1247. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current TAMS scheme, or TAMS schemes offered heretofore, provides for stock-proof barbed wire fencing for cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/25]
1088. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will, on the grounds of the age of the applicant, the fact that they have lived in Ireland continuously for 51 years, and all of their children are Irish citizens, intervene in order that a citizenship application (details supplied) can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10585/25]
912. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Waterways Ireland will bring their proposals to change the Shannon River bye-laws and canal bye-laws before an Oireachtas committee; when stakeholders, in particular boat owners, will be advised of the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/25]
905. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is renting elsewhere while reconstruction works are ongoing on their house, covered by the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, to release funding at an earlier stage to assist this person in paying for rent while the works are ongoing. [11716/25]
695. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of an additional special classroom for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11903/25]
634. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene to fund a school (details supplied) in County Clare that is constantly struggling to make ends meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11377/25]
552. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite an application made by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10616/25]
494. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he, along with the Office of Public Works, will detail the extent to which the town of Shannon, County Clare, has flooded since the 1960s; the future flooding events predicted to happen in this town as global sea levels rise; the mitigating measures that have been and will be put in place to protect the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12381/25]
477. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the cost of recent restoration works at Quin Garda station, County Clare; the plans for the newly renovated building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/25]
403. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the legislation or regulations that govern the provision of safe deposit boxes and their contents in financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/25]
456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to resolve ongoing problems with the delivery of radiation therapy at University Hospital Limerick, which is caused by hardware issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10531/25]
320. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the 46,000 households that received a €400 lump sum working family payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10478/25]
319. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the 213,000 people with disabilities that received a €400 disability support payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10477/25]
318. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the more than 400,000 households that received a €300 fuel allowance lump sum payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10476/25]
280. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application before her Department for new autism classes at a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10488/25]
123. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of planned capital investment in public healthcare facilities in County Clare for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9832/25]
91. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when she expects HIQA to report on its review into access to accident and emergency care in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9831/25]
38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an overview of ways in which his Department supports and promotes tourism activity through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/25]
92. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the allocation of primary school teachers in each county for 2024-25, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10211/25]
91. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level, and the number enrolled at post-primary level, as of 28 February 2025, or the latest date available, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10209/25]
37. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated in 2025, broken down by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9886/25]
798. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in light of storm Éowyn and the long-term outages faced by people in rural areas, including those reliant on power for medical or work reasons, he will consider making grant funding available to those in rural communities to support the purchasing of power banks or electrical power sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9091/25]
480. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will raise the issue of abandoning daylight savings time as agreed in a European Parliament vote in 2021 at a future meeting of the European Council. [8919/25]
389. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce measures in order that degree graduates of early childhood education can register with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9468/25]
379. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene to support a secondary school (details supplied) in County Clare which has applied to her Department for a grant to replace chronically poor and unusable tools and equipment, relating to the teaching of practical subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9372/25]
433. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department can provide funding to support Clare County Council and an organisation (details supplied) in their pursuit to develop a safe clifftop walk at the Cliffs of Moher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8801/25]
335. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will strengthen the enforcement of existing animal protection laws to ensure real consequences for neglect and abuse; if he will introduce stricter regulations on animal ownership, including mandatory microchipping and licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8681/25]
277. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has examined Waterways Ireland’s proposed bylaws (namely the draft Shannon Navigation Bye Laws 2024; Draft Canals Act 1986 and 2018 (Bye-Laws); and the houseboat mooring investment programme); if these proposed bylaws will appear before committee for examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8812/25]
276. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the funding that can be provided to Clare County Council to help offset costs incurred during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8809/25]
268. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department can provide funding to support Clare County Council and an organisation (details supplied) in their pursuit to develop a safe clifftop walk at the Cliffs of Moher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8799/25]
222. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts that are being made by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to find new business or industrial investment for the former Roche site in Clarecastle, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/25]
219. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide funding for essential repair works at Bunratty Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8802/25]
186. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the Ennis town bus service to start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8803/25]
164. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline of the warmer homes scheme (WHS), from application stage to delivery stage; the number of contracting companies currently contracted to carry out works under the WHS; and if there are short-term plans to increase this number. [8729/25]
163. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if houses older than 1940 can be considered under the warmer homes scheme; and if not, what the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland recommends for the property owners; and the number of houses that have been deemed ineligible due to being older than 1940. [8728/25]
162. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare that have applied for the warmer homes scheme, broken down by year; and the number that have been deemed ineligible. [8727/25]
106. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider front-loading the promised removal of the means test for carers in order that the means test is entirely abolished in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8264/25]
80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a new status for special education schools to recognise the fact that whilst they are currently classed as primary schools, they cater for an age range that includes adolescents and teenagers and many offer Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8151/25]
6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8152/25]
215. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when the outcome for a visa application for the spouse of a person (details supplied) can be expected. [8296/25]
214. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for visa applications; if he is satisfied with these timelines; if he is not, the actions he is taking to reduce processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8295/25]
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in relation to the recommendations of the Housing Commission report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8418/25]
178. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the total demolition of a property is acceptable under the vacant properties grant; if not, if it deems a property ineligible for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8307/25]
880. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Ireland who access the omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSEs exceptional hardship scheme or have done so since 2018. [7454/25]
879. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been reimbursed for their insulin pump training and or its consumables through the EU treatment abroad or cross-Border healthcare scheme since 2019. [7453/25]
730. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider devising a multi-faceted induction, educational programme for persons who arrive in Ireland seeking international protection or as beneficiaries of the European Union's Temporary Protection Directive in order that they become familiar with access to services and education in Ireland along with cultural customs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8118/25]
718. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who enrolled in the ACRES tree belts for ammonia capture from farmyards scheme; the total number of hectares planted under the initiative in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7996/25]
650. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if Ukrainian nationals domiciled in Ireland, under the European Union Temporary Protection Directive, can factor time already spent living in Ireland into an eventual application for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7475/25]
649. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he is considering introducing any mechanisms that might allow Ukrainian nationals who are full-time students or in full-time employment here to remain in Ireland after their current protected status, as per the European Union temporary protection directive, expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7464/25]