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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Jones. I fully agree. We want to come back from that cliff-edge examination, but I do not think anyone wants the standard slipping as we try to move to a different model. Could Mr. Jones walk us through what a typical science lab looks like now if you open up the cupboards? Are there broken microscopes from the 1990s? What is in those cupboards? Is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: He has a very informed opinion at that rate. In senior cycle, what would he say are the biggest stressors? Is it the volume of workload people have to complete, the study they have to do afterward or the homework and staying up until 10 p.m.? Is it the pressure of the ticking clock in the exam hall? What are the big stressors? What could be taken out from the current senior cycle, be it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Deputy O'Meara. I hope we will have a second round of contributions. I call on Deputy Ní Raghallaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: We have enough time to do a second round of contributions. We will have three-minute contributions this time and in the same order. Like last week, we may have members coming back in near the very end but we will give it the best shot we can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: That is very serious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I am next up and I will come to that question in a moment. My first question is for Preston. What have you gone on to do since you completed your leaving cert?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The reason I was asking was along the lines of what Deputy O'Meara mentioned. We often hear that everything we learn in secondary school is really important. I am not trying to take away from the project work and examination work when I say that it is also about the way we learn. I agree with Mr. Jones that it is not all about rote learning. There are many skills to learning. I was just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I wish you the best for your gap year. I hope you will enjoy the college experience when you get there. In the time remaining to me, my last question is to Mr. Gillespie. This is along the lines of what Deputy Coppinger was asking. I was floored to hear that so many teachers are teaching out of field. How prevalent is that? When I was a primary school teacher, I had to try to cover...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The clock is against us. If either of the unions obtain a data set on that in the coming months, I would appreciate it if they could share it with the committee. That would be of big concern. I compliment Deputy Coppinger on her line of questioning. Next up is Deputy Jen Cummins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The time has run out. I sincerely thank Mr. Ó Caoimh, Mr. Christie, Mr. Jones and Mr. Gillespie and I thank the organisations they lead. They represent the tip of an iceberg of teachers and learners. We very much appreciate their testimony. I thank them for coming in and sharing their insights. The discussion has been very informative. I thank the secretariat of the committee, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Curriculum Reform at Senior Cycle: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Gillespie. I now invite Mr. Ó Caoimh to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Ms Considine to the committee. I have known her for a long time, in Clare, and she has done a fantastic job with Shannon Airport, so we have every confidence locally and nationally that she will be an equally great leader in the Irish Rail organisation. I think Mr. Kenny for his continued work. I thank Ms Considine's predecessor, Mr. Jim Meade, who was a fantastic CEO of Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Considine. I will next ask about the section of the line that gets flooded at Ballycar. Is there anything in the 2026 plans for Irish Rail about doing anything on that stretch of line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: In the minute and a half I have left, I want to talk about car parking at stations. I parked at Limerick station yesterday and got the train. I meet the same cohort of people every day and if they are lucky, they have a parking space, but more often than not, spaces are taken up by people who are going to work in the city or shopping in town because the parking rate seems to be cheaper than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Who gets the additional revenue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Will Mr. Kenny a briefing note on that matter? If there is some material on that, I would be very grateful to receive it. On that stretch of line, there is a proposal within the all-island strategic rail review to open the railway station at Crusheen. The idea of having a new railway station in the northern part of Limerick city, at Moyross, is advancing. Can the witnesses give any update...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Chairman, will members of the committee have a second contribution?