781. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next round of Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/25]
767. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a farm retirement scheme for older farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16801/25]
766. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support animal welfare and Ireland’s animal welfare charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16790/25]
750. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what actions his Department has taken in relation to the matter of a young zebra being sold at the Ennistymon horse fair, County Clare, which took place on Sunday, 20 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16541/25]
657. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason seasonal workers (details supplied) cannot avail of the new jobseeker's pay related benefit. [16521/25]
635. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the length of time the interim remediation scheme will continue for to ensure that the 100,000 affected homeowners of defective apartments across the country receive the necessary support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17318/25]
564. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the staffing appeal case lodged by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17559/25]
419. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to amend the Casual Trading Act 1995 to include the provision of services; if so, the timeline for amendment of the 1995 Act to enable local authorities to make casual trading bye-laws for the provision of services in addition to goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17331/25]
418. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to reopen the increased cost of business and Power Up portal for those businesses that were unsuccessful in applying, as promised in late 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/25]
290. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric neurologists at University Hospital Limerick; the number of whole-time equivalent vacant consultant paediatric neurologist positions at University Hospital Limerick; and when these vacancies will be filled on a permanent basis. [16327/25]
136. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide details as to the measures he and his Department are undertaking to progress stalled large-scale public infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/25]
115. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an overview of the responsibilities his Department has with regard to flood protection and arterial drainage works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15971/25]
45. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the work underway in his Department to fulfil the Programme for Government pledge to reduce the VAT rate applicable to food and beverage hospitality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15777/25]
28. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of efforts his Department, in conjunction with pillar banks, is making to ensure that rural communities have proper access to banking and ATM machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15778/25]
273. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the National Ambulance Service’s existing capacity to provide emergency cover to all of County Clare; provide an overview of any plans she and her Department has to improve the National Ambulance Service in County Clare; provide details of National Ambulance Service call-outs in County Clare from 1 January 2024 to 27 March 2025 where response times exceeded HSE targets; if she will investigate fully the circumstances which led to a woman having to wait over three hours for an ambulance to arrive to Doonbeg, County Clare on the morning of 24 march 2025 following a road traffic accident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15861/25]
172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated for social housing acquisitions to each local authority in each year 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and the amount of the allocation spent in each year and the amount unspent/carried over to the following year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16450/25]
780. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of leave before treatment completed patients who returned within 30 days of leaving hospital at hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15570/25]
779. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients classed as leave before treatment completed at hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15569/25]
778. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15568/25]
777. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting at hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15567/25]
766. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if Ennis Hospital will no longer accept card or cheque payments from patients; if patients will need to pay via a centralised office on the east coast; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15407/25]
741. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health whether the oral immunotherapy drug known as palforzia, used by people who have peanut allergies, has been approved by the HSE for reimbursement; its current status in Irish healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15284/25]
740. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times to "RED" calls (potentially life-threatening) in County Clare between 1 March 2024 and 1 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15281/25]
739. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times to "PURPLE" calls (life-threatening) in County Clare between 1 March 2024 and 1 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15280/25]
738. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available, on average, daily in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15279/25]
531. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider bringing in regulations relating to not-for-profit management companies that oversee communal responsibility of apartment blocks in order that there would be a level of oversight as to the activities of the management company, there will be defined dispute mechanisms, and there will be legal compulsion on all property owners to pay their fair share of communal insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15406/25]
411. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene to examine the anomaly in the pay and conditions of an acting principal (details supplied). [15401/25]
169. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if will report on the most recent meeting of the Government Trade Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15335/25]
144. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if will report on his recent discussions with the EU trade Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15336/25]
3. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after Storm Éowyn. [6490/25]
351. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether or not his Department have acquired, vis-a-vis a leasehold contract or direct purchase, a building in Shannon, County Clare to establish a new accommodation centre for international protection applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14718/25]
110. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the full range of supports that his Department provides to Ukrainian war refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14459/25]
327. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider reopening the trading online voucher grant scheme to assist SMEs with the creation of an online presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14006/25]
276. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection, but whose area has never flooded, can be provided with flood insurance in order they can sell their apartment. [13315/25]
275. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection insurance but whose area has not flooded in many years, can be provided with flood insurance in order that they can purchase a property they have been renting for eight years. [13313/25]
274. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection insurance but whose area has not flooded in their 32 years of ownership, can be provided with flood insurance in order that they can sell their house. [13312/25]
3. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Coordination Group in the days before, during and after Storm Éowyn. [6490/25]
1944. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update regarding the opening of the town and village renewal scheme for 2025. [10827/25]
1910. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the rules for the SUSI grant scheme could take into account the transience of the rental market and in particular have cognisance of the fact that families availing of the defective concrete blocks scheme may have to relocate whilst construction works are ongoing at their home and this may temporarily change the distance from which the student (applicant) lives from their institution. [11440/25]
1859. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure those with prostate cancer and who have private health insurance, such as a person (details suppled), can avail of a high intensity focal ultrasound as part of their coverage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12503/25]
1858. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure those with prostate cancer and who have private health insurance, such as in the case of a person (details suppled), can avail of a high intensity focal ultrasound as part of their coverage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12501/25]
1753. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); her views on the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11894/25]
1624. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the way the University of Limerick Hospital Group manages the replacement of personnel when clerical support staff at grade 3 and grade 4 retire or pass away; if roles are split in such scenarios; if agency staff are used to fill these roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11363/25]
1623. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the University of Limerick Hospital Group has transferred clerical support staff from community roles to acute roles in order to mitigate against the impact of the HSE recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11362/25]
1622. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if panels formed to fill clerical support staff positions in the University of Limerick Hospital Group will have their operational dates extended to reflect the impact of the imposition of the HSE recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11361/25]
1621. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of grade 3 and grade 4 clerical support staff positions that have been vacant in University Hospital Limerick, Ennis General Hospital and Nenagh General Hospital since the start of the HSE recruitment embargo; the number of these positions have been temporarily filled with agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11360/25]
1620. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of grade 3 and grade 4 clerical support staff appointed in the hospitals of the University of Limerick Hospital Group; the number of these are HSE directly employed personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11359/25]
1475. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the proposed review of physician associates as promised in the HSE 2025 Service Plan has commenced; the terms of reference of the review; the timeline for the conducting of the review; if there will be public input into the review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10597/25]