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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an overview of the circumstances that allow a teacher to extend their career break beyond the five-year limit, as specified in Circular 0054/2019. [26220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if he, along with HSE officials, will re-engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the long-standing pay and career development issues that are impacting on staff recruitment and retention. [25662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that his Department is taking in conjunction with the relevant agencies to put adequate supports in place for the farming and livestock sector to ensure sufficient fodder supplies and prevent a fodder crisis in the coming winter months. [26468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant industrial buildings in Shannon, County Clare at this time; and the measures that his Department, in conjunction with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, is doing to attract new companies to the area. [25009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an overview of the composition and terms of reference for the new Shannon Estuary Taskforce. [25010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the University of Limerick’s development plans for the portion of its campus which is located in County Clare. [25017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department received additional documentation relating to a project (details supplied); and when a decision on same will be issued. [25489/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a further roll-out of rent-pressure zones to large urban centres such as Ennis and Shannon, in view of the latest rental report by an organisation (details supplied),; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government plans to introduce tighter legislation to curb dog theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials will be carrying out investigations to determine if the wild goat herd in the Burren, County Clare is carrying tuberculosis, in view of the risk this poses to the herds of local farmers. [25552/22]

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I think it is relevant.

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What Commissioner Harris has brought to An Garda Síochána is a different style of policing. He came from the PSNI which has a more robust form of policing: it is not policing by consent that we have had here for the past century. When the PSNI drives through a community, their vehicles are armoured and protected, which is not the case with An Garda Síochána, who tonight...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 is very positive legislation and I fully support it. Essentially, the Bill is aimed at decreasing the length of time it takes for disposing of a Garda compensation claim from initial application to award by providing for clear time limits in respect of each stage of the process. The new process is also aimed at ensuring that avenues for...

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I ask the Acting Chairman to help me with the timing-----

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: -----and let me know when the four minutes are up.

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am sure Deputy Cowen will tell me to sit down shortly. We are here to talk about just transition and the word "just" needs to be focused on. It means fair and equal and just transition is good but it is not geographically fair or equal. If you look at a county like Clare, which I represent, over a number of years we have had an incremental winding down of operations at Moneypoint and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities with a view to reducing and capping the amount of commercial rates payable by not-for-profit and voluntary organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the rules in relation to access to dental treatment for medical card holders in order that they can have dental cleaning carried out on an annual basis. [25065/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank all our guests from the HSE. It is quite a lengthy plan so I have read the parts relevant to my own region. I thank the HSE for the opening statements. I followed most of the meeting from my office because I am juggling a few other meetings, as are most Teachtaí Dála. My questions are quite region-specific. This Saturday after lunch there will be another large protest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When accident and emergency services closed in Ennis General Hospital the whole argument at the time, which I did not buy into, was we would have centres of excellence in each region and people would travel beyond their home base for certain aspects of healthcare. The problem has largely been consultant capacity. It certainly has been in the mid-west, though not to the same extent here in...