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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: As an extension to that, has there been any great work done across the European bloc on an ammonia strategy? I know it has been spoken about at various times in the Commission. It comes up occasionally in the Parliament. We have discussed it in the Dáil on various occasions. We seem to be leading out the way in hydrogen but there seems to be less dialogue on ammonia. Has there been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: My final question relates to climate adaptation. We saw the recent devastating flooding in central Europe. My question is primarily about continental Europe but I have a domestic angle to it as well. The ECA scrutinises the finances of this and the leadership of the strategies. Where larger rivers in particular in Europe curl and meander their way through several countries, is enough...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I know the ECA has contingency work on reports and there is a huge bloc of countries it has to engage with. However, I would love to see that put in writing or codified at some point. When the Dutch do it, it is good. They deepen the water channel and more boats and vessels can get down but they also increase the speed of water then going down the Rhine. Germany does not have the same...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: While the zero-trolley policy is putting a certain gloss on trolley numbers in UHL, it is absolutely failing Ennis Hospital. In any year, although we bemoan it, we expect elective surgeries to be cancelled for a few weeks around the Christmas period in Ennis Hospital. This year, however, elective surgeries were cancelled from 27 July onwards. In nine weeks, there has only been elective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo by the HSE been lifted for the psychology assistant grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38041/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant psychology assistant posts currently in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38042/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special needs assistant (details supplied) is not on a permanent contract despite being the school’s sole special needs assistant, having been employed there for 24 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will urgently approve an application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support hours provided to persons with disabilities in each LHO area in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the projected number to be provided in each LHO area in 2024. [37799/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of personal support hours provided to persons with disabilities in each LHO area in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the projected number to be provided in each LHO area in 2024. [37800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) with regard to the general medical services scheme contract for Kildysart, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37382/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (24 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the matter of respite care offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37858/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for taking my question today. I wish to raise the issue of the difficulty people in Kildysart and adjacent communities in west Clare are experiencing in accessing GP care. For the past several years, the Saffron and Blue clinic has had the medical card contract for the village. Hundreds of people live in it, or thousands when you take in the wider hinterland. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the Government has invested in battery storage capacity from 2020-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37148/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the forms of photographic ID required to apply for a driver’s licence and, specifically, the reason for photographic ID supplied by a person (details supplied) not being accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 160. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce sports capital funding allocations to those groups that have applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37087/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 161. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an overview of her plans to increase tourism accommodation throughout Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37088/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on making his Department's sewage infrastructure for unsewered villages pilot scheme a multi-annual scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to improve the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (19 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first- and full-year costs of implementing measures under the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37149/24]