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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: It appears there is not a shortage of driving instructors but there is certainly a shortage of driving testers. Some of the instructors could be brought over on secondment to do a day or two a week, perhaps in their own county or in the neighbouring county, so they could try to clear some of this backlog. That suggestion was made to me recently by the driver of a large vehicle, who said the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when his Department will run the next sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I raise the issue of horse control. Legislation in Ireland largely falls under the Control of Horses Act 1996. I was sent a photo by an American tourist over the weekend who visited our county. They saw a horse tethered to a metal pole outside a supermarket. This happens all around the country and it is inexcusable. The law is robust, but the enforcement is not. Nobody in this country...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide detail on contractual changes that are likely to happen across 2025 in terms of the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection in County Clare; specifically, if it is her Department’s intention to acquire new properties...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will obligate local authorities and statutory transport bodies to do an audit of disabled access throughout the country, regarding footpaths, access ways, etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has plans to engage with insurance companies to mitigate the effect those with UK driving licences, who are working in the Republic of Ireland, have with insuring cars for work purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 563. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department is doing to publish a new action plan for insurance reform, as included in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 564. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a waiver to gift and inheritance tax incurred in circumstances where someone dies while owning a home with their partner, to whom they are not married (details supplied); to waive the tax from the surviving partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parking Provision (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 624. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow a sports club (details supplied) in County Clare use of a neighbouring OPW car park for overflow for their games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18756/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 747. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures taken by his Department to enhance employees’ and workers’ rights since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider restoring the special education diploma allowance for those who are classed as "new entrants" (entered since September 2012); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19050/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of her proposal for newly qualified teachers to gain a permanent contract a year earlier; what classifies as a 'viable post' in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details of the main panel and supplementary panel for primary schools will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to Uisce Éireann refusing to take in charge housing developments with developer-provided water service infrastructure thereby causing many problems for homeowners; what plans he has in place to address this issue; if he is aware how many housing developments across the country are impacted by this; and, if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19279/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Keeping Community Safe (Framework for Fire Safety in Ireland) has been reviewed in the past two years; the person or body who led this review; if this review has been accepted and agreed by the Minister; the criteria changes made to risk categorisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20140/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his officials can investigate the reason for the refusal for visas for healthcare workers (details supplied) where the visa eligibility criteria appear to have been adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1936. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider reintroducing the mobility allowance grant which was closed in 2013; the efforts undertaken so far in the life of this Government; the further intentions her Department have to investigate the viability of alternative schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1978. To ask the Minister for Health if early detection screening programmes for heart valve disease or structural heart disease will form part of the recommendations of the unpublished review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Departments (29 Apr 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 2017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of UK residents that attended emergency departments in Ireland in 2024 for free healthcare under the NHS/HSE reciprocal agreement. [18783/25]