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Wed, 10 May 2023
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Disability Services
Cathal Crowe
157. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant posts by discipline in the midwest disability team, in tabular form; the status of the recruitment for these vacant posts; and the efforts being made to fill these posts. [22050/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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House Sales
Cathal Crowe
59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of homebuyers in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary who have availed of the enhanced help-to-buy scheme since 23 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Business Supports
Cathal Crowe
65. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, respectively, that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful in each county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Passport Services
Cathal Crowe
126. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider streamlining the process by which a married person going through separation or divorce reverts to their maiden name on their passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21213/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Cathal Crowe
180. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a review of rules allowing tractors to drive on the motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Cathal Crowe
249. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an overview of flood remediation works and arterial drainage schemes for County Clare in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21864/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Cathal Crowe
250. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on any remedial works his Department intends to undertake on OPW sites in County Clare in 2023. [21865/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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School Transport
Cathal Crowe
284. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in a matter involving two bus routes for Ukrainian schoolchildren (details supplied). [21357/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Wildlife Protection
Cathal Crowe
356. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will rectify a date issue impacting on a derogation on game control (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21627/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Departmental Data
Cathal Crowe
519. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can retrieve the herd number, now dormant, held by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21745/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Dental Services
Cathal Crowe
559. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that medical card patients can access dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21084/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Public Service Obligation
Cathal Crowe
17. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he received a Public Service Obligation application from the Shannon Airport Group in respect of a proposed Shannon to Amsterdam Schiphol route; if this application is congruent with state aid rules; when he expects to make a decision on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20802/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Rural Schemes
Cathal Crowe
136. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the schemes and initiatives his Department has introduced to benefit rural Ireland since 2020. [21006/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Public Transport
Cathal Crowe
137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if the bus and rail networks servicing rural areas have expanded since 2020; and if so, if he will provide examples of such expansion. [21007/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Education Policy
Cathal Crowe
172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department has taken for rural Ireland since 2020. [21002/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Cathal Crowe
183. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the schemes and initiatives his Department has introduced to benefit rural Ireland since 2020. [21004/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Housing Provision
Cathal Crowe
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many new builds have been completed in rural areas since 2020. [21005/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Cathal Crowe
273. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken for rural Ireland since 2020. [21003/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Driver Test
Cathal Crowe
89. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if there have been any developments on reducing the unacceptable delays for driving test applicants and how the plans for the recruitment of additional testers are progressing, given that currently the delays are negatively impacting on some applicants' employment appointments and are inhibiting them from being offered positions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20395/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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International Bodies
Cathal Crowe
109. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he aspires to have any major European Union or United Nations institutions headquartered in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19629/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Official Engagements
Cathal Crowe
36. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage with the President of the United States to ensure that families of those who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max ET302 crash in 2019, including a person (details supplied) from County Clare, are not hindered in their pursuit for justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19628/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Wind Energy Generation
Cathal Crowe
80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the coastal waters off County Clare designated for off-shore wind energy are much smaller in area than County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19631/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Energy Policy
Cathal Crowe
121. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when Ireland will develop a national strategy on the use of ammonia and hydrogen fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19630/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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National Broadband Plan
Cathal Crowe
172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan in rural areas. [19248/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Cathal Crowe
361. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify plans for the future of a GP practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20097/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Cathal Crowe
362. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards associated with a GP practice (details supplied); and the costs associated with running the practice. [20098/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Rural Schemes
Cathal Crowe
84. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Rural Youth Assembly. [19247/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Passport Services
Cathal Crowe
124. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address an anomaly regarding having passports re-issued in birth names (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19046/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
578. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21 years of age in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [19407/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
579. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21 years of age in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [19408/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
580. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of people using Medtronic insulin pumps who are aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or greater, in each county, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [19409/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
581. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of people using YpsoPumps insulin pumps who are aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or greater in each county, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [19410/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
582. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of people using Roche AccuChek insulin pumps who are aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or greater in each county, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [19411/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
583. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of people using Medtronic insulin pumps who are aged between 0-17 years, and those aged 18 years or greater, in each county, in 2022. [19412/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
584. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pump starts done in each hospitals’ group in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [19413/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Cathal Crowe
605. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene and direct the HSE to recognise foetal alcohol spectrum disorder as a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability in its own right, to ensure that those who are affected by FASD can access the required medication under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19473/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Hospital Services
Cathal Crowe
14. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of how the new admissions protocol relating to the medical assessment unit at Ennis General Hospital has functioned since January 2023; how he proposes to further enhance the functionality of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Cathal Crowe
60. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive will urgently look at appointing a dedicated psychiatrist for children with disabilities in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17942/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Departmental Policies
Cathal Crowe
62. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a change in the way in which July Provision is considered as part of a teacher’s work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18524/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Cathal Crowe
69. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice how many applications were received for the Garda trainee competition 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17995/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Cathal Crowe
70. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if his Department is on track to meet the target of 1,000 new gardaí this year, as provided for in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17996/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Travel Documents
Cathal Crowe
136. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify the requirements on prospective surrogate parents in terms of travel documents to bring their newborn children home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17845/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Cathal Crowe
159. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on two applications for citizenship (details supplied). [16476/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Waste Management
Cathal Crowe
193. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any consideration has been given to implementing a deposit return scheme for single-use paper items, similar to the trial being conducted for plastic containers; the evidence used to inform his deliberations on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17170/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Cathal Crowe
860. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he proposes to further extend the scope of the defective concrete blocks scheme to include additional residential properties that an individual may have leased to tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18264/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Cathal Crowe
862. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects that homeowners will be able to make applications for redress to the revamped defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18349/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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State Pensions
Cathal Crowe
867. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if pension contributions paid by those in employment over the age of 66 years will be taken into consideration when calculating pensions, in the event of them not having a sufficient number earned prior to reaching 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16435/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Cathal Crowe
1085. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the organic capital investment scheme provides grants for mulchers attached to tractors and self-propelled mulchers towed by quads; if so, the level of grant payment available; if there are any particular terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16623/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Cathal Crowe
1119. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the breeders' grant which is typically provided by his Department, on an annual basis, to (details supplied) will issue this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17306/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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International Protection
Cathal Crowe
1188. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by International Protection Accommodation Services to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/23]