Cathal Crowe
Oral
10. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [33565/25]
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Cathal Crowe
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1,151
questions asked
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Cathal Crowe
Oral
18. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [33566/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
252. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport for an update on proposed updates to the 318 bus service linking Ennis and Limerick city (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37218/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided for footpaths to each of the 31 local authorities in each of the past five years; the distance of footpaths covered with this funding in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37406/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
505. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for an ‘above the shop’ living refurbishment grant by topping up the vacant and derelict refurbishment grant so as to help make spaces above retail premises liveable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37171/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
42. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details on the capacity of drug units in each Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36297/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing an incentive scheme to encourage farmers who have particularly old and potentially dangerous tractors and machinery in their farm yards to upgrade to newer and safer options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36295/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
104. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce TAMS grant funding for goat herd owners in order that they can install suitable fencing and handling and housing facilities for their livestock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36294/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
202. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the action being taken to encourage Irish businesses to grow their export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36959/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
356. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when HSE staff (details supplied) can expect to be contacted by the HSE regarding their future in the organisation as a result of recent changes; if they will be offered new positions within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36779/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
389. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to adequately support those undertaking apprenticeships (details supplied) in line with the programme for Government’s commitments regarding apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36784/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
3. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if goods already in transit from the United States to Ireland, such as large and bulky aircraft parts that are being brought into the country via shipping containers, will be subject to the mooted import tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36287/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
76. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures taken to advance an entrepreneurial spirit and culture over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
256. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct the HSE to cease plans to move all high-protein oral nutritional supplements to list B (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36459/25]
Cathal Crowe
Oral
30. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the pilot scheme announced by his Department to provide for sewage in unsewered villages in 2024 requires additional funding; if he has made this funding available; if he will provide an update on all schemes that have received initial approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
118. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the value of Irish goods exports in each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive and the proportion of those exports accounted for by FDI companies and the proportion owing to indigenous enterprises, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36128/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
322. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures he is taking to boost domestic enterprises in the context of external pressure and on the multinational sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36062/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
469. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a homeowner (details supplied) who has been approved for a defective concrete blocks grant will retrospectively benefit from the 10% grant increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35700/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
492. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a query (details supplied) relating to RPZs. [36076/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
577. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s overall approach towards accommodation contracts relating to the International Protection Accommodation Service and beneficiaries of temporary protection in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35755/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
79. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the HIQA review into access to emergency care in the midwest region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34749/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new capital investments and major new equipment purposes and new healthcare initiatives that will be rolled out in County Clare across 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34750/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
144. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider making an application for a future stage of the Tour de France to be held in Ireland, some of which can be held along the Wild Atlantic Way, particularly taking in part of County Clare. [34739/25]
Cathal Crowe
Written
172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider initiating a programme akin to Talent Search, operated by the Australian government, whereby children and adolescents are tested for their sporting prowess and given an introduction to sports they may never have experienced before with a view to making the country more competitive across a wider field of sports at th…
Cathal Crowe
Written
256. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; when he expects the Bill to go before the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35152/25]