Parliamentary questions

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]