Results 241-260 of 6,038 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers in each county in 2024- 2025; the provisional allocation in each county for 2025-2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary school teachers in each county in 2024-2025; the provisional allocation in each county for 2025-2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42720/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size of primary schools, by county and local authority area, in the 2024-2025 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42721/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at primary level for the 2025-2026 academic year, by local authority area, in tabular form. [42722/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at post-primary level for the 2025-2026 academic year, by local authority area, in tabular form. [42723/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level; the number enrolled at post-primary level, by county as of June 30 2025 or latest date available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42724/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects that have been completed, by county, in tabular form since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by county since 2020; to provide a breakdown the total number of projects currently under construction, per county; to provide a breakdown of the total number of projects currently in planning and design, per...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of WTE SNA posts in each county in the 2024 to 2025 school year; the provisional allocation for same in 2025 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of active special classes by county in the 2024 to 2025 school year; the provisional allocation for same in 2025 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42891/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider raising the amounts of the vacant and derelict property grants in recognition of the increase in construction and materials-related costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of school children who will be in receipt of hot meals from the start of the next school year, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43201/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 2456. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children, by county, who benefitted from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43206/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 2720. To ask the Minister for Health if she will update circular 29/2019 regarding bereavement leave in the public health services, the staff of which are currently not entitled to leave that is comparable to other public servants regarding immediate family members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings-in-law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 3078. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has a prescription for medication in one EU country is entitled to use that prescription in another EU state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43112/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 3167. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; her assessment of its impact to date; if all sections of the Act have commenced; the details of those not commenced and the timeframe for their commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (29 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 3168. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail for each local health office area the number of home care support hours for older people to be provided in 2025, in tabular form, including the number provided in each local health office area in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43639/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I echo the points made by Deputy Séamus McGrath. The EU procurement rules are rather outdated. A lot of the regulation that is stifling what this country is able to do is not domestic but comes from an EU treaty. The time has come for us to be able to procure beyond the EU 27 bloc for very large projects, such as hospitals, large road projects, rail, etc. It has repeatedly happened...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (17 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of OPW drainage, flood protection and coastal erosion defence works that are planned to be undertaken in County Clare in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39855/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (17 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for taking this question. I would like to know what plans the OPW has for drainage, flood protection and coastal erosion defences in County Clare this year.