Results 441-460 of 5,504 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Programmes (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail Ireland’s contribution in 2024 to the European Peace Facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42845/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland’s contribution to the Ukraine Facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene in the case of a child who is without a secondary school place in Limerick (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of implementing a cap on all remaining hospital car parking charges that exceed €10 per day. [42413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing a lifelong medical card for everyone born with a congenital condition, eliminating the biennial review. [42604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 756. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year running cost of an injury unit; and the average capital cost required. [42847/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 757. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year cost to implement the strategic plan for critical care; and the number of additional beds that would open. [42848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 758. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year cost of employing one consultant in emergency medicine. [42849/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 759. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year cost of employing one advanced nurse practitioner. [42850/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 760. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year cost, and to provide details of the Departments' projections of, the increase in the number of practising GPs between now and 2033. [42851/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 761. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year cost of employing a health and social care professional to the HSE. [42852/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 762. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the estimated full-year cost of employing a public-only consultant. [42853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (22 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of doubling the number of healthcare college places in nursing, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and health and social care professions. [42414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (17 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making the carer's allowance a tax-free payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42133/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a homeowner who has already been approved for funding vis-à-vis the defective concrete block scheme can expect to benefit from the improved terms of this scheme as agreed at a meeting of the Cabinet on 8 October 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42156/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Mr. Mulvey here this afternoon and I thank him for his opening statement and presentation. Before we discuss An Post matters, I thank him as he has engaged in different processes arising from committee work we have undertaken, particularly with regard to the Irish Coast Guard so I thank them for that as well. I have perhaps five or six points I wish to raise. I will go through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: On the question of State forms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I was not aware of this until a few years ago but many post offices in rural areas have a backroom sorting room at the rear of a post office where two or three An Post employees could be there in the back. There is a trend at the moment to try to consolidate these to An Post-owned post offices, as opposed to contractor post offices and the term "consolidation" is used. People often think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: My next question is about pensioners. I received an email during the week in advance of this meeting and it is from an An Post pensioner. He was explaining that over the years there have been different iterations of postal delivery and services in Ireland. He and many of his colleagues migrated across from the then Department of Posts and Telegraphs. To all intents and purposes, they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I have two final questions. The first is on the GPO site, which Mr. Mulvey has already touched on briefly. The media have been speculating all week as to the different functions which could happen there. I even saw a report that Dublin City Council was looking at the possibility of some RTÉ presence being at the site of the GPO, which may not be the worst thing in the world. Could...