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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent annual data including 2022 on the level of IDA supported jobs by county, in tabular form; the number of additional jobs created in each county since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent annual data including 2022 on the level of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs by county, in tabular form; the number of additional jobs created in each county since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the most recent annual data, including 2022, on the level of local enterprise office client jobs by county, in tabular form; the number of additional jobs created in each county since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the most recent annual data including 2022 on the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta-supported jobs by county respectively, the number of additional jobs created since the formation of the Government on 27 June 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the recruitment of new gardaí with respect to increasing diversity and gender balance in the force. [4907/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of all farm payments in euro paid out to farmers in each county, in tabular form, since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid under the basic payment scheme; the total amount of payments in euro paid out under this scheme by county, in tabular form since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4902/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid under the areas of natural constraint; the total amount of payments in euro paid out under this scheme by county, in tabular form, since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out under to beef and sheep farmers in each county, in tabular form since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4904/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for attending. Like Deputy Ó Murchú, Wednesdays are a bit crazy for me, juggling all the meetings here in Leinster House. I was following the meeting in my office and have read the opening statements. I thank the witnesses for providing them. To digress briefly, National Broadband Ireland, NBI, regularly appears before the committee. It does a really smart...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise for interrupting. Do the garages have a separate portal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: When I met Mr. Waide a few weeks ago, we explored the issue of technicians starting to fulfil certain roles at test centres rather than mechanics doing so. There are certain tasks, such as checking indicator lights and so on, that do not require a mechanic. As such, the skilled labour can be concentrated at the middle of the test line, with technicians at both end points. I ask Mr. Walsh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Synnott. He has explained it well. The committee needs to allow him the space to work through that with the staff. The NCT centre in Shannon never materialised. It is a shell of a building. I have been to see it. It looks like every other NCT building I have seen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It looks like every other NCT building I have seen but the contract was not taken up. It is non-existent. Is there a plan B for Shannon, County Clare, or for Kilrush? It is a big county and there is a backlog in testing there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Are there plans for a second site in the county, in Kilrush?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Synnott. However, the matter needs to be kept under review. I ask that there be in-house consideration of it. I have two more questions. Mr. Waide might answer them. Regarding the driving test backlog, I will be parochial and speak about County Clare. We have been given the national figures. Based on the current testing rate, which is 4,000 a month, how long will it take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: That is right.