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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flood Risk Management (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can suggest a funding scheme or grant that would allow for a school (details supplied) to address constant flooding in its schoolyard, which prevents the children from using the yard. [61672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding stream in her Department which would be best for to apply for by a school (details supplied) in order to deal with the ongoing hazard that its flooded schoolyard presents. [62040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ukrainian students, living in Ireland, who will sit their senior cycle high-school state examinations in April 2023 that is the Ukrainian equivalent of the Irish Leaving Certificate examinations can apply to enter undergraduate courses in Irish third level colleges via the common application system; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 689. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department intends informing the applicants for funding under the community centres investment fund whether they have been successful in their bids. [61778/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for coming here. I believe that all problems are relative so a bus arriving late in Dublin would be manna from heaven to someone in the west of Ireland where there might only be a morning and late-evening bus service with no service in between. I respect that all members represent their communities. It is frustrating for everyone in an urban or rural environment to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I was not aware of that. Is consideration being given to refining these systems? I am sure this issue has already been spoken to. Google is a vast organisation. God only knows where the headquarters of its maps division is located. Google has a base in Dublin city. The NTA has its headquarters here too. The reason I ask for the NTA to join up with Google is that when a person standing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The green and yellow livery looks very nice but I want to know how much it has cost. The buses are the same under the bonnet and the seat configurations are pretty much the same. How much has the colour change cost Ireland Inc. and the various bodies that the NTA represents here today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It must cost something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: A lot of the 2017 and 2018 buses have been rebranded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There has to be some cost. Could the committee be told what the cost is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: During the summer months, my colleague, Senator Mary Fitzpatrick, and some other colleagues in Fianna Fáil commissioned a public survey on antisocial behaviour. The issue is out there and has been in the media. What does the NTA propose to do in that regard? When I met Mr. Hann's counterpart in Bus Éireann, I asked if Bus Éireann would consider installing a bicycle rack...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: On antisocial behaviour, has Dublin Bus immediate plans for the Christmas season or beyond to make its buses safe for drivers and passengers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I just have one more question. I hope the other members can draw out this topic also. I thank the drivers. I do not often use the bus but believe the drivers are incredibly helpful. I have said in the past to Ms Graham, when she has been at committee meetings, that taking a bus or other form of public transport can sometimes be confusing to someone who does not use it the whole time. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is great. It is reassuring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It will be in 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chair for the latitude and the representatives for all the answers. We all want electric vehicles on the roads, but please do not let that be the barrier to the town having a service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There should be a similar approach in Ennis. It is a sensible one.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 41. To ask the Minister for Health the future role that the HSE owned Inisghile facility in Parteen, County Clare will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (8 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 61. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of fully qualified and competent Ukrainian dentists who are unable to practice in Ireland due to Quality and Qualifications Ireland not recognising their qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will sanction the continuance of the flying truck in order that non-European Union agricultural products flown into Ireland can continue to be transited and checked at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61146/22]