Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Hospital Procedures

Cathal Crowe

551. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pump starts done in all hospitals within the RCSI Hospital Group in people aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or greater for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32024/23]

Ambulance Service

Cathal Crowe

559. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department might be in a position to sell any older ambulance vehicles that are no longer in use, or in limited use, to a charitable fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32048/23]

Nursing Homes

Cathal Crowe

647. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied) relating to the funding of nursing homes under the fair deal scheme. [32585/23]

Student Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

728. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if student accommodation being used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees and International Protection applications over the summer months will, again, be available for student accommodation when the 2023/2024 academic year begins; if he will specifically engage with management of Hubble in Galway to ensure that their facilities are again made available for students after the summer break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32331/23]

Regional Development

Cathal Crowe

42. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on efforts being made by his Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to attract new businesses to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31312/23]

Tourism Policy

Cathal Crowe

70. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider developing four regional hubs to support seedbed and fledgling tourism businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31311/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

158. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31862/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

165. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31860/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

171. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31857/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

180. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31871/23]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

193. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31861/23]