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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: On a slight tangent, National Broadband Ireland, NBI, is fulfilling a huge contract for the State but, when you go down the highways and byways of rural Ireland, you will not always see an NBI van. You will see contractors and sole traders. Plumbers, electricians and telecommunications companies have taken on smaller sectional contracts and their vans are darting up and down the road. By...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will move on to the issue of international driving licences. I have read through the list of countries we have partnerships with, and I have read about the length of time conversions are taking, but I will focus in on the United States. A woman came to my clinic in west Clare two weeks ago. The situation has now been regularised but, for a long time, when she and her compatriots from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is just very frustrating. I am from the mid-west but I am sure this is an issue in every part of the country. As a nation, Ireland Inc. is inviting in these multinationals and trying to entice and attract in big American businesses. The €11 billion package in the budget two weeks ago is largely based on taxes from these big companies. It is kind of what is keeping the country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will conclude on road safety. I have tabled a parliamentary question on this issue but the RSA may be better placed to answer it. Cycling Ireland has a campaign it has named Stayin’ Alive at 1.5. It aims to have cars stay out from cyclists as they pass. However, there is no such campaign for pedestrians. In rural Ireland, it is very often the case that pedestrians have to stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What about the avoidance of pedestrians?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Waide.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who sat their Junior Certificate examinations in 2022 can expect to receive their results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49775/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian refugee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian refugee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to ensure that there is adequate financial support for students commencing third level education in 2023. [49797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consult SUSI about raising the income threshold to ensure that middle-income earners who are struggling can access third level grants from 2023. [49798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put adequate staffing and contingency plans in place to ensure that there is no recurrence of the closure of the Ennis injury unit (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50269/22]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Energy Infrastructure (6 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a security analysis has been undertaken by the Naval Service in respect of strategic undersea pipelines and cables serving Ireland with fuels and communication lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (6 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider changing the criteria for persons to serve as ambassadors of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48896/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the locations in which he proposes to install military radar systems in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48805/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Would the Taoiseach give positive consideration to moving all matters relating to forestry applications to the realm of planning and development, thereby treating forestry as a land use? This would allow local authorities to deal with applications within an eight-week window no different from any other form of development or land use in Ireland. At the moment, the delays in forestry are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We will have another one tomorrow so.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider running a national safety campaign, similar to the Stayin Alive at 1.5 undertaken by Cycling Ireland to advise motorist to stay a distance apart from pedestrians when overtaking them. [48769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the anomaly by which those driving on full driving licences from other countries, who have either moved to or returned to live in Ireland, are treated as unqualified drivers and must undertake lessons, a test and so on (details supplied). [48871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to an appeal by a school (details supplied) for additional staff. [48843/22]