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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will meet next. [42582/23]

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: At the outset, I condemn outright the Hamas attack on innocent Israeli civilians on 7 October and extend my sympathies to the Israeli community in Ireland. Israel’s response to these attacks has been totally out of proportion. Yes, it has an undeniable right to protect its civilians but it does not have the right to murder the civilian population of Gaza in retaliation. Hamas is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the substandard condition of the 1980s prefabricated classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if she will give consideration to urgently approving a new replacement classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if NewEra has made contact with officials in his Department on the matter of an Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, board request to make a payment of 2% of their current pensions to IAA pensioners for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the long-standing grievance between Irish Aviation Authority retirees and their former employers, that is, the pension increases in accordance with section 41(5) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the mortgage interest relief announced in Budget 2024 in order that more people, including those with mortgages of less than €80,000, also benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options that are available to residents of Shannon town who cannot get flood insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assistive technology grant application (details supplied) has been received by her Department; when a decision on this application will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45141/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the disparity that exists in the School Summer Programme whereby children in multi-disability classes in mainstream primary schools are required to be in school for a longer day, and yet receive the same funding allocation as children in special schools who are not required to attend a full day; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will work with the relevant departments to expedite the recently announced increase in the weekly foster payment, given that they have had no increase since 2009 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consult with the relevant departments to introduce a scheme to partially reimburse those with a formal coeliac disease diagnosis for the purchase of gluten-free foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 547. To ask the Minister for Health when the rapid HTA, undertaken by HIQA in November 2022, reviewing the evidence of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of continuous (includes the Dexcom, Medtronic and GlucoRx CGMs) and intermittent (Freestyle Libre) glucose monitoring systems for people with type 1 diabetes will be published; and if it recommends the widening of access to these devices;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of the lack of support given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45356/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a policy (details supplied) to ensure greater access to housing for individuals and families on lower incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45673/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for giving me a few moments to speak. I will speak briefly about those who play our Gaelic games. Yesterday, I hosted a group from the Gaelic Players Association, GPA, here in Leinster House. The money GPA members get trickles down to their pockets. The male players get €1,490, on average, while the female players are getting a take-home...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will elaborate on the "targeted measures to support downstream business impacted as a resulted of the war in Ukraine" announced on budget day. [45069/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to ask the Minister about the Ukrainian war. We are quickly approaching its second anniversary. I think it was around 20 March 2022 that it began, so we are coming close to the two-year mark. The response from Ireland has been immense. In the main, we have done a good job as a country but our response has had its struggles. One of the fallouts from our response has been a major...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. One third of tourism accommodation is pretty much tied in providing refuge at this time for people who are fleeing the war in Ukraine and other humanitarian crises. It is felt in County Clare more than anywhere. There is a larger cohort of accommodation in Clare committed to these schemes than anywhere else in the country. There are,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. When I submitted this parliamentary question I was thinking of Lisdoonvarna in County Clare, made famous of course by the Christy Moore song. Almost every September, the town hosts an incredible festival to which people from all over Ireland flock, certainly the single people of Ireland. Ordinarily there are 300 or 400 people in the town but that figure has increased...