Results 561-580 of 5,504 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of expanding the summer programme to include more schools and more students. [38592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special classes that will be required at primary and post-primary in each of the next five years; and the estimated cost of providing these. [38593/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of hiring an additional home-school liaison co-ordinator. [38594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools presently in receipt of home school liaison co-ordinator hours. [38595/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of expanding the free schoolbooks scheme to all remaining students. [38596/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on the summer works programme since 2020. [38597/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) does not have DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38950/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (1 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of students who will participate in creative schools in the 2024-2025 academic year. [38598/24]

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)

Cathal Crowe: Will you backdate it?

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...