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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) for additional accommodation. [35979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with senior HSE staff at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital on the matter of fast-tracking hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) on the grounds of age, immense pain and extenuating circumstances. [35889/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 802. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to address the lengthy waiting lists for public speech and language therapy assessments and treatment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36000/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: At the outset, I am delighted to be on this committee. I moved onto it this week. I am a teacher by profession. I have put down the books for a few years to hopefully serve my county in the Dáil. I have a few questions that I would like to put to the witnesses. Before coming in here today I read a report by the Regional Educational Laboratory in the US. It identifies that 41% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: As educators, would the witnesses like that to move from an anecdotal basis to empirical evidence? There are many causal factors behind someone ending up in the penal system, such as drug addiction, which was mentioned a moment ago, family situations and a whole number of factors that we cannot quantify because they are individual factors. Another reason is one's unmet needs as one was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When the teachers are educating in the prison context there may be a range of telltale signs that someone may have dyslexia or dyscalculia. In that moment the teacher will have a hunch. When I was a primary school teacher, we had a referral mechanism to get someone screened and diagnosed. Is there a similar pathway for an adult, if the teachers suspect that the man or woman in front of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is a good thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank both witnesses for their contributions. I will remain for the rest of the meeting.

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome this legislation and thank the Minister and Minister of State for progressing it so far. It is very positive legislation. I spent 16 years in the classroom. This Bill is good as it proposes to truncate the section 37A process and ensure that schools are fully adhering to the requirement to take in children with special needs. The EPSEN Act did a massively positive thing more...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendments Nos. 4, 10, and 12 to 14, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendments Nos. 3, 7 and 15 are related and may be discussed together.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendments Nos. 1 and 5 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Just a moment, Deputy Naughten. We have a list of speakers.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Acting Chairman. I must not have kept a proper eye on the roster. I thought I had a few minutes left. I was still drafting important lines I wanted to include in my remarks. This is important legislation. I take on board the point made by the previous speaker. It probably is a bit of a Groundhog Day when we have to revisit this every year. I hope that, this year, there will...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The pharmaceutical company Vertex is manufacturing what is seen as a game-changer drug for people with cystic fibrosis, namely, Kaftrio. Unfortunately, due to a price squabble between the HSE and Vertex at the moment, there are 35 children with the F508 mutation who are omitted from that. They come in the age category of six to 11 years. This is a life or death matter. One of the families...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received and is close to making a determination on an exceptional review application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Study Placements (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made for leaving certificate students who have been offered places in the United Kingdom and overseas institutions provided they meet the required school results, given the 2 September 2022 results date (details supplied). [34689/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome all our witnesses. I have been educated over recent weeks. On Saturday I spoke to one of the injured women. She wishes to remain anonymous. She is here and her story is one of pain and horror and not being believed or trusted by our so-called best physicians. I want to mention two people in the Public Gallery: Melanie Power, a solicitor in Limerick, who has led the spotlighting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Is there a lack of skills in Ireland?