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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: However, is there not a problem for the 18- or 19-year-old who wants to get into construction or one of the trades? Their parents are likely to suggest that is well and good but they should try college first. When he or she comes out of college, they are no longer the hands-on tradesman with the callouses and welts with a lump hammer and a shovel doing the work; they are the foreman or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Currently for €20 I can object and hold up a €20 million project. There is something wrong with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [22932/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: In his contribution, the Taoiseach referred to DEIS and the overhaul that system had about six or seven weeks ago. It was positive and progressive. These reviews happen every few years and the last one occurred in 2017 or 2018. Therefore, the model the Department of Education uses to determine deprivation and the need to intervene in a school context is based on Pobal and census figures...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22933/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: With regard to the health aspect of this agenda, I wish to raise the incessant overcrowding and trolley usage at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, week in, week out. There is yet another inquiry, and I expect its outcome will again indicate that far too many people are funnelled through the same hospital system. When the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, visited the hospital on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [22934/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Brexit has served to remind us in County Clare and along the western seaboard how geographically peripheral we are in the Continent of Europe. It is obvious now that we are a long way from Dublin, but we are also a long way from Britain and the countries on mainland Europe. In 2015, a national aviation policy was launched which is now totally defunct and no longer relevant as we come out...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the outcome of the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22649/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €200 energy credit is payable to homeowners who live above or adjacent to their business premises and whose electricity for domestic and commercial use all comes through the same metering system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification will be provided regarding the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme in relation to property owners who maintain apartment buildings with multiple units operate a single electricity account for the building (details supplied). [22685/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that he proposes to better support the ailing post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will advance plans for a suite of new government services to be available offline via the nation’s post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23004/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an outline of the way that procedures (details supplied) have been undertaken at the constituted Irish Coast Guard station at Doolin, County Clare. [22851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the existing trailer-towing licensing rules in order that those who have years of experience of towing trailers are not required to undergo testing. [23394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider abolishing the universal social charge which was introduced as a temporary measure in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to progress works to address issues with the strand line wall, in Kilkee, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue guidance on whether the help-to-buy scheme will be extended to 2023; if other schemes to assist those looking to buy a home will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will have their principal’s allowance increased to reflect the fact that the teaching staff in their school has recently increased moving the school from category 2 to category 3. [23181/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I hope the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, can take this question. The current wind energy guidelines date back to 2006. They are grossly outdated. A new set of guidelines, which was to be adopted on the eve of the 2020 election, is still on the desk of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. How long more will they be there? We need them operational. We have seen best and worse practice...