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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Online Safety (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is working on any policy initiatives to make the online sphere safer for Irish children. [28269/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are being put in place by his Department to help persons who are displaced by the war in Ukraine to integrate in Ireland. [28270/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will lead a national strategy on offline services to be offered via the post office network. [28258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the infrastructure that is at the disposal of his Department and the State overall to monitor and track air pollution. [28257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s strategy to help alleviate fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address concerns (details supplied) relating to the electricity credit issued to house holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (2 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department provides funding towards hardship funds administered by third-level colleges and universities to assist students facing financial difficulties; and, if so, if he will provide details of the way that this fund is managed by each institution. [28632/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Dr. Bedford. His CV is very impressive and he brings a lot of expertise to this. Unfortunately, a lot of the work he does is probably of a tragic nature because, no more than the Road Safety Authority, he is delving into the cause of accidents, their aftermath etc. I would like to take up a number of points, following Deputy Carey's questions. I refer to drug-driving. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: In April 2017, An Garda Síochána took on a role in drug testing on the side of our roads. I believe the test is used is the Dräger DrugTest 5000, an oral fluids test. If I understand correctly, it can pick up traces of opiates, cocaine, benzodiazepines and cannabis. The whole world of drugs is evolving by the day. There are pills and small tablets I have never heard of,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I was making notes. As I see it, the killers on the road are speed, drink- and drug-driving, bad driving, which will always be a factor, and fatigue, which is very hard to measure. I do not drink or take drugs and drive, but I find fatigue something I have tried to overcome when I am coming to the Dáil early in the morning and late at night. Many people face that. I do not suppose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Bedford for his time and wish him the very best in his tenure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Mr. Henry and am delighted to see him at this meeting. I thank him for hosting us at the airport recently. It was appreciated. I have one eye on the screen because I am due to speak in the Dáil Chamber in seven minutes, so I will get straight into my questions. People in Clare and the wider mid-west are excited by Mr. Henry's appointment. They see it as giving new life...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: How often does the board meet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That answers the question I was going to ask next. If the chair of a board is solely a chair, he or she arrives at board meetings, has knowledge of what happens but does not know the day-to-day workings. I would use the analogy of a school in this regard, with the principal running the school and the chairperson of its board rubber-stamping decisions. I believe Mr. Henry understands that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will be speaking in the Chamber in two minutes, so I will be breathless after running there, but I have two final questions. Bringing passengers from the east coast to Shannon needs to be a priority for the airport. The parking charges at Dublin are extortionate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That someone has to queue for hours at security checks is wrong and off-putting for passengers. Ticket prices are important, but addressing those alone will not get people to fly out of Shannon. We need to improve connectivity. We have dithered around for a long time waiting to see whether coach operators will apply for licences to travel to and from Shannon Airport and make drop-offs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I need to run. I thank Mr. Henry and wish him the best of luck in his tenure.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to ask the Minister about Shannon Airport. Its management team has made an application to Government under the Brexit adjustment fund to try to secure European hub connectivity, something that is all the more important since Brexit. I understand it is targeting airports like Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt and Schiphol in Amsterdam. I understand the matter is before the...