Cathal Crowe

1570. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30240/25]

1676. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]

1677. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]

24. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the near-term outlook for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/25]

38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s expectations for consumer spending this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/25]

112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the National Development Plan Review. [27720/25]

157. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a report on his attendance at the informal General Affairs Council (Cohesion) in Warsaw; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27719/25]

172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26984/25]

173. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any further sanctions will be imposed on Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/25]

675. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when senior management at Ennis Hospital were notified that the finance department within the hospital would cease to exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28850/25]

683. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €1,000 reduction relating specifically to the student contribution payable by students eligible for free tuition in publicly funded third level colleges will be available for the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/25]

150. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and Reform if he will report on the measures he is taking to provide flood relief and to guard against future threats in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28322/25]

236. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to change the regulations for small dwellings, such a portacabins to be built in people’s gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/25]

308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will intervene to expedite an urgent visa appeal for a person (details supplied). [28327/25]

391. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a patient (details supplied) who is in need of an urgent bed in a nursing home in Ennis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27970/25]

143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will reverse plans to close the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC); his Department’s plans to support early-stage digital enterprises and start-ups here if the NDRC ceases operations in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/25]

292. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason children attending ASD pre-schools are not entitled to a special transport grant unlike those enrolled in ASD classes in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27104/25]

302. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department can financially support the daily travel costs incurred by family of a child (details supplied) who has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis and attends an ASD pre-school far from their home, on the recommendation of a special educational needs organiser; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27212/25]

491. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will facilitate the reunification of a family currently housed in two temporary protection accommodation centres on either side of the country (details supplied). [27716/25]

549. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for information regarding the little baby bundle pilot scheme, as it has evolved since 2023, both in terms of feedback from the 2023 initiative and in terms of whether iterations of the scheme have been carried out since 2023 or will be carried out in a planned year again, e.g., in 2025 or 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27223/25]

125. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for terminating respite residential care for foster children at a Clare facility (details supplied); if this provision will be offered elsewhere instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26140/25]

253. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of SEAI home energy upgrades that have been grant supported since 2020, per county; and the amount of grant funding paid out in euro under home energy upgrades, per county, in tabular form. [25993/25]

254. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of businesses that have availed of the business energy upgrades scheme since 2020, per county; and the amount of grant funding paid out under the scheme, per county, in tabular form. [26007/25]

269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the average wait time for an NCT at the NCT Centre in Ennis, County Clare; the number of priority list NCT appointments given at the NCT Centre in Ennis, County Clare between 1 January 2025 and 31 March 2025; if he is satisfied with the current staffing levels at the NCT Centre in Ennis (details supplied); his plans to reduce wait times at the NCT centre in Ennis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25240/25]

364. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans to improve public procurement practice; the improvements that have been put in place since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25842/25]