Results 161-180 of 5,574 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 950. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Centres Investment Fund; and the total number of community centres funded in each county, in tabular form. [25984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (20 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 951. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Enhancement Programme, in tabular form. [25985/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 952. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Recognition Fund, in tabular form. [25986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (15 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he considers the preservation, restoration and showing of classic and vintage cars, tractors, trucks, vans, motorcycles and steam-powered vehicles to come within the remit of ‘Heritage’; if so, if he will consider devising a new grant scheme that supports the hosting of events that showcase same; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (15 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s pilot scheme for providing sewage infrastructure to currently unsewered villages, such as Broadford and Cooraclare in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (15 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when, in accordance with the programme for Government, he expects to reintroduce the electronic tagging of individuals convicted for certain crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24444/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide detail on the age of the Garda fleet of vehicles available to the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24443/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Coastal Protection (15 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Geological Survey of Ireland recently undertook an aerial geophysical survey on 10 May 2025 in a coastal area stretching from Doonbeg, County Clare, as far as Tarbert, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25033/25]

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this matter. I disagree with the previous speaker. I believe learner drivers should be allowed to drive without someone accompanying them in the car. I live in a rural county and west of Ennis there is no Luas line, no DART and no public transport of any significance. It is costing youngsters in the region of €600 to €1,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the Clare secondary road network, particularly the network which includes the N67 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (13 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made to support biodiversity; the key achievements since 2020; the plans between now and 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 913. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the Garda fleet in each Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he and his Department are taking to support farmers' efforts in biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (13 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1039. To ask the Minister for Health if smaller and independent shopkeepers will be exempted from the hefty tobacco products licence fees, as per the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, given that currently small shops are obligated to pay the same fees as a large-scale supermarkets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1097. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the long-term illness scheme to allow those living with Addison’s disease to be eligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70's medical cards in circulation at the end of April 2025, for each local health area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24340/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I raise the issue of horse control. Legislation in Ireland largely falls under the Control of Horses Act 1996. I was sent a photo by an American tourist over the weekend who visited our county. They saw a horse tethered to a metal pole outside a supermarket. This happens all around the country and it is inexcusable. The law is robust, but the enforcement is not. Nobody in this country...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when his Department will run the next sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: It appears there is not a shortage of driving instructors but there is certainly a shortage of driving testers. Some of the instructors could be brought over on secondment to do a day or two a week, perhaps in their own county or in the neighbouring county, so they could try to clear some of this backlog. That suggestion was made to me recently by the driver of a large vehicle, who said the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I am sorry; I have just run up Kildare Street and did not realise my question was part of a grouping. We want to know when the review will happen. Importantly, when someone applies for a landing slot at the moment, it is solely judged through the metric of "Yea" or "Nay". It is either approved or disapproved by the IAA. We could have a regional development criterion to that application....