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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for the reply. It is a good scheme and I am glad that 3,955 Clare businesses will benefit. The whole way of calculating and working out who will get what needs a little more thought, because this is based on the square footage of the floor space. It is based on the rate space. I found during the Covid period that there was real agility in the Government in identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (8 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported jobs in Clare at the end of 2023; how this compares to 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of flood relief and river drainage works that the OPW will undertake in County Clare this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5721/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (8 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of works planned to alleviate coastal erosion in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5720/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear the outcome of their application to have their salary increments reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5839/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a cohort of workers funded by her Department (details supplied) have not received a pay increase in 15 years; if any pay increases are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5813/24]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I do not have speaking time in the Dáil, so I take this opportunity put on record my deepest sympathies to our colleague Deputy Richard Bruton and all of the Bruton family on the passing of iar-Thaoiseach, John Bruton. The Minister's presence and contributions are always valued by this committee. My first question is about the Dublin Airport...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: We are pre-empting matters by inferring that the national aviation policy will have some strong statements, just like the national planning framework and Ireland 2040. I am sure there will be strong statements in there about the other regions of Ireland and other international airports. It strikes me that if this gets a green light through the planning process - it has entirely circumvented...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I want to squeeze in a few questions about the rail network. I missed the 10.50 a.m. train from Limerick to Dublin earlier. I was on time but the car park was chock-a-block. I know the Minister believes people using bikes. I do too. I brought the bike in the boot, I got the train and I cycled off, but you have to park the car somewhere. I come from rural County Clare to a train station....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The trains to Dublin are very successful. They are full most mornings. It is great to see. The Cork to Dublin service picks up passengers from Limerick at Limerick Junction. It is really successful. There are two early morning direct services from Limerick to Dublin and there are only three carriages on that service. It is fine. I get on that service every Wednesday morning and I have...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to conclude with a final question. The bike to work scheme is not strictly under the Minister's Department; it is more the Department of Finance and Revenue. I found out recently that a lot of people are locked out of the scheme. It works in a lot of employment centres but, for example, Members of the Oireachtas cannot avail of the scheme, as far as I know. People who are...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Will there be an opportunity to come in later, Chair? Will there be a second round?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I need three minutes and I will be out of here and will not disrupt.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: There is a road in Limerick that is finally being built again. It is the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road. It is a local authority-led project. It goes between counties Clare and Limerick but Limerick is the lead local authority on the project. Construction began on that road about three years ago and faltered. The contractor left the project. It is going back into construction in the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: That is correct.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and the Chair for his latitude.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sectors back down to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5068/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of the works, including costs incurred, undertaken at the Sate-owned Shannon 153 building in Shannon, County Clare as plans were being developed to transform it into an accommodation centre for international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether a successfully awarded defective concrete block grant for a home is available to an individual who inherits the affected home or if they need to reapply as a fresh applicant (details supplied). [5069/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has made any funding allocations to Clare County Council in order that a Section 180 application (Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended) made by the residents of an area (details supplied) to have their housing estate taken into public charge by the local authority, can be advanced; and if he will...