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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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering any properties in Shannon or Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare for IPAS accommodation. [5075/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the current contract his Department has, in respect of an international protection applicant accommodation centre at a location (details supplied) expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a 0% VAT rate to all gluten-free food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4248/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for taking my parliamentary question this morning. Approximately one in every 50 Irish people has a diagnosis of coeliac disease. A trip around the supermarket does not leave them many choices. Products they buy that are flour based have to be gluten free and they are expensive. Will the Minister and his Department consider making all gluten-free products for people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. That was a very detailed response and it was very much appreciated. Many in my family have coeliac disease. It is quite prominent in Ireland and its diagnosis is on the rise. The Minister has explained really well why addressing this is tricky. Mothership Europe and the EU VAT directive govern much of what we can do here, but I argue that gluten-free products are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: This is probably not the most exciting topic to be debating here today but it matters to so many. Having read through the technicalities, I believe that if the Minister has the scope to reclassify gluten-free products as medicinal, it will be beneficial. The gluten-free products are medicinal because the people affected have no choice but to pick them from the shelf. Reclassifying them as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progression of phase 1 of the Limerick northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4244/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to complete his Departmental review of the Regional Airports Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4245/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will urgently consider making a revision to the flat rate of VAT, applicable to farmers, so that rebates can be provided on certain farm infrastructural investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4246/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance how many homebuyers in each county have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4850/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [4851/24]