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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. One goes down from 120 km/h. One gets slowed down at that section-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ---- and then one reverts back to motorway speed again. In the main, our motorway network is really well designed and it lends itself to driving at 120 km/h. Generally, that speed is safe. However, I want to give the Minister of State an example of a place where it is not safe, namely, junction 13 on the M18 from Limerick to Galway. This is the Tulla exit on the motorway. In 2018 a 57...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for that. The next issue I want to raise is scramblers. I know there is legislation coming through on this but we have seen a development in my area that may also be happening in other towns and cities. Down home something has been happening over the past 12 months which is worrying. When I was growing up, scrambler bikes were used off road. People brought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: If I may interject, the law is very robust and the Minister of State is to be commended on it. The Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has his interpretation, some of which harps back to an incident during the summer - I will not go into all of the details - in which a garda was sanctioned for pursuing a stolen vehicle. Rank and file gardaí are being told not to pursue someone not wearing a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: In recent months, there has been huge recruitment to An Bord Pleanála and cases are starting to move once again. However there is now a trend where people are appealing the residential zoned land tax, RZLT, which becomes a liable taxation payment on 1 January. All those cases are being appealed to An Bord Pleanála and it is clogging up the system. Last week, 146 cases were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give consideration to bringing in age restrictions on the sale of mobile phone devices (i.e., aged 15 and under - phones with calling and texting functions only; age 15 and over - phones with full multimedia functionality); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a long-term, all-estuary vision for environmental monitoring of the Shannon Estuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48812/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will factor overall household income, including all earners in a family unit, for the purposes of calculating lower and higher rates of taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the Industrial Relations (Provisions in relation to Pension Entitlements of retired persons) Bill 2021 to proceed to its next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the solar panel programme for schools will be rolled out; if she can give an indication to a timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if some leeway will be given for a school (details supplied) in danger of losing a teacher, in view of extenuating circumstances. [47493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for capital works made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify whether a teacher (details supplied) should be on the new or old entrant scale for pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a modular build project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering making changes to Circular 0054/2019, which governs parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider changing the means test for benefit payments so that other household incomes are disregarded, particularly in the case of unmarried cohabiting couples. [47532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an Irish citizenship ceremony planned for December 2023; and if so, when the date will be revealed for same. [48782/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 6. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce an adult immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of plans his Department has for Inis Ghile Centre in Parteen, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48823/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (9 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to make a decision on the applications made to his Department in respect of developing sewage schemes for the villages of Broadford and Cooraclare, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48826/23]