Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hen Harriers

Cathal Crowe

175. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of farms in receipt of the hen harrier payment in County Clare, in tabular form. [43003/23]

Public Sector Staff

Cathal Crowe

352. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person's civil service years can be reconciled with a salary scale of a new position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42183/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Cathal Crowe

377. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on when he will announce the pilot scheme for unsewered villages. [42787/23]

Social Welfare Code

Cathal Crowe

389. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the 'means-testing' criteria as part of the carer’s allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42128/23]

Education Schemes

Cathal Crowe

723. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he can determine what exact documentation is required by an applicant for a SUSI grant (details supplied) in order to have their application considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42673/23]

Foreign Policy

Cathal Crowe

29. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ask the British government to posthumously pardon all Irish people convicted for food theft and other hunger related crimes during the Great Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41685/23]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

68. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take a lead role at the United Nations in terms of diplomatically seeking the return of all Ukrainian children who have been abducted by Russian military forces over the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/23]

National Car Test

Cathal Crowe

159. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider amending the Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017 so that NCT tests would fall due 12 months after a subject vehicle has successfully passed a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41890/23]

School Meals Programme

Cathal Crowe

211. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider lifting a cap on a school (details supplied) for the school meals programme. [42058/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Cathal Crowe

258. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he has received important email correspondence from an individual (details supplied); when he intends to respond to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41895/23]

Offshore Islands

Cathal Crowe

58. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will publish a new policy and action plan for the development of our offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41172/23]

Departmental Strategies

Cathal Crowe

63. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her Department's new Statement of Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41171/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Cathal Crowe

121. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any progress has been made in securing payment for those who were connected to the microgeneration pilot scheme (2009 – 2014) who are continuing to export excess electricity back into the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41661/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

227. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application for major capital works submitted to her Department by the Board of Management of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40958/23]

Qualifications Recognition

Cathal Crowe

269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene, as a matter of urgency, in the case of an applicant (details supplied) for teacher registration to have their application completed as a matter of urgency and a registration issued to them for interview-purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41408/23]

Energy Conservation

Cathal Crowe

283. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when she expects to roll-out a retrofit scheme for schools, including a provision for the installation of solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41511/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

284. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently fast-track, on health and safety grounds, the application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41521/23]

Qualifications Recognition

Cathal Crowe

285. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she can provide a status update on the application for teaching council registration made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41522/23]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

322. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a facilitator has been appointed to oversee the roll-out of his Department's defective concrete block redress scheme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40968/23]

Waterways Ireland

Cathal Crowe

352. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Waterways Ireland are intending to bring forward new bye-laws pertaining to the Shannon river and, if so, if he will provide an update on the progression of these and how stakeholders have been consulted thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41523/23]

Primary Care Centres

Cathal Crowe

28. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of new and upgraded primary care centres in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

54. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on actions being taken by his Department to ensure that the services of a general practice medical doctor remain in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/23]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

195. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide emergency funding for people who own defective apartments in order that their properties can be remediated to a safe level and they can be unburdened from paying incessant levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40880/23]

Tax Reliefs

Cathal Crowe

184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider giving a tax concession to small-scale landlords in Budget 2024, in line with the tax concession that is currently been given to those who rent out rooms in their own homes under the rent-a-room relief scheme, with a view to helping to keep such landlords in the rental system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40709/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Cathal Crowe

187. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the long-awaited increase to pensions for former An Post workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39570/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

726. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will devise a scheme with improved compensation for those with plantations impacted by ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39607/23]

Bus Services

Cathal Crowe

340. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the route a coach company (details supplied) is taking around Clare; if this is in contradiction to its NTA licence; and what he will do to address the matter. [38393/23]

Protected Disclosures

Cathal Crowe

379. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when his Department became aware of a protective disclosure made by a former member of the airport search unit at Dublin Airport; if officials from his Department have made any direct contact with this person; the actions that have been taken by his Department in response to the protected disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38681/23]

Protected Disclosures

Cathal Crowe

380. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if an investigation was initiated by his Department on foot of receiving a protective disclosure made by a former member of the airport search unit at Dublin Airport; if a report on this matter has been seen by him; if he will make this report available to the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38682/23]

Banking Sector

Cathal Crowe

487. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a bank (details supplied) shares its software with another bank as it takes over the operation of in-store ATMs in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39008/23]

Education Schemes

Cathal Crowe

754. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if the primary and special schoolbook scheme which has been introduced for recognised primary schools, including special schools can be extended to post-primary special class setting students that is, ASD students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39128/23]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

1458. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has advanced proposals to have floating accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and/or those seeking international protection; if he will provide details on when the tender process for this will open; and where these centres are intended for. [38882/23]

Childcare Services

Cathal Crowe

1460. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give consideration, in consultation with Pobal, to a publicly funded community childcare facility in Shannon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38900/23]

Primary Care Centres

Cathal Crowe

1850. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the provision of a primary care centre in Sixmilebridge, County Clare. [38901/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1991. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an MRI scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39386/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1992. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for a CT scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39387/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1993. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for a bone scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39388/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1994. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an angiogram in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39389/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1995. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an electroencephalogram in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39390/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1996. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39391/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1997. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an ultrasound scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39392/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Cathal Crowe

1998. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three to six months; six to nine months; nine to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [39393/23]

Departmental Programmes

Cathal Crowe

11. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an overview of the Shared Island programme since its launch in 2020; the funding provided to each project; and the initiatives supported. [37049/23]

Official Travel

Cathal Crowe

151. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on plans to purchase a new Government jet; if same will be tendered; and if so, when that tender will be advertised. [35602/23]

Road Projects

Cathal Crowe

265. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport to list each national road project that has been allocated funding since the formation of this Government; the total funding allocated to each project over the 2020-2023 period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37006/23]

Greenways Provision

Cathal Crowe

266. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of funding allocated for the development of Greenway projects, by local authority since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37007/23]

Active Travel

Cathal Crowe

269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport to provide on a local authority basis, in tabular form, since the formation of this Government, the total amount of funding allocated for the development of new walking and cycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37109/23]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

278. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the status of an application to the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied). [35596/23]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

295. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of home buyers in each county who have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36018/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

418. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a modular classroom project at a school (details supplied) proceeds without further delay so that the infrastructure can be in place in time for the upcoming new school year. [35660/23]

School Textbooks

Cathal Crowe

434. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the estimated number of children who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme in primary schools in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, respectively for 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35894/23]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

440. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the rationale behind EPV days for teachers providing school-based July Provision; and if she will consider making payment for EPV days tax-free and if she will make a statement on the matter (details supplied). [36004/23]

Forestry Sector

Cathal Crowe

904. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the adoption of the previously announced Forestry Programme 2023-2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35722/23]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

967. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the hotel the staff of an accommodation centre (details suppled) are living and working in has the required fire certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35592/23]

International Protection

Cathal Crowe

968. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the service provider for an accommodation centre (details supplied) provided a valid and correct fire certificate to IPAS in order to get awarded the initial contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35593/23]

Hospital Services

Cathal Crowe

1339. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently available in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form; the number available in each public/voluntary hospital in December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36610/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Cathal Crowe

1487. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the latest breakdown, by county, of apprenticeship registration levels and total apprenticeship population levels, by trade and sector, for each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [37048/23]

Organic Farming

Cathal Crowe

19. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to expand on the marketing strategy of organic meats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34483/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Cathal Crowe

30. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will devise a scheme to help farmers with particularly old tractors, which are in constant use but in a poor state of repair, to upgrade to newer and safer tractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34484/23]

Tourism Promotion

Cathal Crowe

91. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will devise a strategy to maximise the benefit of coach-tour tourism along the Wild Atlantic Way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34488/23]

Television Licence Fee

Cathal Crowe

112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she intends to review television licensing on foot of the recent RTÉ payments and perks controversy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34487/23]

Driver Test

Cathal Crowe

256. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport what actions his Department is taking, in conjunction with the RSA to address the ongoing difficulties in getting driving test appointments, in particular for re-test appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35144/23]

Road Network

Cathal Crowe

259. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will directly intervene in a case (details supplied) regarding the maintenance of a roundabout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35237/23]

School Admissions

Cathal Crowe

379. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the average class size for primary schools in each county in the school years 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35288/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Cathal Crowe

668. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will consider leasing or purchasing a vacant commercial unit in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, for the provision of community-level healthcare in this populated centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34944/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

669. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if grants are available to help a GP set up a new practice facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34945/23]

General Practitioner Services

Cathal Crowe

670. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there is any funding stream by which a community can undertake capital works to facilitate the establishment of a GP practice in their locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34946/23]

Teacher Training

Cathal Crowe

110. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education why many extra personal vacation, EPV, course providers, who provide high-quality continuous professional development courses, have had their permits to run courses reduced from three years to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34450/23]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Cathal Crowe

143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time and average response times for section 35 and 42 NWPS licences (details supplied); how many applications for same have been received; and how many have been responded to. [34579/23]

Hospital Services

Cathal Crowe

261. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to lymphoedema, there are plans to address deficiencies in funding for Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34584/23]

Third Level Fees

Cathal Crowe

285. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider a revision of third level fees or a similar measure to assist families where more than one child is attending college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34498/23]

Housing Policy

Cathal Crowe

341. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether the date range for being liable for the development contribution fee will be amended to include those who have submitted commencement notices in January of this year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33499/23]

Health Service Executive

Cathal Crowe

676. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will directly engage with a person (details supplied) in relation to accessing rehabilitation care. [33520/23]

Nursing Education

Cathal Crowe

834. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a number of measures (details supplied) to ease burdens on student nurses will come into play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34278/23]

Nursing Education

Cathal Crowe

835. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if measures announced to assist final year nursing students (details supplied) will be extended to those undertaking placements in other years of their studies. [34279/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Cathal Crowe

12. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the planned pilot scheme for unsewered villages. [33135/23]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

88. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on measures to address issues impacting on homeowners effected by pyrite issues. [33136/23]

Rail Network

Cathal Crowe

186. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if there are any planned capital works to be carried out on the rail network in County Clare over the summer and autumn period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33409/23]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

196. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will respond to six individual queries concerning a building (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33224/23]

Flood Risk Management

Cathal Crowe

203. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will be taking any drainage works or works on historic sights in County Clare in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33410/23]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

222. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she and her officials will engage directly with a parent (details supplied) regarding their School Transport Scheme difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33350/23]

Departmental Data

Cathal Crowe

228. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for details, in tabular form, of all school building projects that are currently underway in County Clare at this time, including estimated completion dates. [33411/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Cathal Crowe

360. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health for an update on any capital works being carried out by his Department at this time in County Clare. [33412/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Cathal Crowe

90. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD will be adopted by Ireland; what is the reason for the delay in acceding to the Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32323/23]

Disability Services

Cathal Crowe

106. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve access to personal assistant hours this year; if there are plans to improve national standards for allocation, provision and data collection for a full evaluation of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32322/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

126. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020. [31872/23]

Departmental Priorities

Cathal Crowe

221. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider establishing a national compensatory fund for people who have been financially frauded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32053/23]

Tax Reliefs

Cathal Crowe

231. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will give positive consideration to introducing tax relief measures for parents who have to take extended leave from work to care for young babies who, owing to an acute shortage of places for those under 12 months of age, cannot avail of childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32441/23]

School Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

290. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when she expects that a quantity surveyor will visit a school (details supplied) in County Clare in order that its application for additional school accommodation (devolved modular) can be urgently progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32294/23]

School Textbooks

Cathal Crowe

294. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the free schoolbook scheme her Department has launched for primary schools to include all students attending second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32301/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Cathal Crowe

295. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will address a number of concerns from a teacher (details supplied) regarding their critical illness application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32303/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

303. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the ASA application, with the capital appraisal section of her Department, made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32437/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

304. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when she expects to announce projects being approved vis-à-vis the summer works scheme; if she will specifically look at the application made by a school (details supplied) in respect of replacing a collapsing floor in the school’s general purpose room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32438/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

311. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently reconsider, on health and safety grounds, the emergency works grant application made by a school (details supplied) in respect of replacing a collapsing floor in the school’s general purpose room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32583/23]

Office of Public Works

Cathal Crowe

340. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if officials from the Office of Public Works can provide details of what birds nest on Scattery Island, County Clare; what measures are taken to conserve their habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32477/23]

Housing Schemes

Cathal Crowe

344. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing a €50,000 grant scheme to support individuals who are self-building their first-time home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32046/23]

Direct Provision System

Cathal Crowe

488. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she was made aware that the 24-hour security presence at a location (details supplied) had ceased; if the cessation of security cover is a fundamental breach of the contract that the State has with the facility; if he has investigated allegations that the security staff who were on site may not have had full security licences and were paid cash for their services; how he proposes to resolve the issues outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32145/23]

Direct Provision System

Cathal Crowe

489. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the bus service to and from a location (details supplied) has allegedly ceased; if the cessation of this bus service is a fundamental breach of the contract the State has with the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32146/23]

Direct Provision System

Cathal Crowe

510. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if officials from his Department and International Protection Accommodation Services are satisfied that an accommodation centre (details supplied) has a properly functioning wastewater treatment system and adequate fire control measures in place that allow for the entire complex, both the main building and adjacent bungalows, to be fully utilised; if he will provide an overview of any remedial works undertaken to address these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32439/23]

Maternity Leave

Cathal Crowe

511. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give positive consideration to extending the paid maternity leave period in budget 2024 to reflect the fact that there is an acute lack of place for babies under 12 months in childminding facilities and this often requires parents to take unpaid leave from work. [32440/23]