3428. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 872 of 16 June 2026, if she will expand on her commitment to delivering the appropriate services for each person with FASD in line with their needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60829/26]
3350. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the specific assessment criteria used by the HSE primary care reimbursement service (PCRS) when reviewing discretionary medical card applications for patients with severe, chronic inflammatory skin conditions such as Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS); the steps she is taking to ensure the medical card appeals office fully accounts for medical outgoings that exceed an applicant's net monthly take-home income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61282/26]
3252. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the results from the 'support visits' to emergency departments carried out in hospitals on the weekend of 31 July, 1 August and 2 August 2026; the hospitals that were visited; the recommendations for each hospital arising from those visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60890/26]
3028. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to introduce additional measures to help working families with multiple children in private childcare who remain above the revised national childcare scheme (NCS) income-assessed threshold; if she will consider increasing the universal subsidy rate to align with the actual market costs of care for this group; if her Department will evaluate the financial impact of rising fees on multi-child households currently excluded from means-tested support as part of the ongoing review of the NCS and in preparation for Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62726/26]
2979. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if greater flexibility and parental discretion can be introduced to the early childhood care and education scheme in cases where a child misses the strict annual September age cut-off date by a matter of days; if provisions can be considered to allow such children to access their full two-year preschool allocation without being forced to defer primary school entry to an age their parents deem inappropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61842/26]
2494. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of Ireland’s transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (the NIS2 Directive); the reasons for the delay in fully transposing the Directive, given that the deadline for transposition was 17 October 2024; whether Ireland is now facing financial penalties arising from this delay; the potential level of any lump-sum or daily financial penalties that may be imposed on the State; when the National Cyber Security Bill 2024 will be published and enacted to give full effect to the Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62443/26]
2075. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for the Living Alone Increase with a view to including individuals under the age of 66 who receive the Bereaved Partner's (Contributory) Pension and who independently satisfy the existing living-alone conditions; number of people who would benefit from this extension and the projected annual cost to the Exchequer; if this targeted measure will be evaluated in the context of the upcoming Budget 2027 and the next Social Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63131/26]
2015. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider introducing a digital pre-approval mechanism to streamline the application process for the treatment benefit scheme in order that applicants are not required to obtain a physical signature from their spouse each time they seek to access services under their spouse’s PRSI record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60785/26]
1447. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current restrictions preventing qualified, experienced teachers who are currently job-sharing from undertaking occasional substitute teaching work; if she will consider introducing a capped or restricted number of substitute days for job-sharing teachers, similar to arrangements available to teachers on career breaks, to alleviate both the current cost-of-living pressures on families and the severe substitute teacher shortages facing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63152/26]
1225. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on work her Department has undertaken to explore the possibility of providing a secondary school in a town in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60416/26]
1208. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently renew the temporary suspension of the 90-day substitute teaching limit for teachers on career breaks for the 2026/2027 school year; the timeline for issuing the relevant information note to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61432/26]
906. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if Phase 2 of the Limerick northern distributor road will be designated as a critical infrastructure project under the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026 in future tranches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59825/26]
702. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme (DDS); if his Department intends to maintain the existing vehicle purchase tax reliefs and primary medical certificate criteria through 2027; if he is aware of the public uncertainty and financial anxiety caused to families currently budgeting for or ordering a new vehicle for January 2027; the transitional protections that will be put in place for current certificate holders if any modifications are made to the DDS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61277/26]
661. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans for changes to exchange traded funds; if he plans to abolish the eight-year deemed disposal regime, align the tax rate more closely with capital gains tax, allow normal loss relief and simplify the reporting and administrative requirements [60406/26]
349. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the development of the new vehicle adaptation scheme (VAS); to clarify if this new grant scheme is entirely standalone or if it is intended to phase out or replace any element of the existing disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme (DDS) run by the Department of Finance; the timeline for the finalisation of the eligibility criteria and funding levels ahead of its proposed launch in early 2027; the steps he is taking to address widespread public concern regarding the interaction between the two schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61278/26]
258. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if her Department runs a tendering process for the supply of fuel to the Defence Forces; the way in which and when a supplier might potentially submit a tender to her Department; if she will provide a list of all current fuel suppliers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62281/26]
168. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the seven mineral prospecting licence applications in East Clare (details supplied); if his Department and the Geoscience Regulation Office have considered the deep environmental concerns of the local community regarding potential downstream chemical processing impacts; if he will explicitly address the contradiction between these applications and the Clare County Development Plan, which strictly prohibits the use of chemical substances like cyanide and sulfuric acid in mineral processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62174/26]
4206. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total devolved grants allocated to each ETB, by ETB area in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57301/26]
3777. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of 1,541 hospital beds planned for 2025-2028 in Appendix 1 of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024–2031; the number of these that are now in place; the number provided by relevant hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57661/26]
3776. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the 441 hospital beds categorised as ‘committed’ in Appendix 1 of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024–2031 have now been provided; the number provided, by relevant hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57660/26]
3667. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of inpatients beds in each public/voluntary hospital including any beds currently/temporarily closed; the number of day case beds in each including any beds currently-temporarily closed; the equivalent figures for both categories of beds in each public/voluntary hospital on 1 January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57297/26]
3666. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail for each public hospital and for each voluntary hospital for 2026, the gross Exchequer allocation to each; the net allocation to each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57296/26]
3665. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail for each public hospital and for each voluntary hospital for each year 2019 to 2025, the gross Exchequer allocation to each; the net allocation to each; the gross budget outturn in each; the net budget outturn in each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57295/26]
3653. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the concerns of expectant parents and families are being directly considered during the phasing out of private maternity care pathways under the public-only consultant contract; if a specific, dedicated public consultation process will be established to allow members of the public to voice their concerns regarding choice, continuity of care, and maternal health outcomes under these changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57255/26]
3626. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her views on proposed EU rules on vitamin and mineral supplements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57105/26]
3537. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns regarding staffing at University Maternity Hospital Limerick on a date (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56779/26]
3536. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to progress the recommended midwife-to-birth ratio of 1:29.5 at University Maternity Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56777/26]
3535. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure adequate staffing at University Maternity Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56776/26]
3382. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare regarding the five-day support which is in line with an approved support plan and HSE funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56099/26]
3334. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare for inpatient video-EEG monitoring at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55827/26]
3262. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department have entered negotiations on a deal for the shingles vaccine (herpes zoster vaccine) for persons over 65 years of age as part of the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55473/26]
3163. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to report on the approval process of givinostat; and the estimated timeline for its reimbursement by the HSE. [55035/26]
3137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in Budget 2027 to a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54950/26]
3112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current primary care model of postnatal maternal support to extend structured clinical and mental health check-ins well beyond the standard single six-week check (details supplied); her plans to ring-fence specific primary care funding to expand the remit of the public health nurse service to explicitly monitor maternal physical and mental recovery in rural communities where local GP access is severely constrained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54855/26]
3111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to provide an updated timeline for the construction phases and governance structure of the newly established project board managing the 44-acre hospital site acquired by the HSE in Raheen, Limerick; if she will address concerns that choosing this site leaves over 40% of the population in County Clare more than an hour away from an emergency department; if she will commit to specific capital funding to upgrade acute capacity and beds at Ennis Hospital to mitigate this geographic deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54854/26]
2938. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing a mechanism to the parental leave policy for single parents of children with additional needs so that parental leave days taken in order to bring their child to medical assessments or appointments are not counted as a parental leave day or the day can be 'reclaimed' and added to their leave period (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57698/26]
2271. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider establishing a transfer or lateral-entry pathway for Irish citizens who are currently working as police officers in the United Kingdom to join An Garda Síochána without having to apply as new recruits, in recognition of their existing policing experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56975/26]
2171. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a full breakdown on the use of funds received by the Criminal Assets Bureau, arising from the proceeds of crime, for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55162/26]
2170. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will devise a policy whereby payments made to the Criminal Assets Bureau, arising from the proceeds of crime, will be ring-fenced and made entirely available, via bursary schemes, to community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55161/26]
1728. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider changing the qualifying criteria for the defective concrete blocks scheme in order that homeowners whose property currently exhibits group two or group three cracking do not have to wait years to access State support; if he will allow entry based on a confirmed positive material test rather than crack width alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57286/26]
1661. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Ministerial action plan on planning resources; the number of posts recruited; the number unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55957/26]
1660. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget and staff numbers of An Coimisiún Pleanála in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55955/26]
1659. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget and staff numbers of the Office of the Planning Regulator in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55954/26]
1658. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of affordable housing schemes; his plans to consolidate AHF, STAR and CREL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55953/26]
1657. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of Part V processes obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55952/26]
1656. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Departments engagement with the European Construction Strategy particularly with regard to modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55951/26]
1655. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the Approved Housing Bodies Strategic Forum Report including the amalgamation and consolidation of AHBs and sector sustainability fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55950/26]
1654. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered reforms to the cost rental equity loan scheme such as cross subsidisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55949/26]
1653. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with local authorities on the transition to ten year development plans; if local authorities have indicated their plans to extend current plans to the maximum period of 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55948/26]
1652. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for the transition to ten-year development plans under the Planning and Development Act 2024 as amended; if he has engaged with the OPR on the matter; if each local authority will be allowed to take the maximum extension available to 2030 or if that will be set by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55947/26]