Parliamentary questions

Food Industry

Cathal Crowe

73. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider seeking protected geographical indication status from the EU for grass-fed Irish beef and dairy products. [18373/24]

Agriculture Supports

Cathal Crowe

103. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in light of extreme weather patterns in recent years and in particular the flooding of lands and high water table, he will consider providing a grant scheme to farmers to develop land drains on their boundaries. [18374/24]

Recycling Policy

Cathal Crowe

123. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the employees of a company (details supplied) that operates the deposit return scheme are public servants; and if so, the salary level of the management of that company. [18502/24]

Recycling Policy

Cathal Crowe

124. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that a company (details supplied) which operates the deposit return scheme receives from the public purse. [18503/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

177. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for updates on emergency works and ASA applications submitted by a school (details supplied). [18499/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Cathal Crowe

55. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her Department will give positive consideration to the application supplied by a school (details supplied) seeking DEIS status. [18142/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

56. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to the disbandment of Croke Park hours for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18152/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Cathal Crowe

96. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider increasing the household benefits package allowance for those in receipt of a pension; and if she will remove the means test for those over 66 years of age. [18133/24]

State Properties

Cathal Crowe

51. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans for the State-owned unit 153 in Shannon Business Park, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15647/24]

State Properties

Cathal Crowe

65. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has plans to upgrade the State-owned motor taxation office in Shannon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15646/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

355. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a scheme (details supplied); and when he expects it to be open for applicants with water ingress issues to be repaired. [17476/24]

Grant Payments

Cathal Crowe

363. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the rules surrounding the housing adaptation grant (details supplied) will be amended so that an invalidity pension is not included in the means test for adapting a home for disabled access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17585/24]

School Meals Programme

Cathal Crowe

403. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection when the schools (details supplied) announced for the hot school meals programme can expect the meals to be rolled out; and what options are available for those with allergies. [17536/24]

Health Promotion

Cathal Crowe

685. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the reason there is currently no funding plan for a Healthy Food Made Easy programme in County Clare; the reason no facilitator is in place for the delivery of this programme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18029/24]

Health Promotion

Cathal Crowe

686. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a social prescribers programme is operating in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18030/24]

Dental Services

Cathal Crowe

688. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans his Department has to recruit dentists into the HSE dental service so that the huge backlog of children awaiting dental treatment in CHO3 can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/24]

Tourism Policy

Cathal Crowe

12. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has a strategy to ensure tourism in Ireland is more regionally balanced in terms of the entry and exit points of passengers arriving into Ireland, that is, airports and ferry ports. [16690/24]

Sports Funding

Cathal Crowe

39. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the sports capital grants to be announced. [16691/24]

Regional Development

Cathal Crowe

62. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his Department’s efforts, in conjunction with IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, to attract new commerce and industry to County Clare. [16695/24]

Business Supports

Cathal Crowe

117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give positive consideration to introducing supports to struggling small and medium-sized businesses to meet the increased costs they are facing. [16694/24]

Departmental Data

Cathal Crowe

303. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will outline which public hospitals in Ireland are considered to be teaching hospitals; and if he will outline figures as to the number of nurses placed in each hospital in an average year, in tabular form. [17214/24]

Tax Exemptions

Cathal Crowe

19. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland (details supplied). [16878/24]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

336. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if the rule mandating that School Transport Scheme bus drivers must retire at age 70 will be revised, in view of the severe driver shortage last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16517/24]

National Archives

Cathal Crowe

533. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Irish Land Commission Archive records (details supplied) are made publicly available vis-à-vis the National Archive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16563/24]

Sewerage Schemes

Cathal Crowe

30. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects works, funded by his Department, to develop sewerage schemes in the villages of Broadford and Cooraclare (both in County Clare) to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15641/24]

Housing Provision

Cathal Crowe

45. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an overview of the roll-out of the ‘Housing for All’ strategy in County Clare to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15642/24]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

134. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will overturn a decision to refuse permission to travel to two children (details supplied) who need to sit an exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15614/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Cathal Crowe

42. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on two foreign birth register applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/24]

National Broadband Plan

Cathal Crowe

83. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications why Newmarket-on- Fergus in County Clare is not included in the National Broadband Ireland Fibre roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13951/24]

National Broadband Plan

Cathal Crowe

84. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what his long-term plans are to ensure adequate fibre broadband connectivity for Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13952/24]

Commemorative Medals

Cathal Crowe

152. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department will award retired and former soldiers the 1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal if their service had concluded by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Cathal Crowe

205. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the board of an organisation (details supplied) to comply with the spirit of the Mulvey Report 2023 and provide a pension increase for 2024 to pensioners of the IAA, in line with the pension increase recommendations within the Mulvey Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Cathal Crowe

206. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if will he instruct the board of an organisation (details supplied), in light of the huge increase, since the Covid pandemic ended, in the demand for commercial and leisure air travel and in light of the significant rise in consumer inflation for pensioners, to provide an amount within the Eurocontrol User Charge Unit Rate to ensure that current pensions in payment to pensioners of the IAA receive occasional pension increases concurrently with the occasional pay increases received by their colleagues still working within the State air navigation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14182/24]

Air Services

Cathal Crowe

244. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a Public Service Obligation application in respect of a proposed Shannon Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15010/24]

Development Contributions

Cathal Crowe

665. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the temporary development contribution waiver scheme beyond April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14709/24]

Housing Provision

Cathal Crowe

710. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a progress report on the €8 million project of 30 new social houses at Deerpark, Ennistymon, County Clare (as announced in late 2020); if he can clarify the reasons for delays encountered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15268/24]

Visa Applications

Cathal Crowe

847. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she will ensure that the necessary paperwork for an approved Irish visa (details supplied) is issued as soon as possible to allow the person in question to take up their job here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14020/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

1001. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will personally intervene in the case of a farmer (details supplied) waiting on a payment under the young farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14805/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

1324. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health what supports his Department will put in place for those who have been on special leave with pay and whose payments are due to cease, but who cannot return to work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/24]

Food Safety

Cathal Crowe

1368. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1369 of 18 April 2023, for an update on plans to address the issue of carcinogenic substances present in oranges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14345/24]

Health Services Staff

Cathal Crowe

1580. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the supports his Department will put in place for health workers who contracted long-Covid while carrying out their frontline services during the Covid-19 pandemic, who continue to be impacted by their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15189/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

1589. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a communications device, ordered by the HSE on 11 March 2024 (details supplied), is likely top be supplied to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15237/24]

Electricity Grid

Cathal Crowe

119. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has had discussions with the CRU on the possibility of adding a second annual application window for the Enduring Connections Process. [12812/24]

Electric Vehicles

Cathal Crowe

165. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he, in consultation with the relevant departments, will examine a financial incentive for drivers to buy a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) in order to meet Ireland's obligation to move away from diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12222/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Cathal Crowe

291. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details on when his Department will undertake drainage and flood relief works at Gullet Cross, Cratloe, County Clare. [12273/24]

School Funding

Cathal Crowe

456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she can urgently reconsider a decision not to grant emergency works approval to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12318/24]

School Funding

Cathal Crowe

457. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when the application period for the summer works scheme 2024 will open. [12319/24]

Housing Provision

Cathal Crowe

624. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to extend the current timeline restrictions on the temporary development contribution waiver scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11893/24]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

646. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if individuals who have fully or partially demolished an old derelict property are also eligible to apply for funding under the croí cónaithe scheme; if so, what percentage of demolition is allowable under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12281/24]

Social Welfare Code

Cathal Crowe

754. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports her Department will put in place for those who have been on special leave with pay and whose payments are due to cease, but who cannot return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12512/24]

EU Meetings

Cathal Crowe

979. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his priorities for the upcoming discussion on the future of the EU fisheries and aquaculture sector to be held in Bruges on 24 and 25 March 2024. [12017/24]

Irish Language

Cathal Crowe

1544. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department provides funding opportunities that Irish PhD students undertaking their studies in the Irish language abroad can avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11663/24]

Human Rights

Cathal Crowe

8. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a political prisoner (details supplied) in Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10849/24]

Human Rights

Cathal Crowe

68. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a political prisoner (details supplied) in Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10848/24]

An Garda Síochána

Cathal Crowe

286. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider changing a rule (details supplied) restricting elected representatives from sitting on multiple Joint Policing Committees. [11351/24]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

412. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he can provide full detail on the safety issues that currently make the establishment of a 24-hour accident and emergency unit in Ennis General Hospital unviable. [11405/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Cathal Crowe

86. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her Department can reconcile documents received from a teacher (details supplied) with their service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10897/24]

Departmental Funding

Cathal Crowe

202. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he, in consultation with the HSE, will reconsider the decision to cease funding the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme currently delivered by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10906/24]

Rail Network

Cathal Crowe

175. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport to provide the list of new rail stations to be opened under the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; when works will commence on each; when each will be opened and operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/24]

Airport Policy

Cathal Crowe

177. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated by his Department to each of Ireland's regional airports for each year 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10365/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

303. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will look favourably on the staffing appeal of a school (details supplied) for September 2024 due to the extenuating circumstances of the case. [10248/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

304. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the reason County Meath was omitted from the redeployment programme for secondary school teachers, as recently announced by her Department; and when teachers in this county will be able to apply for a transfer to other counties. [10251/24]

School Equipment

Cathal Crowe

306. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will look favourably on the appeal made by the parents of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10314/24]

School Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

332. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she and officials in the additional school accommodation unit of her Department will urgently revisit the capital funding that has been approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10767/24]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

408. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why there are delays in having houses in County Clare with defective concrete blocks being approved for the remediation scheme; is it the case that his Department along with the housing agency are delaying the processing of applications so that they get a large batch of them together; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10306/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Cathal Crowe

469. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she will intervene to ensure that an application for naturalisation (details supplied) is processed as soon as possible. [9986/24]

Direct Provision System

Cathal Crowe

542. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a crime has been committed at the Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre, Meelick, County Clare (details suppled) which has led to a resident being moved to another facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10003/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

567. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the State-owned buildings in County Clare that have been brought forward as suggested accommodation centres for individuals seeking international protection; which of these have been deemed unviable; which are still under consideration at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10279/24]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

571. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the contract his Department has with a facility (details supplied) for the provision of accommodation to international protection applicants is due to expire; if this is a roll-over contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10341/24]

Emergency Departments

Cathal Crowe

756. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the recommendation contained within the HIQA report resulting from the unannounced inspection of the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied) has been acted upon; if so, the details of when it was started and when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/24]

Departmental Funding

Cathal Crowe

815. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a repeat of the Community Recognition Fund in 2024 to support communities who are welcoming people from Ukraine and other countries; if so, when she will be announcing the details of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10367/24]

Community Development Projects

Cathal Crowe

816. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when details of the 2024 Community Support Fund for enhancing facilities in disadvantaged communities will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10368/24]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

27. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the measures his Department will take to help tackle issues at University Hospital Limerick and the knock-on effect on public health in the midwest region. [9347/24]

Disability Services

Cathal Crowe

137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CHO3 in 2023; the number of persons with disabilities in 2023 that received personal assistance hours in CHO3 in 2023; the total number of hours provided in each category in CHO3 in 2023; the target number of hours for each category in CHO3 in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9522/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

48. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider sanctioning an ASD class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9488/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

87. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of SEAI home energy upgrades that have been grant supported since 2020, per county; and the amount of grant funding paid out in euro under home energy upgrades, per county, in tabular form. [8985/24]

Defence Forces

Cathal Crowe

95. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the defence infrastructure projects that have been completed since 2020; and the funding provided for each project, by county, in tabular format. [8993/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

225. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider increasing the salary paid to school bus escorts as it is only 70 cent above the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Cathal Crowe

324. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider revising the long-term carers contribution scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9379/24]

Departmental Data

Cathal Crowe

331. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details on the number of applications received by her Department for the Ireland immigrant investor programme in County Clare; and if she will provide topline detail on these applications. [8729/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Cathal Crowe

355. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) can expect her passport and other relevant paperwork to issue following a naturalisation ceremony; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9198/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

385. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of farmer scheme payments made on a per county basis for the year 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8906/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

386. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out in 2023 to beef and sheep farmers in each county; the number of payees in each county, since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8941/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

387. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out in 2023 under the areas of natural constraint scheme, by county; and the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8942/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Cathal Crowe

403. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting an essential ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/24]

Hospital Services

Cathal Crowe

592. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason a foot clinic is no longer held in Tallaght University Hospital; and if there are plans to resume this vital service. [9181/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

664. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the rules, terms and conditions of the community services scheme administered by Pobal explicitly exclude community organisations that operate as branches of a national body (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8995/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

668. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the community services scheme will reopen for applications in 2024, and if so, when is it expected to open. [9308/24]

Local Authorities

Cathal Crowe

670. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will allocate additional funding to Clare County Council to help clear the significant backlog for local improvement scheme applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9351/24]

Nursing Homes

Cathal Crowe

269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will revise the national treatment purchase fund calculation mechanism for funding fair deal stays in not-for-profit charitable nursing homes, such as Cahercalla Community Hospital in Ennis and Carrigoran Nursing Home, Newmarket-on-Fergus, to reflect rising costs in providing healthcare, along with incidental costs often arising from HIQA inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8419/24]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Cathal Crowe

3. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the third shared island forum; and the priorities under the shared island initiative in 2024. [7799/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

86. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will reconsider the decision not to grant assistive technology to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8290/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

188. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he, in conjunction with the relevant Departments, will give consideration to rolling out a scheme to enable disabled people, who drive adapted vehicles, to upgrade to electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/24]

School Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

264. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when an application for additional accommodation made by a school (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7469/24]

Gambling Sector

Cathal Crowe

426. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will make the necessary changes to ensure that bookmakers that are granted a licence to operate in Ireland are required to take the appropriate steps to allow gambling addicts to easily self-exclude from their business (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7695/24]

Hospital Facilities

Cathal Crowe

609. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps, in conjunction with the relevant officials in hospital groups across Ireland, to ensure that there is a dedicated room and facility in each maternity hospital for those experiencing pregnancy loss (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7982/24]

Tourist Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

39. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has a strategy to ensure that bed accommodation for tourists visiting Ireland is increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6692/24]

Sports Events

Cathal Crowe

59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider resurrecting plans for Ireland to host future stages of the Tour de France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6693/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

98. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details on the pilot sewage schemes initiative, funded by his Department in 2023; if he proposes to run this scheme again in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/24]

National Monuments

Cathal Crowe

147. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects funding under the community monuments fund 2024 to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/24]