Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

107. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55208/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

173. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55206/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

193. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55203/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

226. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55218/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

254. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55207/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

280. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55213/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

295. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55205/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

345. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55204/23]

Legislative Programme

Cathal Crowe

376. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55217/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

442. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55211/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

500. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55215/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

576. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55212/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

631. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55201/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

707. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55202/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

821. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55210/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

878. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55209/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

888. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55214/23]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

61. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on plans to include Broadford and Cooraclare, County Clare in a pilot sewerage scheme for unsewered villages. [53846/23]

Data Protection

Cathal Crowe

133. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection about the recent increase in scam text messages and phone calls concerning the lump sum payments from her Department; what the Department is doing to combat these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54066/23]

Social Welfare Code

Cathal Crowe

143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection about the recent changes to the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme and what these will comprise; if these changes will result in the creation of a new fund or scheme; if there were considerations given to allow funding to follow the person instead of being granted to the business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54067/23]

Disadvantaged Status

Cathal Crowe

79. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will commit to extending DEIS status to the entire of the recently amalgamated school (details supplied). [53843/23]

Animal Welfare

Cathal Crowe

141. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a livestock vessel (details supplied) was permitted to leave Ireland despite inclement weather conditions. [54196/23]

Animal Welfare

Cathal Crowe

142. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been in communication with the French authorities regarding a deceased animal (details supplied) [54197/23]

Medical Qualifications

Cathal Crowe

183. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case of a person (details supplied) of a CORU application issue [54093/23]

Tourism Policy

Cathal Crowe

84. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an overview of Fáilte Ireland's marketing strategy for tourism, outside of Dublin, for the 2024 summer season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53375/23]

Sports Funding

Cathal Crowe

90. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will explain why a sports capital grant application made by Clare GAA, to develop their centre of excellence facilities at Caherlohan,Tulla, County Clare in approximately 2018/2019 was refused; if a determination was made on the appeal subsequently lodged by the Clare County Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53374/23]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

243. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider initiating a campaign to attract qualified Irish primary and secondary school teachers working overseas to return to Ireland, and creating a unit within her Department to lead such an initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53415/23]

Regional Airports

Cathal Crowe

28. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he expects to conclude a review of the regional airports programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52618/23]

Road Safety

Cathal Crowe

43. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding to address motorway exit lanes and joining lanes which are excessively short in nature or constructed at severe angles which compromise driver safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52619/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

75. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when she expects works on a new building for a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52579/23]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

107. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will sanction an additional autism class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52578/23]

Foreign Policy

Cathal Crowe

189. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the recent meeting of the Hungarian Prime Minister with the Russian President; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49940/23]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

192. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he used his visit to China to request that the Chinese government use its influence with Russia to deliver an immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49941/23]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

395. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the qualifying rules for the local authority home loan scheme so that individuals and families (details supplied) who have been forced to sell their homes due to inability to pay a large mortgage or downsizing due to changing family needs can also avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52953/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

70. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for an update on the capital build project for a school (details supplied). [52784/23]

National Development Plan

Cathal Crowe

29. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome 8 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52299/23]

Flood Risk Management

Cathal Crowe

67. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of major flood relief schemes currently in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52300/23]

Air Corps

Cathal Crowe

137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans for the items displayed in the Irish Air Corps museum in Baldonnel, which is due to close in December 2023; and if there are any plans to build a new hangar to house the same. [52397/23]

Coroners Service

Cathal Crowe

148. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm the attendees at an upcoming coroner’s hearing (details supplied); and if the costs incurred by the family in pursuit of the same will be covered by the State. [51899/23]

Psychological Assessments

Cathal Crowe

293. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education is she will endeavour to expedite an urgently needed NEPS appointment for a person (details supplied). [52538/23]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

335. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will raise the price ceiling for the first homes scheme in County Clare, which is currently set at €325,000, so as to entice further applications and drawdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52284/23]

Alcohol Sales

Cathal Crowe

409. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if plans for the deregulation of the pub industry will result in more off licences in the future; if this will de-value the cost of a licence; and if off-licence hours of businesses will be extended under the plans (details supplied). [52045/23]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Cathal Crowe

41. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce mitigating measures to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are able to bear the additional costs they are facing in terms of increased wage bills, additional bank holiday payment rates and increased commercial rates. [51128/23]

Industrial Development

Cathal Crowe

72. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on the IDA and Enterprise Ireland’s latest efforts to bring business to County Clare. [51126/23]

Banking Sector

Cathal Crowe

130. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the banking review. [51368/23]

Departmental Strategies

Cathal Crowe

135. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance when the National Payments Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51367/23]

Sports Funding

Cathal Crowe

225. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an up-to-date statement on LSSIF round 1; to detail how much has been allocated; how much has been drawn down; and the list of projects it was allocated to. [51701/23]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

233. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to amend the incremental tenant purchase scheme 2016 to allow tenants of social homes acquired since 1 January 2016 to pursue a purchase of their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51766/23]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

283. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information on a series of matters regarding international protection applicants, in tabular form, in view of a television report and allegations made by residents of Inch, Ennis, County Clare (details supplied). [51718/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

340. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce an RSV vaccine programme for older adults this winter to help minimise the impact of the tripledemic, RSV, Covid and flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51727/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

341. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a health technology assessment for an RSV vaccine for older adults following the recent publication of a NIAC recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51728/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

342. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a free shingles vaccination scheme for older adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51729/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

343. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the policy for increasing the number of vaccines available to adults to prevent against infectious diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51730/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

344. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the policy regarding life-course vaccination; his plans to introduce a comprehensive adult vaccination programme in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51731/23]

Defence Forces

Cathal Crowe

60. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an overview of Budget 2024 in relation to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50709/23]

Official Travel

Cathal Crowe

69. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when a new Government jet will be procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50708/23]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

246. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing an additional allowance for primary and secondary school teachers who work in city centre environments and face added, often unsustainable, living costs as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50874/23]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

293. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether a set of expenses (details supplied) will be covered under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50722/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Cathal Crowe

334. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection to extend Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status to an entire school (details supplied), given the extenuating circumstances facing pupils currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50719/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Cathal Crowe

450. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently engage with Tusla to ensure that an agency (details supplied) is given the necessary funding to meet their costs and remain operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51121/23]

Dental Services

Cathal Crowe

511. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of availability of dental services for children with additional needs outside of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50678/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

230. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's request to HIQA to carry out a health technology assessment examining the cost benefits of an enhanced vaccine for the over 65s; when the health technology assessment will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50343/23]

Pension Provisions

Cathal Crowe

37. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he can provide details of the legislative basis on which authority for the Irish Aviation Authority's staff superannuation scheme 1996 has been passed from the IAA to AirNav Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50029/23]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Cathal Crowe

65. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he would consider additional mitigation measures to ensure that small and medium sized business are able to absorb some of the additional costs that they have recently faced, e.g. increased wage bills, overheads and so on. [50062/23]

Departmental Offices

Cathal Crowe

116. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the proposal to move his Department’s offices in Shannon, County Clare to Ennis, County Clare; to clarify what services provided by the Shannon office will move; to clarify the future plans for printing and mailing vehicle log books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49959/23]

Tax Reliefs

Cathal Crowe

138. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if the mileage bands relating to BIK rates (details supplied) will remain at the pre-2023 bands or if they are to revert to the proposed 2023 bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50016/23]

Local Authorities

Cathal Crowe

268. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can provide an update on what actions Tipperary County Council have taken since the elected members of the Nenagh Municipal District unanimously passed a motion, at their meeting held on 21 September 2023, calling for the local authority to register ownership over the Kilboy Graveyard in Dolla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49645/23]

Animal Welfare

Cathal Crowe

370. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take the necessary steps to ensure there is an authorised animal welfare officer for County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49407/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

600. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if will provide details on when he expects the Saffron and Blue GP Practice (with a GMS contract of over 800 patients) to relocate and reopen at its new premises at Carrigoran, Newmarket-on-Fergus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49972/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

601. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he has been given assurances that the Saffron and Blue GP Practice, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare (with a GMS contract of over 800 patients), will continue to operate from its current premises and fulfil all the requirements of its GMS contract to the HSE, until such time as it relocates to its new premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49973/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

602. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if will provide details of the operational hours and conditions that his Department and the HSE have ascribed to the GMS contract awarded to the Saffron and Blue GP Practice, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49974/23]

Vaccination Programme

Cathal Crowe

6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce an adult immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48824/23]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

8. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of plans his Department has for Inis Ghile Centre in Parteen, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48823/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Cathal Crowe

92. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to make a decision on the applications made to his Department in respect of developing sewage schemes for the villages of Broadford and Cooraclare, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48826/23]

Commemorative Medals

Cathal Crowe

196. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a 2016 service medal (commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49147/23]

Waterways Issues

Cathal Crowe

211. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will assign the Office of Public Works, vis-à-vis a Service Level Agreement with Clare County Council, to clean the watercourse of the Inagh River, County Clare, given that Clare County Council do not have the specialist machinery or budget required to undertake remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49146/23]

Water Services

Cathal Crowe

228. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarity as to what housing estates in Ardnacrusha, County Clare, will benefit from the €5,466,825 funding allocated by his Department in June 2023 under the multi-annual developer provided water services infrastructure resolution programme; what remedial works the funding will cover; when remedial works are expected to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45526/23]

Telecommunications Services

Cathal Crowe

157. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will give consideration to bringing in age restrictions on the sale of mobile phone devices (i.e., aged 15 and under - phones with calling and texting functions only; age 15 and over - phones with full multimedia functionality); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47910/23]

Environmental Policy

Cathal Crowe

181. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider establishing a long-term, all-estuary vision for environmental monitoring of the Shannon Estuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48812/23]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

300. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will factor overall household income, including all earners in a family unit, for the purposes of calculating lower and higher rates of taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47538/23]

Legislative Process

Cathal Crowe

423. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the Industrial Relations (Provisions in relation to Pension Entitlements of retired persons) Bill 2021 to proceed to its next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48764/23]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

454. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when the solar panel programme for schools will be rolled out; if she can give an indication to a timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47450/23]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

457. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if some leeway will be given for a school (details supplied) in danger of losing a teacher, in view of extenuating circumstances. [47493/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

465. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application for capital works made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47574/23]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

466. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education to clarify whether a teacher (details supplied) should be on the new or old entrant scale for pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47576/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

540. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for an update on a modular build project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48543/23]

Parental Leave

Cathal Crowe

564. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she is considering making changes to Circular 0054/2019, which governs parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48765/23]

Social Welfare Code

Cathal Crowe

715. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider changing the means test for benefit payments so that other household incomes are disregarded, particularly in the case of unmarried cohabiting couples. [47532/23]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Cathal Crowe

886. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if there is an Irish citizenship ceremony planned for December 2023; and if so, when the date will be revealed for same. [48782/23]

Departmental Properties

Cathal Crowe

6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has plans to undertake any substantial building work in Shannon, County Clare, specifically remediation works on the Department of Transport's motor taxation office and the passport screening area in Shannon Airport's arrivals hall, operated by An Garda Síochána. [46933/23]

Flood Risk Management

Cathal Crowe

20. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline plans by the OPW to provide for flood relief works in County Cork in light of the recent catastrophic flooding there; and if he will provide an update on flood relief works continuing and planned for County Clare. [46932/23]

Public Transport

Cathal Crowe

132. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the actions his Department is taking, in consultation with the National Transport Authority, to improve public transport connectivity to and from Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47123/23]

Health Services Staff

Cathal Crowe

266. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the embargo on recruitment in the HSE, existing staff who have been approved for transfers from one area to another will still be accommodated with their transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47045/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Cathal Crowe

60. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the Disability Green Paper proposals in relation to extending the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [46398/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Cathal Crowe

99. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that under the proposals in the Green Paper on Reform of Disability Payments, no person who is currently in receipt of long-term disability payments will be moved off a disability payment. [46399/23]

State Bodies

Cathal Crowe

187. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the appointment of a new Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, given that there is no appeal function for decisions on primary medical certificates. [46174/23]

Transport Costs

Cathal Crowe

469. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the resumption of the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes, which were suspended in 2013. [46175/23]

Sports Events

Cathal Crowe

15. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Irish bid for co-hosting the 2028 European Football Championships includes a back-up stadium in the event that Casement Park, Belfast is unavailable [45070/23]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

18. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will elaborate on the "targeted measures to support downstream business impacted as a resulted of the war in Ukraine" announced on budget day. [45069/23]

Programme for Government

Cathal Crowe

108. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to further promote a culture of lifelong learning within the workforce, focusing on increasing the lifelong learning rate from the current rate of 9% to 18% by 2025; what the current rate is in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45533/23]