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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I commend the Minister. Last year's free school transport scheme was fantastic. It had its teething problems but the very concept of it was one of the most positive we have had in years. Our colleague in the Government, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, believes in public transport, as we all do. While it takes years to build railway networks, which are very linear and do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I want to speak to the point my colleague, Deputy Smith, made. Soldiers, men and women, are very much willing to rough it and tough it but they want to come home to a home environment as well. Accommodation is something that needs to be addressed. In Meelick, County Clare, which is my home village, a housing scheme was built in the 1980s in partnership with Father Harry Bohan. It was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place regarding the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4738/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: The Government Learjet, LJ, 45 was bought for €8 million in 2004. I understand it is now in a pretty poor state of repair and that officials in the Department have recommended that it be replaced. I would like an update on where that situation is at.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for the update. The Government is taking a sensible approach. In November 2008, the Mexican Government, which also flies LJ45s, had a major crash above Mexico City. The very same plane the Government uses-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: If I can continue the point, please.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: That plane crashed that night. All nine passengers on board, including Mexico's interior minister, were killed, as well as seven people on the ground, which was 16 people killed in total. It is very important that technology is kept up to date and kept safe. Many years ago I used to pilot planes myself. Pilots do not like taking to a plane that is unsafe or may not be fully up to spec in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It is very important in projecting Ireland to the world but also getting Irish people back home safely when required. It is a sensible decision and I am glad the Government is moving on it. I will ask one question in my final few seconds. Now that we are in the decade of centenaries and the Civil War is being commemorated, I am seeing photographs pop up every weekend. There was one of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the initiatives he will be taking in relation to recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the development of a national strategy on physical literacy and interventions for children who are not able to reach certain developmental benchmarks in physical literacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to enrolment challenges in the primary and secondary schools in Shannon, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4539/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will put financial supports in place for students undertaking a course at a college (details supplied) who are unable to access the usual Gaeltacht grants and are struggling to meet costs, particularly in view of the increased Gaeltacht fee. [5285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body that oversees Coroner’s Court recommendations and ensures that they are meaningfully applied to practice, particularly in acute health settings, that is, if the Coroner’s Court track the implementation or non-implementation of a recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols, including recourse for patients, which are applied by public hospitals when patient files go missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5431/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 405. To ask the Minister for Health if information files pertaining to patient health are shared between private hospitals and public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 406. To ask the Minister for Health what happens when an external report on an incident at a public hospital is filed; if hospital management are obliged to prepare an action plan in response to identified shortcomings and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a unit within his Department or the Health Service Executive that ensures that recommendations set out in external reports into incidents in public hospitals are acted upon; if he will provide details of the level of oversight this unit has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5434/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incident reports that have been undertaken at University Hospital Limerick; the number of recommendations that have been made arising from these reports; the status of these recommendations; if he will provide an overview of the main changes that have taken place in terms patient care arising from reports; and the recommendations across the...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Councillor Shane Curley from Loughrea, a fine public representative from the west, who is in the Public Gallery. This is positive legislation. It is something I spoke about 18 months ago in the House. Not a week goes by that we do not see on social media gardaí being harangued, pushed, jeered at and, in some instances, punched and cars being driven at them by absolute...