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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. On budget day, I think the power-up grants were certainly a positive announcement. I know from talking to people in Clare County Council and constituents who have businesses that there is some cause for hope. They also feel that the last few years have loaded an awful lot on employers and people who own businesses. One the things they will say, and we have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The legislative framework is there. We have had the budget. The budget was now a few weeks ago. I often hear from people in HR that the sick leave, in particular, is causing quite a lot of problems. One employer in County Clare provided me with a spreadsheet showing the sick leave his company has at the moment and how much it is costing. It is very worrying that you can phone some of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the policy his Department uses to determine if accommodation contracts relating to beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applicants should be renewed or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy as to how accommodation provision for beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applicants should be organised on a geographical, county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43327/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size at primary level in each school year since 2015-2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in primary schools in each school year since 2015-2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43720/24]

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

Cathal Crowe: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved teacher posts in primary schools in each school year since 2015-2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43721/24]

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

Cathal Crowe: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital funding provided for new school buildings and the refurbishment of existing school buildings in each school year since 2015/16, in tabular form; the number of projects completed in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43750/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Through the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (6 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of the income volatility measure to support the farming sector outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (6 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of the income volatility measure to support the farming sector outlined in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45378/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Programmes (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 57. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an overview of the shared island programme since its launch in 2020, including the funding provided to each project and the initiatives supported, in tabular form. [43716/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 345. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the power-up grant scheme so that ‘visitor attractions’ and ‘health services’, such as physiotherapists, are also eligible for the funding support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45089/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to extend the parental leave scheme to allow it to be taken in blocks of one day a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43917/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers in new appointments must wait eight weeks without pay for her Department to get them on payroll; if she appreciates the financial strain this places teachers under; the steps she will take to reduce this unnecessary burden on teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43949/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fully reinstate the 'teaching through Irish’ allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the additional accommodation application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of an extension to a school (details supplied) will begin, having signed an acceptance letter with her Department in November 2023. [44461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently revise the DEIS status of a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene with the supply of heating equipment for a specific room at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44473/24]