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 (…
Cathal Crowe
Oral
12 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
159. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his priorities in relation to Erasmus+ in the current negotiations for the EU’s multi-annual financial framework from 2028 to 2034. [34852/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
12 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
182. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the progress made under the National Student Accommodation Strategy. [34853/26]
341. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if bin and waste collection companies will be eligible to apply for the road transporters support scheme; if they are eligible, would a communication to their customer base informing them that they are increasing service subscription costs due to rising fuel costs disqualify them from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34284/26]
572. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of negotiations regarding pension parity, occupational sick leave, and bereavement leave for school secretaries and caretakers; to provide a specific timeline for the implementation of these benefits following the Labour Court hearing on 12 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34383/26]
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]
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]
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 …
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…
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]
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]
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 …
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]
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]
38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline any plans he and An Post have for a more expansive range of public services available at post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32460/26]
39. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects to open the sports capital and equipment grant programme for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32459/26]
122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if she will quantify the amount of non-lethal equipment that the Defence Forces have donated to their Ukrainian counterparts since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32714/26]
137. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if her Department has any records pertaining to a 19th century British Army rifle and musket firing range at Woodcock Hill, Meelick, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32713/26]
307. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the confirmation of English as an additional language (EAL) hours for the 2026/2027 school year; the reason the new online form for data collection via the Online School Claims System (OLCS) has not yet been made available to schools despite the fast-approaching deadlines; to address the specific anomaly whereby children born …
349. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Summary of Social Housing Assessment for 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33909/26]
49. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is advocating for any reforms of United Nations structures, specifically at Security Council level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33284/26]
142. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has been trying to obtain a logbook for a moped for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32161/26]
171. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a change to the driver certificate of professional competence (CPC) periodic training regime, specifically the requirement for professional bus and truck drivers to complete a seven-hour classroom-based module every year; if he has considered the financial and time burden this puts on experienced drivers (details supplied); and if he will m…
220. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the Government's position on the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034, specifically regarding the inclusion of dedicated health-related funding windows and earmarked resources for EU-wide cancer prevention and research initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32240/26]
402. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the climate action summer works scheme 2026; if she is aware that the school; if she will ensure this application is prioritised for approval in the upcoming Tranche 2 of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32499/26]