Cathal Crowe

107. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide detail on contractual changes that are likely to happen across 2025 in terms of the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection in County Clare; specifically, if it is her Department’s intention to acquire new properties or to terminate existing contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20769/25]

113. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will obligate local authorities and statutory transport bodies to do an audit of disabled access throughout the country, regarding footpaths, access ways, etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20770/25]

500. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to engage with insurance companies to mitigate the effect those with UK driving licences, who are working in the Republic of Ireland, have with insuring cars for work purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/25]

563. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the work his Department is doing to publish a new action plan for insurance reform, as included in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18882/25]

564. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a waiver to gift and inheritance tax incurred in circumstances where someone dies while owning a home with their partner, to whom they are not married (details supplied); to waive the tax from the surviving partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/25]

624. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will allow a sports club (details supplied) in County Clare use of a neighbouring OPW car park for overflow for their games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18756/25]

747. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures taken by his Department to enhance employees’ and workers’ rights since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/25]

830. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider restoring the special education diploma allowance for those who are classed as "new entrants" (entered since September 2012); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19050/25]

1051. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for details of her proposal for newly qualified teachers to gain a permanent contract a year earlier; what classifies as a 'viable post' in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20953/25]

1052. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when details of the main panel and supplementary panel for primary schools will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20954/25]

1208. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to Uisce Éireann refusing to take in charge housing developments with developer-provided water service infrastructure thereby causing many problems for homeowners; what plans he has in place to address this issue; if he is aware how many housing developments across the country are impacted by this; and, if so, if he will provide a breakdown on a local authority basis, in tabular form. [19275/25]

1209. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19279/25]

1294. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Keeping Community Safe (Framework for Fire Safety in Ireland) has been reviewed in the past two years; the person or body who led this review; if this review has been accepted and agreed by the Minister; the criteria changes made to risk categorisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20140/25]

1566. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if his officials can investigate the reason for the refusal for visas for healthcare workers (details supplied) where the visa eligibility criteria appear to have been adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/25]

1936. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider reintroducing the mobility allowance grant which was closed in 2013; the efforts undertaken so far in the life of this Government; the further intentions her Department have to investigate the viability of alternative schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20764/25]

1978. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if early detection screening programmes for heart valve disease or structural heart disease will form part of the recommendations of the unpublished review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18512/25]

2017. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of UK residents that attended emergency departments in Ireland in 2024 for free healthcare under the NHS/HSE reciprocal agreement. [18783/25]

2090. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation to patients and patient families in UHL between 2015 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19222/25]

2091. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place in model 2 hospitals for the administration of epinephrine to patients who present at injury units with anaphylaxis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19223/25]

2247. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the capacity of public orthodontic care in County Clare at this time; to confirm if there have been any recent retirements of orthodontists in County Clare and how the HSE proposes to replace these retirees; to provide a commentary on current wait times for public orthodontics in County Clare; and her plans to address the long waiting lists in County Clare. [19880/25]

2253. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times to purple echo and red delta calls nationally by the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19910/25]

2255. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of "Purple" (Echo) and "Red" (Delta) calls for addresses in County Clare that had response times by the National Ambulance Service exceeding 38 minutes, between 1 March 2024 and 1 March 2025; the number of these calls that had response times by the National Ambulance Service exceeding 1 hour; the number of instances the arrival of the National Ambulance Service was the first trained medical response to the call (i.e. the Fire Service, Coast Guard, community first response group, etc. were not dispatched to the call in advance of National Ambulance Service arrival); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19913/25]

2315. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department will include breast density notification in the BreastCheck screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20200/25]

19. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [6492/25]

418. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to reopen the increased cost of business and Power Up portal for those businesses that were unsuccessful in applying, as promised in late 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/25]