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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 733. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the treatment abroad scheme, the person or body within the HSE decides if a product is experimental; the criteria this decision maker uses to decide such and the definitions applied to experimental treatment; if the relevant decision makers have the expertise to review drugs for complex conditions; if the existing reimbursement list is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Elaine Dunne, Connie Hannon and Fiona Bowe from the Federation of Early Childhood Providers who are in the Public Gallery. The early childhood care and education programme, ECCE model of childcare was introduced in 2010 and it was replicated on the basis of the Northern Irish system. Since 2010, the capitation funding per child in ECCE has risen from €64.50 to €69....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently approve temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way each third level college in Ireland manages and disperses hardship funds, officially known as the Student Assistance Fund and to provide details under the following headings, application deadline, point of contact, requirements and criteria to apply for a grant. [38204/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a decision on a visa application for entry to Ireland made by a person (details supplied). [38205/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am under pressure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The health committee is to be out there in two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. I apologise to our guests. There is incessant chaos here as so many committees coincide. I followed most of the debate upstairs and was juggling another committee earlier. I have a few points I want to make and will not take ten minutes. There is an element of the chicken and the egg to all this. Some people, ideologically, were willing straight away...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Everything is more expensive in Clare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is probably not necessarily an issue for the Department of Transport but for the Department of Finance, but there needs to be a different taxation and tariff treatment for all of this. Agricultural diesel is probably a perfect example of that. It is the same commodity but the colour and price are different. Depending on who you are and the nature of your business, you get a cheaper fuel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: If I may jump in on that point, I know of a person in north County Clare who has bought an electric car but has encountered a problem. He lives in a town and has an on-street parking space. It is not his space but, most of the time, it is available for him to park there. He contacted the county council as he or she wanted to run ducting out. The council stated that he does not own the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Meally explained that well and I thank him for that. I have a question for Ms Ward. The Green Atlantic offshore wind farm off the coast of counties Clare, Kerry and Galway is a significant project. That power will be brought on shore at Moneypoint, where there is already a €50 million synchronous compensator converting it to storable hydrogen fuel. The ESB is very involved in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a final question for Mr. Brennan, after which my time will be up. I have run this point by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, a few times. Obviously, the SEAI has significant oversight of building energy ratings, BER. When a person buys a house, he or she has a good idea how energy efficient it is and how well it heats and cools and everything else. When it comes to cars, there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: A BER certification, if one likes, for electric cars would make it very consumer friendly. The consumer would have a fair idea what he or she is buying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: May I ask a final quick question? When one buys a mobile phone, one is told that for proper battery health the phone battery should be allowed to drain to empty and then recharged. I do not think anyone does that, however. If I see that my phone battery is at 60%, I plug it in. I think everyone has that habit. Is it the same in the case of electric cars? Do people who have 50% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses. My apologies as I will have to leave the meeting shortly. I thank them for everything they are doing.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What is Sinn Féin doing in the North?

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Will they stop objecting?

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We are.