211. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of plans for prison officers (details supplied) to increase the mandatory retirement age for An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service and the Army. [24781/24]
159. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport which unit in his department handles yacht and marine vessel registration; and if he can provide contact details for the same. [25458/24]
122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority will only accept payment for licence applications by postal order or bank draft; if the authority recognises that this creates difficulty for applicants in knowing when payments have been processed; and the plans in place to implement an online portal to facilitate payment. [24867/24]
188. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake a comprehensive review of how home care services are provided in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24217/24]
122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to launch a multi-annual scheme for providing sewage schemes in unsewered small villages and towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24286/24]
105. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects an announcement in respect of sports capital grants to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24285/24]
104. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has concerns relating to photo-stop tourism, as promoted by certain coach tour companies; how she proposes to cultivate slower and more sustainable tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24284/24]
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if the primary payroll division of her Department can register the teaching work being undertaken by an individual (details supplied) on the MyAccount portal (operated by the Revenue Commissioners); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24208/24]
441. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an immediate recruitment process will be put in place in spite of the HSE recruitment freeze, to fill an essential post in Ennis General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23701/24]
395. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans in relation to an accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23630/24]
368. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organics payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24014/24]
215. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the situation whereby teachers who were initially on the pre-2013 pension (legacy scheme) and were forced to temporarily leave service are now being left on the post-2013 pension, despite joining their profession prior to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23724/24]
174. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works can prioritise works adjacent to Kildysart graveyard, County Clare, to stop the burial ground being flooded by the Shannon river tidal waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23786/24]
157. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if there is a legal requirement for car tyres to be of a certain size, quality and minimum load bearing capacity; if so, if these requirements are clearly communicated to all NCT test centres and those who work in the tyre and puncture repair sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23975/24]
111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the ERO for security officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23046/24]
67. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on the efforts his Department, in conjunction with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, are making to attract new commerce and industry to Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23047/24]
30. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of plans to open new campus facilities for the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest at Coonagh, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23042/24]
28. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the progression of plans for a new veterinary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23041/24]
218. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider delaying adjudication of the Tidy Towns competition until after the removal of election posters, that is one week after the local and European elections, to be held on 7 June 2024. [23148/24]
133. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can clarify whether all animal organisations are treated equally in terms of information being sought from them (details supplied). [23034/24]
547. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a number of measures to stabilise and sustain the nursing home sector [22336/24]
389. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a travel allowance for international protection applicants to attend medical appointments remote from their accommodation centre has been cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22572/24]
359. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if foundations will be included in the IS 465 review with respect to the defective concrete blocks scheme. [22818/24]
115. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his expectations for living standards for households in the remainder of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22567/24]
110. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance for a report on corporation tax receipts in the first four months of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/24]
76. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused temporary protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21989/24]
608. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans for reducing bureaucracy and paperwork in the oxygen provision reimbursement system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/24]
383. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the rules regarding the building defects scheme as they pertain to rental properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21733/24]
304. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when he, in consultation with the HSE, will lift the recruitment embargo currently in place within the HSE (details supplied). [21074/24]
301. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of ‘children in case’ social worker posts in County Clare; the number currently in post; and the length of time any posts have been vacant. [21055/24]
270. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a contract renewal (details supplied) has been signed off on. [21156/24]
223. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a school (details supplied) can reassess how funding allocated by her Department through the hot school meals programme can be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21064/24]
208. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify when a licence (details supplied) will transfer over to a fully online application process; and if he will address GDPR concerns surrounding the photograph associated with the same licence. [21040/24]
108. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the ruling earlier this year by the High Court in Belfast in relation to the UK government’s legacy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20769/24]
104. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a report on his recent meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20768/24]
7. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will significantly increase the allocation from her Department to the local improvement scheme. [20838/24]
338. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when the next citizenship ceremony is planned to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21239/24]
298. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied). [20847/24]
324. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of funding provided in each county under the community centre investment fund, launched in March 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20082/24]
161. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will help the family of a person (details supplied) in their quest to have them enrolled in a special school in Ennis for their second-level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19965/24]
127. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport why it is compulsory to have a Public Service Card in order to renew your driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20076/24]
106. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide details of unused State-owned buildings in County Clare at this time; what the intended future use for each is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/24]
74. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department will consider purchasing or long-term leasing a building adjacent to the OPW-managed Ennis Friary site, so that a visitor and interpretative centre could be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19784/24]
27. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of what teaching roles, in terms of nurse and doctor training, the hospitals in the University Hospital Limerick Group currently have; if he will consider a broadened role in this regard for Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/24]
6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a new capital funding stream to support the voluntary nursing home sector in meeting HIQA requirements and upgrading facilities can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/24]
317. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No 6 Sepsis Management; and if not, the reason therefor. [19834/24]
316. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide confirmation, together with evidence, that the relevant recommendations in a report (details supplied) were communicated nationally. [19833/24]
315. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether an action plan to implement the recommendations arising from a report (details supplied) was developed; and if it was, if he will provide the family with a copy of the plan. [19832/24]