Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Schemes

Cathal Crowe

268. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the roll-out of the social inclusion voucher scheme for Irish Sign Language (details supplied); when the scheme will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7323/24]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

399. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the parameters of the publicly-funded IVF scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7311/24]

Coroners Service

Cathal Crowe

257. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she will address concerns raised by the Coroners Society of Ireland (details supplied) around the pay and conditions of its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7018/24]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

287. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on HSE funding for a service (details supplied) in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7091/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

334. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an application submitted by a school for assisted technology for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6589/24]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

420. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the next steps for pilot sewerage schemes announced for County Clare villages (details supplied). [6618/24]

Further and Higher Education

Cathal Crowe

620. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will support calls for post-graduate medicine courses in Ireland to be upgraded from QQI level 8 to QQI level 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6497/24]

Further and Higher Education

Cathal Crowe

621. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in view of the shortage of medical doctors and nurses in Ireland, if he will give consideration to introducing an additional qualification category for SUSI grants so that students who have already completed a QQI level 8 degree, and are undertaking an additional postgraduate course to train as a medical doctor or nurse (also QQI level 8) become, in principle, entitled to bursary support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6498/24]

Business Supports

Cathal Crowe

5. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses in Clare are likely to qualify for the increased cost of business grant; what discussions his Department has had with Clare County Council in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5563/24]

Industrial Development

Cathal Crowe

46. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported jobs in Clare at the end of 2023; how this compares to 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Cathal Crowe

97. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide details of flood relief and river drainage works that the OPW will undertake in County Clare this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5721/24]

Coastal Protection

Cathal Crowe

111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an overview of works planned to alleviate coastal erosion in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5720/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

204. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear the outcome of their application to have their salary increments reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5839/24]

Departmental Staff

Cathal Crowe

232. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a cohort of workers funded by her Department (details supplied) have not received a pay increase in 15 years; if any pay increases are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5813/24]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

102. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sectors back down to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5068/24]

State Properties

Cathal Crowe

120. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an overview of the works, including costs incurred, undertaken at the Sate-owned Shannon 153 building in Shannon, County Clare as plans were being developed to transform it into an accommodation centre for international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/24]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

252. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether a successfully awarded defective concrete block grant for a home is available to an individual who inherits the affected home or if they need to reapply as a fresh applicant (details supplied). [5069/24]

Local Authorities

Cathal Crowe

263. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has made any funding allocations to Clare County Council in order that a Section 180 application (Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended) made by the residents of an area (details supplied) to have their housing estate taken into public charge by the local authority, can be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5233/24]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

433. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering any properties in Shannon or Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare for IPAS accommodation. [5075/24]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

434. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the current contract his Department has, in respect of an international protection applicant accommodation centre at a location (details supplied) expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/24]

Road Projects

Cathal Crowe

18. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progression of phase 1 of the Limerick northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4244/24]

Regional Airports

Cathal Crowe

59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to complete his Departmental review of the Regional Airports Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4245/24]

Tax Reliefs

Cathal Crowe

83. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a 0% VAT rate to all gluten-free food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4248/24]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will urgently consider making a revision to the flat rate of VAT, applicable to farmers, so that rebates can be provided on certain farm infrastructural investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4246/24]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

224. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance how many homebuyers in each county have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4850/24]

Tax Credits

Cathal Crowe

225. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [4851/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Cathal Crowe

270. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs, by county at the end of 2019 and at the end of 2023, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4836/24]

Water Services

Cathal Crowe

285. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding provided to each local authority for capital investment in water services infrastructure in each of the years 2020 to 2023; the allocation for 2024 for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4843/24]

An Garda Síochána

Cathal Crowe

322. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the Garda fleet in each Garda station (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4905/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

334. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme per county; the total amount of payments in Euro paid out under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme since the formation of this Government, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

335. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid to date under the agri-climate rural environment scheme per county; the total amount of payments in Euro paid out under the agri-climate rural environment scheme in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4826/24]

Fishing Industry

Cathal Crowe

336. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme, by county, in tabular form since the formation of the current Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4827/24]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Cathal Crowe

337. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since the formation of the current Government, by county, in tabular form; the total amount allocated to each fishery harbour centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4828/24]

Departmental Data

Cathal Crowe

338. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funds allocated to each local authority under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme 2022-2023, since the formation of this Government, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4829/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Cathal Crowe

390. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the latest breakdown, by county of apprenticeship registration levels and total apprenticeship population levels by trade, sector for each of the years from 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [4847/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Cathal Crowe

397. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of hubs onboarded in each county since the National Hub Network (connectedhubs.ie) was launched; and the total amount of funding in each county towards this, in tabular form. [4833/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Cathal Crowe

398. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of broadband connection points installed in each county; and the total number have been installed in schools by NBI in each county, in tabular form. [4834/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

25. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax relief or VAT reduction on assisted technology required by children and adults who have a diagnosis of dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/24]

Local Authorities

Cathal Crowe

77. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider the way in which his Department is leading the "Your Council" campaign so that advertising is also undertaken in local newspapers and on local radio stations (details supplied). [4317/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

178. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason a cohort of health workers (details supplied) were excluded from the pandemic special recognition payment when non-frontline staff were included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4555/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

270. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3875/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

291. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for an update on the progression of a new school build (details supplied); if the said build can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4238/24]

Disability Services

Cathal Crowe

477. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration can be given to having a broad ‘personalised budget’ scheme for individuals with disability, on the basis that many service providers are over-stretched and cannot give many individuals with disabilities the type of support in the community that they so badly need and want; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3918/24]

Air Safety

Cathal Crowe

191. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if the Irish Aviation Authority and Airnav Ireland have any concerns in relation to large scale wind turbines, such as the potential they have to affect flight paths and the safety of aircraft in relation to terrain clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/24]

Defence Forces

Cathal Crowe

56. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress he expects in 2024 towards realising level of ambition 2 for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2698/24]

Defence Forces

Cathal Crowe

80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to protect the use of the term “Óglaigh na hÉireann”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2697/24]

Office of Public Works

Cathal Crowe

226. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW would consider selling the former Garda station in Broadford, County Clare, to the Broadford Parish Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2547/24]

Waterways Ireland

Cathal Crowe

333. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Waterways Ireland does not supply electricity to boats moored in Lough Derg over the winter months; if there are plans to change this protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2348/24]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

523. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on plans relating to a building (details supplied) earmarked for accommodation for international protection applicants. [2688/24]

Health Strategies

Cathal Crowe

590. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if an implementation budget has been earmarked for the recommendations that will come from the Rare Disease Strategy Steering Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2490/24]