Results 421-440 of 5,356 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider broadening the eligibility terms and conditions for the first home scheme in order that individuals who, in their youth, prior to entering a relationship and starting a family, bought an apartment with a sibling (a partnership arrangement) can qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38948/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that arising from an adjudication hearing of 23 February 2024, her Department was directed to engage with a union (details supplied) to determine the quantum of allowance to be paid to social welfare inspectors of executive officer grade, arising from a claim lodged in 2017; if she will provide an update on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the age from 66 years for the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason many young farmers (details supplied) are being denied young trained farmer grants and supports; if he proposes to change the existing definition of what constitutes a ‘young trained farmer’; if he will consider amending the qualifying terms and conditions relating to ‘young trained farmer’...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken in Carlow CDNT to address significant and entrenched recruitment issues; the date by which all vacant positions in Carlow CDNT will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing benefits such as reduced-cost GP care, reduced-cost hospital-stay fees, and so on, for staff who work in the public healthcare sector, so as to acknowledge their invaluable contribution to healthcare overall, and to potentially entice more into the healthcare professions and ensure staff retention; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: There are 8,000 farm families in County Clare and 85% of those families are involved in the suckler beef enterprise. I am one of those. County Clare is the heartland of the suckler system. Ennis mart and Sixmilebridge mart on Saturdays or mid-week are teeming with families and farmers bringing their cattle through the system. It will be very busy this winter with weanlings. The ACRES...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The whole point of the scorecard is to lead farmers to make informed decisions around their NPI. Many farmers, including myself, are being contacted by farm planners. They are giving us the menu of options and most of us are standing back because we do not have a scorecard and are not sure what we are doing. Should we go off and invest this if it will not change things materially? It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the systems his Department has for processing ACRES applications and for making payments to those who are in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: With regard to ACRES, what systems does the Department have in place in terms of processing the applications that came in this year and, in particular, making payment? What is the Department doing about those that are still outstanding with regard to receiving payment, scores and so on? For the purpose of disclosure, as a farmer, I am a participant in ACRES and I want to put that on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for accommodating me. I agree that the only way to deal with this is to hit them where it hurts, that is, in the pocket. CAB has done a lot of good work on it. It seems to me often that the focus of CAB is on the people whose names feature on the front page of the Sunday World every weekend. However, there is a need to get involved at a community level as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I commend Deputy O'Connor for his very important question. He mentioned that the situation could be at crisis point. I would say that in many corners of Ireland, it already is. I can tell the Minister of State, following contact I have had from the Garda representative organisation, that there is a functional policing area, I will not say where, that straddles two counties and covers a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí within the East Clare – North Tipperary functional area; the number of Garda vehicles available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38019/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department tracks trends in family farm incomes on a multi-annual basis, taking account of increased inputs, costs and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38021/24]

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: A Cheann Comhairle, 80602 is a seven-year-old Hereford cow I have on my farm. Her entire health record is on the Agfood website from the moment she was born up to the current time, including every vaccination withdrawal period and her annual BVD test. Everything is there. I drive a Honda car. Every detail about my car, including every NCT report setting out the percentage performance of...

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 new Chair of our transport committee has left the room but I congratulate him and wish him the very best in his new role. I thank Mr. Murphy, Ms Davis and Mr. Borsos for their engagement. It is very much appreciated. I have a few short questions. The witnesses' report is very comprehensive. Like previous questioners, I try to ask questions within the witnesses' remit because...

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...