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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (24 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that she will take, in conjunction with the relevant Departments, to ensure that doctoral students of educational psychology are funded in line with their counterparts' undertaking studies in other psychology fields. [51707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter relating to a driving licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58496/22]

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendments Nos. 18 to 20, inclusive have been ruled out of order.

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendment No. 26 in the name of Deputy Nash has been ruled out of order.

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendment No. 27 is in the names of Deputies Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy, Bríd Smith and Barry. We will group this with amendment No. 28, which is in the name of Deputy Doherty. Amendments Nos. 27 and 28 will be discussed together.

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We are on amendments Nos. 15, 21 and 72. Amendment No. 72 is in the Deputy's party's name.

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendments Nos. 15, 21 and 72 are related and may be discussed together.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is good to see the Ceann Comhairle back in the hot seat again.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill, which gives effect to the measures announced on budget day back in September. What a good budget that was. It had €4 billion of measures to address the cost-of-living pressures people are facing, and €900 million was allocated to permanent increases in social welfare payments. There were a lot of really good things. I know the...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: They would want to look at how they are governing in the North because everything they have done in the North has been about suppressing people and keeping a lowest common denominator that feeds a voting base. That is wrong; it is immoral. Springboard has been a revelation and it is a fantastic pathway back into employment, but there are still too many people locked out of it, including...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The Deputy is fooling nobody apart from maybe a few people down home.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: In the recent budget our colleague the Minister, Deputy Norma Foley, secured a budget of €5 million for in-school counselling supports in primary schools. It is fantastic. I hope it will go some way towards beginning to deal with anxiety and the mental health issues that very much came to the fore in our country's young people during the Covid pandemic. A couple of weeks ago I...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a new Employment Regulation Order can be implemented to increase pay for the security industry; and if the pay will be backdated, given the delays experienced. [58207/22]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State and her team. I hope the Minister of State does not mind me asking who is on her team. It is a genuine question. We have had a lot of online sessions. This is only the second face-to-face meeting. I would like to know the names of everyone in the room.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is not a curveball question. It is just-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. I am trying to join the dots. What was emailed to us this morning concerned several elements. It included the Minister of State's speech, which had a lot of content, and tables. I will hone in on the tables. Reference was made to public service obligations, PSOs. There was a budget heading of €23.8 million. I want to drill down on that figure....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Forgive me, but the clock keeps ticking down.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Comments can be made on local media. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, was doorstepped a few weeks ago with a question on a PSO for Shannon Airport, to which he replied it might not happen. What is the Minister of State's perspective on the PSO application? Is it about to leave her Department positively and move to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is it...