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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way that her Department will support the development of the Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) site in Mountshannon, County Clare as a public amenity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (15 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an overview of her Department’s strategy to reverse population decline in rural areas. [62332/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (15 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an overview of locations in which there are publicly-owned air-quality monitoring devices in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62341/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a strategy on ammonia fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (15 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will clarify a number of points (details supplied) on the ratification on the Optional Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62970/22]

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is nothing wrong with crows.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome this legislation, but the discussion has been quite broad. I, too, will speak about the planning system more generally. I have to confess, at the outset, that I am one of the 30,000 or so people with an application before An Bord Pleanála at the moment. We are trying to build a family home. I will say no more about that, but I should declare it on the record of the...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise for naming the person I just named, but I will continue.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The objector to whom I referred is based 190 km from Clonlara, County Clare, where crucial flood defences are needed. He is 170 km from the Killaloe Bridge crossing and 280 km from Doonbeg coastal defences, which are key, important, crucial and essential public infrastructure projects. That an objector on the opposite side of Ireland can take these projects through the ringer and hold them...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Something that happens in Dublin has no relevance to my life. I would not dream in a month of Sundays of objecting to anything in Dublin. I cannot fathom why someone in Dublin would object to a key project in County Clare. The wind energy guidelines have been with the Department for a long time, since December 2019. I believe they are going to the Minister for the Environment, Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that he has taken to support the Just Transition process since 27 June 2020. [62782/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken to support and strengthen the aviation sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62817/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions that have been taken to support and strengthen the tourism sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a case (details supplied) raised with her Department. [62372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide clarity surrounding the new benefit payment for 65-year-olds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62393/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome our guests this morning. I apologise. There are four committee rooms down here. I was at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications and so this is a nice break away from talking about airports. I have read the briefing notes. Unfortunately, I was not following most of the debate here. The witnesses mentioned rural doctors a few times. Last month the Clare Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Quinlan for his perspective. Do the out-of-hours pooled resources such as ShannonDoc, need further bolstering to support a GP, particularly in a largely rural county?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Dr. Quinlan suggested that there should be encouragement of graduates to remain for two years. Would he go as far as to say that it should be compulsory?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Those in the field of veterinary medicine are able to quantify how many young Irish people go overseas to train as veterinary surgeons. How many Irish people go overseas to train to be medical doctors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Presumably, most of those do not return to practise here.