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- Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025) Cathal Crowe: One and a half million students from junior infants to leaving certificate is the student population in full-time education. We can breeze through Navan in the Minister's constituency, Sixmilebridge or Ennis in my constituency or any town in Ireland these mornings because schools are already closed or are closing tomorrow. There is something fundamentally wrong there. When schools are...
- Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025) Cathal Crowe: I think a bit of AI and digitisation would help to unburden teachers of some of that additional stuff.
- Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025) Cathal Crowe: Thank you, Minister. We will go to our second round of contributions. Deputy Peter Burke is next with four minutes.
- Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025) Cathal Crowe: I am sorry, Deputy Roche, I elevated you there. You are deserving of the elevation.
- Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025) Cathal Crowe: If members agree, can we ask the Minister to formally submit that information to the committee? What she said interests all of us.
- Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025) Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the basic income for the arts will be considered in Budget 2026; if the pilot scheme will be extended beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34668/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: 494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any plans to reinstate the temporary development contribution waiver scheme; if there are other financial incentives coming available for those who intend to commence building within the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33762/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Process (24 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: 529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarification on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34066/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (24 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: 757. To ask the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers who are unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/25]
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: I welcome everyone. Our committee is in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Aisling Dempsey and Senator Gareth Scahill. I ask anyone attending remotely to mute themselves when not contributing so that we do not pick up any background noise or feedback. As usual, I remind those in attendance to ensure that their mobile phones are on silent mode or switched off. Members...
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. We will now proceed to questions from members. It just so happens I am front of the queue on the roster today. At our next meeting, I will be the last contributor. It is a fair process. There are six minutes per speaker. As at the last meeting, there might be an overrun of 20 or 30 seconds - but no more - to keep things flowing. I advise members to give...
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: Over the past few years, I have seen mainstream schools embracing the idea of opening up autism classes and special classes. I have seen them repeatedly get letters back from the SENO or the NCSE saying they cannot sanction it because there is a school 15 or 18 miles over the road with two spaces. That might sound fine on a spreadsheet in the Department but it does not work practically. I...
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: The redeployment panel for SNAs is wonderful. I trained as a teacher. Our SNA colleagues in the school lacked all the security we had, even going into the bank trying to get a mortgage. They could not plan ahead. It is great that they now have that bit of security coming. Thank you, Minister. The next speaker is Deputy Jen Cummins.
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: Thank you, colleagues. The voting bell is ringing in the Dáil, so we will suspend momentarily. We will be back shortly to continue the meeting.
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: The next contributor is Senator Curley.
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: We may be able to conclude this section within the time remaining.
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: As another vote has been called in the Dáil, we will suspend the meeting.
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: We will now go to Deputy Emer Currie.
- Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)
Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State and the Senator. Our last contributor is Deputy Coppinger. I have a suggestion for the Minister of State, his team and the members. Many members are staying on, which indicates to me that they would like to make another contribution. I suggest that, after Deputy Coppinger, we have 90 seconds each to deal with any unanswered questions we want clarity on. When...