541. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when details of the 2025 National Famine Commemoration will be announced. [2819/25]
465. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing a scheme, similar to extra personal vacation days, whereby teachers who provide in excess of 20 hours per academic year of extra-curricular service in their schools would be entitled to paid leave days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2844/25]
464. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education whether schools that were forced to close due to snowfalls, storms and electrical or water outages in January 2025 will be required to make up for these days before the end of the 2024/2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2843/25]
270. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider changing inheritance tax thresholds which in their current form could be considered unfair to individuals who have no children of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2812/25]
1364. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will work with health insurance providers to remove policy upgrade waiting periods before accessing higher levels of cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46528/24]
1350. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the severe shortage of parking spaces at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46437/24]
1141. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an inventory of buildings currently being used in County Clare for the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46361/24]
1113. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of all farm payments paid out to farmers in each county since July 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1721/25]
923. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when an applicant for Irish citizenship (details supplied) can expect to receive a determination on their case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46327/24]
827. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address a number of issues in relation to the defective concrete block scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2068/25]
740. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on plans that the National Parks and Wildlife Service have to open new offices in Corofin, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46757/24]
543. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the type of modular additional accommodation that has been approved for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46739/24]
479. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of a modular building application made by a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46342/24]
369. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the consideration the OPW has given to installing coastal erosion defences at Quilty, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46465/24]
165. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport to provide details on six matters at the National Transport Authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46338/24]
155. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a grant to incentivise people to purchase second-hand electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46259/24]
112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of the income volatility measure to support the farming sector outlined in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45378/24]
49. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of the income volatility measure to support the farming sector outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45379/24]
1156. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he intends to make dupilumab (dupixent) available for a person with COPD (details supplied) and other COPD patients in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44571/24]
1081. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the matter of pensions payable to retired medical scientists, in light of the Devine Report (2023), the recent pay award for medical scientists and the campaign led by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44230/24]
1068. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the panel that the HSE set up for the role of MWCG 23.021 senior dental nurse still exists; if the role in question is subject to the HSE recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/24]
1062. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the estimated total full-year cost to the Exchequer to fund one sexual assault treatment unit under the HSE. [44155/24]
1061. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the estimated total full-year cost to the Exchequer to halve the drugs payment scheme monthly maximum payment from €80 to €40. [44154/24]
1060. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the estimated total full-year cost to the Exchequer to open 3,000 more hospital beds. [44153/24]
1059. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the estimated average full-year cost to the health service of employing one health and social care professional. [44152/24]
1058. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the number of consultants in emergency medicine by a further 50%. [44151/24]
1057. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the current full-year cost of trauma services in Galway, Dublin and Cork, in tabular form. [44150/24]
1056. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the full cost of the additional beds that have yet to be opened at University Hospital Limerick from 2023 to 2025. [44149/24]
1055. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of beds opened at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) under the current Government; the number of beds opened across the mid-west under the current Government; and how many beds have been committed to be scheduled to open at UHL and in other hospitals in the mid-west under the plans announced by himself up to 2030, in tabular form. [44148/24]
1052. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 22 October 2024, if he will provide details of the remaining hospitals that have parking charges that exceed €10 per day, in tabular form; and the full-year cost to the Exchequer to implement a cap on these charges. [44107/24]
550. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider changing rules relating to postal voting, in order that the spouses, partners and dependants of voting age who live overseas with an adult who qualifies for a postal vote can also be entitled to a postal vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44112/24]
418. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she and the NCSE will urgently examine the lack of autism class spaces in west Clare and give consideration to opening an additional autism class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44474/24]
417. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene with the supply of heating equipment for a specific room at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44473/24]
415. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently revise the DEIS status of a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/24]
414. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when construction of an extension to a school (details supplied) will begin, having signed an acceptance letter with her Department in November 2023. [44461/24]
399. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the additional accommodation application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44354/24]
377. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will fully reinstate the 'teaching through Irish’ allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44108/24]
360. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the reason teachers in new appointments must wait eight weeks without pay for her Department to get them on payroll; if she appreciates the financial strain this places teachers under; the steps she will take to reduce this unnecessary burden on teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43949/24]
353. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans to extend the parental leave scheme to allow it to be taken in blocks of one day a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43917/24]
345. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the power-up grant scheme so that ‘visitor attractions’ and ‘health services’, such as physiotherapists, are also eligible for the funding support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45089/24]
57. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach to provide an overview of the shared island programme since its launch in 2020, including the funding provided to each project and the initiatives supported, in tabular form. [43716/24]
189. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the total capital funding provided for new school buildings and the refurbishment of existing school buildings in each school year since 2015/16, in tabular form; the number of projects completed in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43750/24]
185. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of approved teacher posts in primary schools in each school year since 2015-2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43721/24]
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of special needs assistants in primary schools in each school year since 2015-2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43720/24]
183. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the average class size at primary level in each school year since 2015-2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43719/24]
61. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce a new wave of supports, beyond power-up grants, for businesses that are struggling to meet additional operational costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43330/24]
57. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has met with persons (details supplied) who are soon to be made redundant by their company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43329/24]
35. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy as to how accommodation provision for beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applicants should be organised on a geographical, county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43327/24]
29. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the policy his Department uses to determine if accommodation contracts relating to beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applicants should be renewed or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43328/24]