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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I agree with the Minister. Being environmentally minded is in some people's DNA and they are already making modal shifts in their lives but for others, it will not be until it changes what is in their pockets - pounds, shillings and pence. The cost of living has been a national debate this week. As many people will make the modal shift when it makes sense economically, in that regard,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to broaden the number of new apprenticeships; the details of the development of the seven new apprenticeship programmes announced for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the findings of the survey of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made an executive decision on the community involvement scheme 2022; if so, when an announcement will be made; and when it is expected to open for applicants. [5992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Transport Infrastructure Ireland removed bus stop signs on the N18 dual carriageway between Cratloe and Bunratty; when they are expected to be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 256. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will liaise with the Central Bank concerning rules on mortgage drawdown for those on the employment wage subsidy scheme. [6419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will put financial supports in place for students undertaking a course at a college (details supplied) who are unable to access the usual Gaeltacht grants and are struggling to meet costs. [5847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accommodate immunocompromised leaving certificate students with a system similar to the predicted grades used during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 765. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can conduct a report into the treatment of women living with severe endometriosis in the workplace given the difficulties they may have in holding down a full-time job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the 4 February 2022 deadline for community employment participants whose contracts are due to expire on this date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Traveller Community (3 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that his Department has made available to support the Traveller and Roma community in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider the introduction of a scheme to assist first-time buyers of homes that are not new builds, similar to the help-to-buy scheme, who are financially out of reach of purchasing a newly build home. [5647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (3 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the drafting and initiating of the next National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy; if the current strategy will be reviewed; the way that the National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy will interact with this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will grant refugee status to Afghan nationals who are employed by Irish companies operating in Afghanistan. [3569/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I would go back in a heartbeat-----

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: -----if the Ministers want to send me back on some kind of investigation. I would be delighted to go back to my student days. They really are the best days. Those best days have been denied to many youngsters, however, and we, as Members of this House, need to stand up for them to give them back that bit of normality. They are the fun years but also those in which people acquire the...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: My comments were not exclusionary.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. It is a positive piece of legislation. The Government is yet again honouring commitments it made in the programme for Government. In the programme, there was a commitment to continue to reform how HEIs operate through their relationship with the HEA by enhancing performance, financial management, governance and transparency, and utilising...