Parliamentary questions

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

303. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if affordable housing schemes will be developed in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47841/21]

School Facilities

Cathal Crowe

405. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of the application for a physical education laboratory and equipment store made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48015/21]

Tax Reliefs

Cathal Crowe

473. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, in conjunction with the relevant Departments will consider putting a scheme in place similar to the cycle-to-work scheme for those on disability and invalidity allowance in order to financially assist them to access bicycles and electric scooters and so on. [47464/21]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

611. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will amend the next-of-kin rule in order that both parents of single adults who are hospitalised are down as the point of contact rather than just one when applicable. [47706/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

700. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he in conjunction with the HSE will examine eliminating the fee facing parents of teenagers who missed out on the HPV vaccine in first year of school and now want to be vaccinated. [48238/21]

Rural Schemes

Cathal Crowe

790. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the timeline for the streetscape scheme due to difficulties with construction issues and the availability of specialised tradesmen and to complete the work. [47767/21]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

22. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will accede to requests for refugee status made by Afghan nationals who work for an Irish company based in Kabul, Afghanistan. [46696/21]

Departmental Properties

Cathal Crowe

143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he will accede to a request made by a club (details supplied) to purchase a narrow strip of ground adjacent to its playing pitch from his Department. [46701/21]

Cabinet Committees

Cathal Crowe

7. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education met last; and when it is next due to meet. [44817/21]

Cabinet Committees

Cathal Crowe

24. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [44818/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Cathal Crowe

101. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way his Department in conjunction with Irish Water plans to provide modern sewage infrastructure to villages lacking sewerage facilities in County Clare. [46387/21]

Road Projects

Cathal Crowe

248. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the status of the provision of a bypass for Killaloe, County Clare including the construction of a new bridge crossing the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46107/21]

Tax Collection

Cathal Crowe

274. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will defer the local property tax for properties built and purchased since 2013 for a period of 12 months in view of the economic hardship faced by homeowners due to Covid-19. [46740/21]

Citizenship Applications

Cathal Crowe

414. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding and status of an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied). [46386/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

449. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will revisit the guidance relating to close contacts of individuals with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in order to minimise disruptions to schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46235/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

641. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee have undertaken a scientific analysis on the possibility of the ivermectin drug being used as a Covid-19 therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46092/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

687. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the University Limerick Hospitals Group facilities; and the number who are waiting six to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 months, two to four and more than five years in tabular form. [46214/21]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

688. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick is included in the remaining six diabetes centres to become dose adjusting for normal eating licensed in 2022 (details supplied); and if a centre in the mid-west such as Limerick is included in the remaining six centres to become licensed in 2022. [46215/21]

Health Services Staff

Cathal Crowe

689. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in budget 2022 to provide a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse for the adult diabetes clinic in University Limerick Hospitals Group to enable insulin pump therapy initiation for persons who are clinically suited to this treatment. [46216/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

690. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University of Limerick hospital's group adult diabetes service who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition. [46217/21]