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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1033. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the citizenship application made by a resident of County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30035/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizens' Assembly (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1040. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an overview of his Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she and her Departmental officials are aware of the shortage of creche and child-minding facilities in County Clare that cater for babies under 12 months-of-age; the measures her Department is taking to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1278. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis to the long-term illness scheme to assist with the cost of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1570. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1676. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26984/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any further sanctions will be imposed on Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the National Development Plan Review. [27720/25]

Personal Apology by Member (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to clarify a speech I made yesterday in the Dáil, correct the Dáil record and apologise profusely to anyone who may have been offended by my comments. The speech I made was during the debate this House had on Gaza. I was speaking without a scripted speech and instead using a series of bullet points. I began by stating that the Israeli eye-for-an-eye approach has been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the near-term outlook for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s expectations for consumer spending this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Meetings (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a report on his attendance at the informal General Affairs Council (Cohesion) in Warsaw; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 675. To ask the Minister for Health when senior management at Ennis Hospital were notified that the finance department within the hospital would cease to exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28850/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €1,000 reduction relating specifically to the student contribution payable by students eligible for free tuition in publicly funded third level colleges will be available for the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the leeway; I was chairing a committee. I want to ask about the HIQA report into emergency care in the mid-west region, in particular University Hospital Limerick. The report was commissioned early last autumn and is due to come to the Government by the end of this month or possibly early next month. Is there any update on that? When might we know the...

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The 7 October terror attacks on Israel are to be condemned outright but the eye-for-an-eye approach adopted by the Israeli state since has been indefensible. The bombing of hospitals, schools and tents and the killing of children and babies, including newborn babies in hospitals, is reprehensible. It is the worst we have seen in our lifetime. What is happening is not a war anymore; it is...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for being at our meeting today and for the opening statement . There are quite a few points to get through so I might go quickly into them. I recently tabled a number of parliamentary questions and wrote to the NTA and the Minister for Transport on this. When coach operators apply for licensing, the NTA, in my opinion, looks at this in a very one-dimensional way. The...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I totally get that point when it is a case of A to B, Limerick to Kilkenny, or Galway to Dublin, or whatever, but for tourism it has to be viewed a little bit differently. Some of the timetables they submit to the NTA are totally unrealistic. In trying to get around this crazy route and back up again, they are putting huge pressure on themselves as drivers, on the service and on the local...