1105. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered aligning the adaptation of the ten year county development plans in 2029 to ensure consistent and continuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/26]
1059. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legal and administrative justification for allowing Uisce Éireann to proceed to the procurement and tendering stage for the Water Supply Project (Eastern and Midlands Region) prior to securing statutory planning permission from An Bord Pleanála; the measures being taken to ensure that this parallel progression does not prejudice the independent planning process or circumvent standard public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42199/26]
1058. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to ensure the long-term ecological and hydrological stability of the River Shannon and Lough Derg in light of the Water Supply Project (Eastern and Midlands Region); if his attention has been drawn to Marine Notice No. 56 of 2026 issued by Waterways Ireland warning that water levels have already dipped below ordinary summer levels; the scientific guarantees in place to ensure that any future water extraction will not exacerbate low-flow conditions, harm local ecosystems, or disrupt navigation in East Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42198/26]
1043. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, in conjunction with the national parks and wildlife service, will launch a nationwide public awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of cattle grids to native wildlife, specifically hedgehogs; if mitigation guidelines, such as escape ramps, will be promoted nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41989/26]
1042. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will consider a policy mechanism to ringfence court-mandated wildlife crime prosecution fines so that they remain within the county where the offense occurred; if these localised funds can be made directly accessible to registered county-level wildlife rehabilitation centres to support native wildlife care costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41988/26]
1031. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the social housing income threshold to reflect the real cost of living and housing crisis in Ireland today (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41723/26]
890. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the pension entitlements of current mainstream teachers who previously worked in qualified teaching roles under the School Completion Programme (SCP) between 2003 and 2014; if her Department will allow these teachers to retrospectively purchase these uncredited years of public service under the terms of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work (PCW) Agreement at historical rates rather than the cost-prohibitive commercial "years short" calculations currently being offered; if she will urgently address the severe financial and medical distress this anomaly is causing to affected staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42925/26]
882. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address an administrative anomaly in the online application portal for the summer provision scheme: home tuition, whereby the restrictive drop-down menu options on the portal prevent schools from processing applications for students who have documented complex physical, sensory, or occupational therapy needs but are currently registered at the 'school support' level of the continuum of support rather than 'school support plus'; if she will expand the portal's eligibility criteria to include an option for students with complex individual needs who require one-to-one intervention and access external professional services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42902/26]
790. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will collaborate with localised wildlife rehabilitation experts and the national parks and wildlife service to introduce a dedicated wildlife and biodiversity awareness program within primary schools; if her Department would support a pilot rollout of such a curriculum initiative in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41991/26]
705. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 17 February 2026, on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, if he will give an update on the matter including the timeframe for a consolidated Statutory Instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42937/26]
627. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public Works will erect and inscribe a headstone for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41934/26]
314. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the potential role for off shore geological gas storage as part of Ireland's energy security approach; the administrative, regulatory and legislative steps that are needed to facilitate it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42936/26]
140. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their application for partial capacity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40374/26]
1479. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on average waiting time for public patients referred by their GPs to see consultant dermatologists in each CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40229/26]
1069. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the childminding registration system; the number of childminders registered to date nationally and in County Clare; if she will address concerns that compliance burdens are driving providers away from the sector; if she will consider pausing the mandatory 2027 registration deadline to allow for a practical review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40228/26]
753. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene in the case of a school in County Clare (details supplied) which, owing to its peripheral location, is unable to procure a contractor to supply hot meals to their school under the school meals scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39510/26]
565. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria her Department used to identify schools for inclusion in the Pilot Scheme for Home School Community Liaison (HSCL); the reason that in urban areas such as Shannon, County Clare some schools were included in the pilot scheme whereas others, with an identical demographic of pupils in their catchment, were excluded; if there is any mechanism available to schools to be included in the pilot scheme for HSCL going forward; when she next expects to review the Pilot Scheme for HSCL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39435/26]
477. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of corresponding employees who benefited from the KEEP scheme each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40110/26]
476. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of companies who availed of KEEP each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/26]
200. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his response to recent assertions that enhanced reporting requirements introduced in January 2024 are causing small businesses and restaurants to scale back modest staff gestures such as retirement lunches and gifts for special occasions, due to concerns around compliance obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39655/26]
142. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering a reduction in the capital gains tax rate from 33% to 25% for active business assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39656/26]
1318. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the Donogh O'Malley scholarship scheme in his Department; the number of students who have benefitted from the scholarship in each year since it started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37118/26]
1195. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Action 4 of the HSE position paper on FASD Prevention, published in September 2022, namely has now been completed (details supplied); the total cost associated of the campaign; the due diligence that was carried out to ensure any external designers, consultants, advertising agencies or suppliers engaged as part of the campaign have no links to the alcohol industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37602/26]
1185. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37472/26]
752. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, in relation to pub licensing laws, consideration has been given to circumstances where a rural pub closes and the licence is transferred or sold to another premises, the original pub is prevented from opening in the future; and if there are plans, including in any forthcoming amendments to licensing legislation, to provide protections for such licences, including the possibility of specific provisions or licences being designated for rural pubs, in order that they are retained within rural communities and continue to support the viability of rural pubs in their local areas. [37731/26]
609. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the provision to amend the criteria for the shop grant scheme to allow limited companies to qualify for the over the shop grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37367/26]
605. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is provision to amend the criteria for the shop grant scheme to allow limited companies (LTD companies) to qualify for the over the shop grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37262/26]
510. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the protocols and funding available through the emergency works scheme to support schools where prefabricated buildings suffer sudden and unforeseen damage; if she will clarify the specific criteria for 'immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment' as it pertains to aging modular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37245/26]
219. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on proposed new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37514/26]
779. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her assessment of the reasons for the increase in outpatient waiting times in most hospitals since the start of 2025; the main factors contributing to the increase; the actions being taken to address the increase; the targets in place for the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36463/26]
81. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific professional qualifications and clinical experience required for National Council for Special Education personnel and school staff who hold responsibility for managing and understanding 'behaviours of concern'; if these requirements are equivalent to the behaviour specialist standards mandated in the adult intellectual disability sector (specifically a Master's degree in Behavioural Science and supervised clinical experience); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35453/26]
80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a 'comprehensive assessment of behavioural function' is a mandated requirement in special schools and ASD units when addressing high-risk behaviours of concern; the specific personnel or clinical professionals tasked with carrying out these assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35452/26]
1196. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a State-issued medical exemption for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35045/26]
756. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34495/26]
643. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the concerning fact that consultant engineers are, of late, refusing to take work relating to school building projects because of delays in being paid for their works and the requirement for them to often send and re-send drawings and documentation to her Department which do not always get officially acknowledged and often have no purpose in terms of advancing building projects which seem to be in a ‘holding pattern’ of unwarranted and unexplained systematic delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35250/26]
642. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will, as a matter of absolute urgency, send a team of experts from her Department to survey on health and safety grounds, the existing buildings of a primary school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35249/26]
641. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a site has been selected for a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Clare; the efforts her Department has made to date, to legally secure said site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35248/26]
640. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a rat infestation led to structural damage and ultimately to collapse of a floor in a prefabricated primary classroom in a school (details supplied); the way in which her Department proposes to support the school to rid themselves of decrepit and unsafe prefabricated classrooms, with replacement by permanent buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35247/26]
639. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for a new school building (details supplied) has faltered; the reason the local Education and Training Board have not been given direction to proceed to design; the reason the school is repeatedly asked to furnish additional reports and documents without these being acknowledged or leading to any significant developments in their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35246/26]
638. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if modular / prefabricated buildings are eligible for Emergency Works Grant supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35245/26]
637. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will list and name the primary and secondary schools that are constituted entirely of modular / prefabricated buildings; the way she proposes to ensure that these schools are provided with fit-for-purpose permanent buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35244/26]