access to a drug (details supplied) for people suffering with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; when this drug will be available for children and young people in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Services Waiting Lists
Asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the backlog for patients needing vascular and cardiac procedures; the number of people in the State on such waiting lists; the actions that are being taken to reduce waiting times to ensure swift medical attention and to avoid the serious complications that can result for patients being forced to wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Services Staff
Asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that are currently outstanding with CORU.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Services Staff
Asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for social worker and social care worker that are outstanding with CORU and remain to be registered by CORU.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthCare Services
Asked the Minister for Health the number of social workers who have been registered with CORU in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthCare Services
Asked the Minister for Health the number of social care workers who have been registered with CORU in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Services Staff
Asked the Minister for Health the current processing time for applications to register with CORU for social workers and social care workers.
- May 20, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchool Staff
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to the Exchequer per annum of the standard five days of non-teaching time in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 20, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchool Staff
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth when school caretakers will receive improved pay and terms and conditions of employment, as promised when they ended strike action; the status of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 20, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has undertaken costings for additional non-contact time for early years settings under core funding; and if so, the details of any costings undertaken by her Department regarding the cost of non-contact (detail supplied) time for early years educators and school age care settings.
- May 20, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of an increase to the Graduate Lead Educator premium rate to €8.88; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 20, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered the cost of increasing the number of graduate lead educators working per room at a time under the core funding rules, as set out under Together for Better.
- May 20, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenEarly Childhood Care and Education
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of bringing early years graduates Level 8 and 9 under public-sector pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingHousing Provision
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes developed, including by approved housing bodies, specifically for disabled people, and separately, people with an intellectual disability, by local authority, in the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingHousing Provision
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will mandate local authorities to include targets for housing for disabled people, including intellectual disability, in their five-year plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for ForeignPassport Services
Asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will issue instructions to the passport office, when it comes to renewal passport applications for under 18s, to end the practice of the widow/bereaved partner/other parent having to re-submit death certificates and sworn affidavits during every passport renewal, and instead to have a one-off verification system in order that documents associated with a bereavement do not have to be re-submitted continually unless family circumstances change; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for FinanceDepartmental Data
Asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a new proposal from an organisation (details supplied); his response to same; if it will be considered ahead of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDepartmental Bodies
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role his Department has on the Developer Provided Infrastructure (DPI) Steering Group; the number of times this group met in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the role his Department places in oversight on this Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDepartmental Bodies
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing estates that have had issues resolved via the Developer Provided Infrastructure (DPI) Steering Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for JusticeCoroners Service
Asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No.380 of 7 May 2026, the reason for the delay to publish the Coroner's Report for 2025, which is due to be published on or before 1 February; when he received the report for 2025; the process that takes place between when he receives the report and when it is published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 19, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenCommercial Rates
Asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on plans to charge childminders and ECCE providers commercial rates; where this process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Dáil contributions
- June 09, 2026DebateGuardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee Stage
- May 28, 2026DebateStrategic Priorities Identified by the Chairpersons of the Boards of Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland: Discussion
- May 26, 2026MotionCost of Disability: Motion [Private Members]
- May 26, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- May 20, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
- May 07, 2026DebateSafety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)
- April 30, 2026DebateSafety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)
- April 29, 2026MotionFamily Law Transparency, Child Welfare, and Reform of the In Camera Rule: Motion [Private Members]
- April 28, 2026DebateChildren in Care
- April 23, 2026QuestionMother and Baby Homes
- April 23, 2026QuestionGuardians Ad Litem
- April 23, 2026QuestionMother and Baby Homes
- April 23, 2026QuestionCare Services
- April 16, 2026DebateState-Provided Childcare Places and Early Childcare Matters: Discussion (Resumed)
- April 15, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions