Parliamentary questions

Heritage Sites

Cathal Crowe

97. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has had engagement with other Departments with the view to providing Clare County Council with Exchequer money to make the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites a success. [56246/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Cathal Crowe

145. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when Eir retirees, who were formerly classified as Post and Telegraphs and Telecom Éireann employees who were considered to be public servants, can expect to receive an increase in their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56613/22]

International Agreements

Cathal Crowe

158. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland, as a founding member of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance with Costa Rica and Denmark, will ensure that the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is supported and that an agreement is reached regarding loss and damage payments for the global south as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56507/22]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

345. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that inspectors regularly inspect school transport bus services to ensure that all allocated seats are being used on a regular basis with a view to reallocating seats that are not in use given the current school transport difficulties. [56493/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Cathal Crowe

391. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection when retired community employment scheme supervisors can expect to receive the gratuity payments they were notified of in August 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56496/22]

Childcare Services

Cathal Crowe

443. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the build blocks funding programme that his Department administers can provide for extensions to existing childcare buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56647/22]

Education and Training Provision

Cathal Crowe

456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will broaden the entry criteria for Springboard in order that persons in receipt of the invalidity pension payment can also avail of Springboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56640/22]

Disease Management

Cathal Crowe

504. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a copy of the business case made for a national diabetes registry can be made available (details supplied); and if a timeline for the delivery of the same can be outlined. [56162/22]

Public Service Obligation

Cathal Crowe

38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a public service obligation application from management of Shannon Airport in respect of establishing a route to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55641/22]

Heritage Sites

Cathal Crowe

43. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the transfer of managerial responsibility for Shannon Heritage properties in County Clare to transfer from the Shannon Airport Group to Clare County Council; the Government funding that will be made available to make this transfer a success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55642/22]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

116. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the 9% rate of VAT applicable to the tourism and hospitality sectors beyond 28 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55648/22]

Driver Test

Cathal Crowe

206. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the steps, if any, that are being taken to alleviate the current long waiting lists for applicants who are endeavouring to apply for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54929/22]

Local Authorities

Cathal Crowe

306. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the drainage responsibility for the Inagh river in County Clare was transferred at some stage from the Office of Public Works to Clare County Council; when and the way in which this happened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54470/22]

State Properties

Cathal Crowe

313. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the plans that exist for the Garda station in the village of Doonbeg that was shut down in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54839/22]

Public Sector Staff

Cathal Crowe

812. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made in issuing adult educators with public service contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54461/22]

Healthcare Policy

Cathal Crowe

929. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity whereby the Irish healthcare system does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer, but does have a chief medical officer, a chief nursing officer, a chief dentistry officer and a chief veterinary officer, who are responsible for overseeing their respective professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/22]

Research Funding

Cathal Crowe

935. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason that there is no HRB funding granted to Galway or Limerick hospitals to run clinical trials; if there are plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54302/22]

Primary Care Services

Cathal Crowe

1072. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to alleviate waiting lists in access to primary care appointments and pressure on primary care staff who are overwhelmed (details supplied). [54794/22]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

1200. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 27 October 2022, the fully staffed annual testing capacity of the new national cervical screening laboratory; and the tendering process which prevents the HSE from disclosing the total cost of sending samples abroad for testing in each of the past five years. [55361/22]

Foreign Direct Investment

Cathal Crowe

16. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a strategy to attract overseas investors to invest in Ireland's renewables sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53600/22]

Rural Schemes

Cathal Crowe

104. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will examine the possibility of new CLÁR designations for additional villages in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53602/22]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

202. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education her plans to deal with contracting issues on the Bus Éireann school transport scheme that have resulted in pupils being left without transport in areas in County Clare (details supplied). [53957/22]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

204. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will directly intervene in the cases of two school transport routes (details supplied) where children are left without a means to get the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53959/22]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

214. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the safe-routes-to-school programme. [52920/22]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

263. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider requesting the Revenue Commissioners to streamline and simplify the online filing of form 11s to include a method to automatically calculate the preliminary tax due to the person, along with an option to either accept this or enter a different amount if they wish (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53510/22]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

419. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in an urgent school transport case for a child (details supplied). [53522/22]

Third Level Fees

Cathal Crowe

525. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all third level students regardless of their SUSI entitlements will be eligible for the €1,000 reduction in student contribution fees in 2022; and when and the way that this reduction will be rolled out. [52882/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Cathal Crowe

602. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide further detail on the national diabetes registry provided for in Budget 2023; if there is a framework for the delivery of the registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52883/22]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

810. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials in her Department will undertake a study of Kilkishen, County Clare, with the view to designating it as a Clár area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53502/22]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

228. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider issuing a circular to local authorities advising them that a degree of prioritisation be given to retained fighters who are also social housing applicants in order that they can be housed within the required 1.5 km radius of their local fire station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52579/22]

Departmental Staff

Cathal Crowe

269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if data (details supplied) in relation to the secondment of staff from her Department to the local employment service will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52543/22]

Third Level Fees

Cathal Crowe

294. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all third level students who are attending publicly funded third level colleges are entitled to the €1,000 cut in student fees, regardless of their SUSI grant entitlements. [52524/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Cathal Crowe

7. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [52024/22]

Departmental Bodies

Cathal Crowe

11. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [52025/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Cathal Crowe

549. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options available to a preschool (details supplied) in terms of getting additional space for 2023. [51126/22]

Industrial Relations

Cathal Crowe

686. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that a review (details supplied) will proceed without delay. [51229/22]

Health Services Staff

Cathal Crowe

687. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the staffing crisis in radiation therapy is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51230/22]

Medicinal Products

Cathal Crowe

774. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department will fund coaguchek meters and self-test strips for patients who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin in order to decongest warfarin clinics at public hospitals and also make self-management easier for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51554/22]

Animal Culls

Cathal Crowe

871. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he hopes to introduce changes to the valuation of reactor cattle who have contracted bovine tuberculosis and if he replaces valuation agents with vets who he proposes will pay for the vet call-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51557/22]

Departmental Properties

Cathal Crowe

36. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans, if any, to upgrade the INTREO centre in Ennis, County Clare, or to recruit additional staff for this valued facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50382/22]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

93. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he proposes to establish a new metric for gathering data on childhood poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50384/22]

Youth Services

Cathal Crowe

141. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department's plans, if any, to expand the provision of youth services across County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50383/22]

Work Permits

Cathal Crowe

170. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in the application of a person (details supplied) for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51039/22]

Immigration Policy

Cathal Crowe

345. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the undocumented migrant scheme that have been completed to date in 2022; the number that are outstanding; and when a decision will issue in relation to an application that was made on 6 April 2022. [50829/22]

Community Development Projects

Cathal Crowe

484. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has ringfenced funding for community centres and voluntary organisations to apply for, to help meet the heightened costs of running their premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50969/22]

State Examinations

Cathal Crowe

399. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when students who sat their Junior Certificate examinations in 2022 can expect to receive their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49775/22]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

537. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian refugee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/22]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

538. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian refugee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/22]

Third Level Education

Cathal Crowe

563. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that will be taken to ensure that there is adequate financial support for students commencing third level education in 2023. [49797/22]

Grant Payments

Cathal Crowe

564. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consult SUSI about raising the income threshold to ensure that middle-income earners who are struggling can access third level grants from 2023. [49798/22]

Hospital Staff

Cathal Crowe

762. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will put adequate staffing and contingency plans in place to ensure that there is no recurrence of the closure of the Ennis injury unit (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50269/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Cathal Crowe

65. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider changing the criteria for persons to serve as ambassadors of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48896/22]

Defence Forces

Cathal Crowe

89. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence the locations in which he proposes to install military radar systems in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48805/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Cathal Crowe

110. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if a security analysis has been undertaken by the Naval Service in respect of strategic undersea pipelines and cables serving Ireland with fuels and communication lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48806/22]

Road Safety

Cathal Crowe

91. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider running a national safety campaign, similar to the Stayin Alive at 1.5 undertaken by Cycling Ireland to advise motorist to stay a distance apart from pedestrians when overtaking them. [48769/22]

Driver Licences

Cathal Crowe

96. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the anomaly by which those driving on full driving licences from other countries, who have either moved to or returned to live in Ireland, are treated as unqualified drivers and must undertake lessons, a test and so on (details supplied). [48871/22]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

190. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to an appeal by a school (details supplied) for additional staff. [48843/22]

Visa Applications

Cathal Crowe

280. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she will create a separate unit within the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service to ensure that visa applications relating to medical professionals are strategically prioritised and fast-tracked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48798/22]

Cabinet Committees

Cathal Crowe

7. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will meet next. [46788/22]

Cabinet Committees

Cathal Crowe

13. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will meet next. [46789/22]

Coastal Erosion

Cathal Crowe

251. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will urgently request senior Office of Public Works engineers to assess the works that were recently undertaken to arrest coastal erosion at Spanish Point Beach, County Clare and to determine if further remedial works are required (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48318/22]

School Management

Cathal Crowe

355. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied) to have a person appointed as a trustee; and if she will progress this appointment. [47959/22]

Third Level Costs

Cathal Crowe

506. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that those undertaking doctorates in educational psychology are funded during their studies. [48320/22]

Dental Services

Cathal Crowe

641. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the actions that his Department intends on taking to address the issue whereby medical card holders in County Clare are unable to access dental treatment. [48195/22]

National Car Test

Cathal Crowe

100. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department intends taking to deal with the backlog of NCT appointments currently being experienced in the Midwest; and if motorists will be covered, given they have to wait many months for their appointments, despite booking well in advance. [47796/22]

National Car Test

Cathal Crowe

101. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will give serious consideration to the addition of an NCT centre in west County Clare. [47797/22]

Commemorative Events

Cathal Crowe

134. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a date and location has been decided for the 2022 An Gorta Mór overseas remembrance day. [47731/22]

Commemorative Events

Cathal Crowe

135. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to include the public in the commemoration of An Gorta Mór 2023, given the public's exclusion from the celebration in 2022. [47732/22]

Commemorative Events

Cathal Crowe

136. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a date has been decided for the An Gorta Mór 2023 commemoration; and if additional notice will be given than the 24 days that was given in 2022, which made it difficult for the general public, particularly those living abroad, to participate in the ceremony. [47733/22]

Housing Policy

Cathal Crowe

68. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has a strategy to ensure the owners of holiday rentals rooms, such as those listed on a website (details supplied) are incentivised to make those rooms available to accommodate families who are on social housing waiting lists. [46979/22]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

72. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected timeline for the roll-out of the planned defective concrete block redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47280/22]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Cathal Crowe

137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the ratification of new wind energy guidelines for Ireland. [45710/22]

Water Services

Cathal Crowe

139. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the release of funding for upgrades to a group water scheme (details supplied). [47361/22]

Social Welfare Code

Cathal Crowe

200. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will raise the age at which a child has to cease claiming domiciliary care allowance from 16 years to 18 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Cathal Crowe

220. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when she expects a determination to be made in the case of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47354/22]

Road Safety

Cathal Crowe

96. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has considered installing lighting in the underpass tunnel of the N18 dual-carriageway at Ballymorris, Cratloe, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47179/22]

Heritage Sites

Cathal Crowe

105. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the status of the transfer of the Shannon Heritage sites into the management of Clare County Council. [46978/22]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

113. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if the rules in relation to flat-rate expenses will be amended to include podiatrists and chiropodists (details supplied). [46651/22]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

248. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if the cut-off age for drivers of school transport services will be reviewed given the difficulty in recruiting drivers at present. [46867/22]

Medicinal Products

Cathal Crowe

432. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application by the HSE to have products (details supplied) included for reimbursement on the long-term illness scheme. [46605/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

433. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were approved for roche accu-chek insulin pumps through the HSE's aids and appliances community funds in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and the number of those who are in various age categories (details supplied) in tabular form. [46606/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

434. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total spend on blood glucose test strips for persons with diabetes under the long-term illness scheme for each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [46607/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

435. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total spend on blood glucose test strips for each of several HSE-preferred products (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme for each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [46608/22]

Hospital Services

Cathal Crowe

436. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the requirements that are needed to be put in place in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group to offer insulin pump therapy as a treatment option for adults with type 1 diabetes. [46609/22]

Aviation Industry

Cathal Crowe

21. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the date on which he will commence work on a new national aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46097/22]

Public Service Obligation

Cathal Crowe

84. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a Public Service Obligation application from an organisation (details supplied) in terms of a service established between Shannon Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46096/22]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

121. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new personal taxation treatment to encourage stay at home parents to enter part-time employment in strategic areas (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46101/22]

Employment Rights

Cathal Crowe

167. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to ensure that employers do not implement unpaid trial shifts in the workplace for potential staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46471/22]

Public Transport

Cathal Crowe

188. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he, in consultation with Transport For Ireland, will address the anomaly by which third levels students must be aged 19 years or older to be entitled to a student Leap card (details supplied). [46419/22]

Citizenship Applications

Cathal Crowe

62. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application for citizenship made by a person (details supplied). [46074/22]

Local Development Companies

Cathal Crowe

166. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on plans to establish exclusively independent community-led Leader groups, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [46166/22]

Foreign Policy

Cathal Crowe

300. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts that will be made beyond what has already been done to reunite an Irish mother and child (details supplied). [45933/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Cathal Crowe

365. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a proposal from an organisation (details supplied) for improved access to the free-travel scheme for people with epilepsy in Ireland. [45598/22]

Childcare Services

Cathal Crowe

408. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if measures will be put in place to address concerns (details supplied) with the new CORE funding model. [45808/22]

Industrial Development

Cathal Crowe

8. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is supportive of the industrial hub around Shannon Airport being a base for major parcel distribution and transiting centres; and if his Department has made any effort in attracting large multinationals in this sector to the region. [45168/22]

Employment Rights

Cathal Crowe

52. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Security Industry Employment Regulation Order 2022. [45169/22]

Rural Schemes

Cathal Crowe

87. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will take measures to clear the local improvement scheme backlog in County Clare. [45171/22]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

272. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will prioritise the provision of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied). [44476/22]

Pension Provisions

Cathal Crowe

497. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) who are in receipt of HSE pensions can expect to have their pensions increased or arrears paid in respect of the October 2021 or the February 2022 public service pay increases. [44446/22]

Pension Provisions

Cathal Crowe

498. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will work with the HSE to ensure that pension increases are calculated and applied as frequently as current employee increases (details supplied) [44447/22]