Parliamentary questions

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]

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]