170. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of cost of increasing the PME incentive scheme by €2,000. [38589/24]
169. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the cost of expanding the present mental health counselling pilots to include 1,000 additional pupils. [38588/24]
167. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the cost of establishing new Junior Certificate school library programmes in ten additional schools and in 50 additional schools. [38586/24]
166. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the cost of reducing the primary pupil teacher ratio by .5 point; one point, and 1.5 points. [38585/24]
165. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the cost of reducing the primary pupil-teacher ratio by one point, two points, and three points. [38584/24]
164. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the present allocation for the FUSE programme; and the number of schools and teachers benefitting at present. [38583/24]
136. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2004 (as amended by the Copyright and other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019) requires crèches, pre-schools, and primary and secondary schools to have a licence to show DVDs and programmes broadcast on television stations to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/24]
75. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department tracks trends in family farm incomes on a multi-annual basis, taking account of increased inputs, costs and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38021/24]
59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the systems his Department has for processing ACRES applications and for making payments to those who are in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/24]
38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí within the East Clare – North Tipperary functional area; the number of Garda vehicles available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38019/24]
109. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant psychology assistant posts currently in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38042/24]
108. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo by the HSE been lifted for the psychology assistant grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38041/24]
53. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will intervene to ensure that an application made by a group water scheme (details supplied) under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 is prioritised on the basis that many homes in the locality rely on the supply, and maintenance of it is an ongoing struggle for the volunteer group that oversee it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37975/24]
529. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the matter of respite care offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37858/24]
429. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) with regard to the general medical services scheme contract for Kildysart, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37382/24]
383. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of personal support hours provided to persons with disabilities in each LHO area in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the projected number to be provided in each LHO area in 2024. [37800/24]
382. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support hours provided to persons with disabilities in each LHO area in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the projected number to be provided in each LHO area in 2024. [37799/24]
163. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her Department will urgently approve an application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/24]
158. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the reason a special needs assistant (details supplied) is not on a permanent contract despite being the school’s sole special needs assistant, having been employed there for 24 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37376/24]
282. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when an appointment for a child (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37128/24]
281. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for CAMHS-ID; the number that have been seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37127/24]
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated first- and full-year costs of implementing measures under the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37149/24]
177. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he intends to improve the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/24]
176. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on making his Department's sewage infrastructure for unsewered villages pilot scheme a multi-annual scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/24]
161. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an overview of her plans to increase tourism accommodation throughout Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37088/24]
160. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects to announce sports capital funding allocations to those groups that have applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37087/24]
132. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the forms of photographic ID required to apply for a driver’s licence and, specifically, the reason for photographic ID supplied by a person (details supplied) not being accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37129/24]
121. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount the Government has invested in battery storage capacity from 2020-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37148/24]
482. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when she expects a determination to be made on the naturalisation application made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36232/24]
419. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is implementing the recommendations of the report of the Inter-Departmental Group on National Coastal Change Management Strategy; the estimated cost of implementation of the recommendations; and to provide a timeline for implementation. [36910/24]
350. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address the lack of strategy around regional screen production since the lapse of the s.481 regional uplift; if she will support a dedicated regional strategy as part of Budget 2025 to specifically address the development of the sector in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36124/24]
241. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he plans to integrate social enterprises into a broader Government strategy for sustainable job creation and social cohesion, as advocated by an organisation (details supplied) in its pre-Budget 2025 submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36177/24]
227. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he received correspondence from this Deputy relating to a pension abatement issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36572/24]
199. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost per annum of removing the €250 eligibility threshold for tax relief on individual donations to sports capital projects. [36909/24]
198. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of restoring the regional uplift for section 481 tax relief for 2025-2029. [36908/24]
2047. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on a proposal regarding LEADER funding (details supplied). [35097/24]
2044. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current annual funding to the community services programme and to clarify if community development projects and social enterprises can apply for funding under the programme, in tabular form. [35090/24]
2043. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current annual capital and current funding in place for applications for new community centres, as well as for refurbishment and updating of existing community centres, in tabular form. [35089/24]
1645. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to consider adding early onset Alzheimer's to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34079/24]
1610. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if free Covid-19 rapid antigen tests will be made available to all HSE employees, particularly those who may be caring for elderly or high-risk family members at home, irrespective of symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/24]
1219. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the forestry service plans to address the financial and logistical challenges faced by foresters due to the increased training requirements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34083/24]
1218. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider implementing a policy providing financial support or compensation to foresters for attending necessary training events (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34082/24]
784. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support available to homeowners affected by pyrite and are availing of the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme, who are being refused home insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34037/24]
665. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the average class size of primary schools, by county and local authority area, in the 2023-2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35510/24]
605. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if, on the basis that many school secretaries have migrated to a scheme whereby their salaries are paid directly to them by the Department of Education, are they now entitled join the civil servants' pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34833/24]
2703. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county under the town and village renewal scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33516/24]
2322. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, and hours provided, for each of the services offered at the HSE health centre in Shannon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32519/24]
2129. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the facilities that are available in the University of Limerick for both patients and staff to breastfeed; if there are facilities on site to allow for patients who happen to be breastfeeding a child at home to feed that child in the hospital environment and or express milk in a private setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31701/24]
2086. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide detail on the operational hours of the pharmacy at University Hospital Limerick; if during all operational hours it is staffed by qualified pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31473/24]