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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Does Dr. Ní Bhriain have timelines for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Okay, I thank Dr. Ní Bhriain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Maybe I should not have named them but we became very familiar to the hierarchy during the Covid-19 pandemic including the Chief Medical Officer, the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, and the HSE and that is fine. They certainly led the public response to Covid-19 but now a lot of people in the workplace find themselves being referred on to private health screening bodies. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise for being late. It very often happens here that meetings coincide and clash. I will continue on some of the points that the Chairman has raised. What was to happen with the new NCT test centre in Shannon was raised a number of weeks ago. Responding in the Dáil, the Minister, Deputy Ryan, said there were significant contractual difficulties and that negotiations on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We would appreciate an update. I have been out to visit the building that was, at one point, touted to become an NCT centre. It was fully kitted out and looked every inch an NCT centre. It looks like the centres I have been to except for the branding and equipment inside it. The difficulties were not at the builder's end or the company's end but at the RSA's end. Is it fair to say that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Am I correct in saying the RSA requires 63 additional staff nationally? That is what is outstanding in terms of recruitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is what is coming in. I apologise. Has the RSA at any time looked at mechanics, men and women who work in garages throughout the country? They sometimes work 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., although they mostly work beyond those hours. They have a skill set and know their way around a car. Has the RSA at any time offered the lure to them that they could come in on a temporary contract to earn a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: On a slight tangent, National Broadband Ireland, NBI, is fulfilling a huge contract for the State but, when you go down the highways and byways of rural Ireland, you will not always see an NBI van. You will see contractors and sole traders. Plumbers, electricians and telecommunications companies have taken on smaller sectional contracts and their vans are darting up and down the road. By...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will move on to the issue of international driving licences. I have read through the list of countries we have partnerships with, and I have read about the length of time conversions are taking, but I will focus in on the United States. A woman came to my clinic in west Clare two weeks ago. The situation has now been regularised but, for a long time, when she and her compatriots from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is just very frustrating. I am from the mid-west but I am sure this is an issue in every part of the country. As a nation, Ireland Inc. is inviting in these multinationals and trying to entice and attract in big American businesses. The €11 billion package in the budget two weeks ago is largely based on taxes from these big companies. It is kind of what is keeping the country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will conclude on road safety. I have tabled a parliamentary question on this issue but the RSA may be better placed to answer it. Cycling Ireland has a campaign it has named Stayin’ Alive at 1.5. It aims to have cars stay out from cyclists as they pass. However, there is no such campaign for pedestrians. In rural Ireland, it is very often the case that pedestrians have to stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What about the avoidance of pedestrians?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Waide.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who sat their Junior Certificate examinations in 2022 can expect to receive their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49775/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian refugee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian refugee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to ensure that there is adequate financial support for students commencing third level education in 2023. [49797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consult SUSI about raising the income threshold to ensure that middle-income earners who are struggling can access third level grants from 2023. [49798/22]