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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: My next question relates to multimodal transport. Our rail and bus stations are quite well configured for transport at the moment but there are still certain inadequacies relating to car parking, e-bikes and short-term rental bikes. Much more could be done. For example, when you arrive at Heuston Station in Dublin city, there is not always a fleet of bikes at the nearby station. I came on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Ms Graham might write it on her hand going out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for all their engagement today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the committee. I welcome the Minister of State, whom we were glad to see back in the Chamber. I was interested in the earlier discussion on the hot school meals scheme. Prior to my election in 2020, I was a primary school teacher. My school successfully participated in the Food Dudes programme, which was reward-based. Children were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: And the whole idea of a second dinner in the day? What about the preparation of the foods and those cherry tomatoes being passed around in classrooms of junior infant children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: As the Minister of State said, there are overlapping Departments here but I think there should also be some concerns about the length of the school lunch break. Small break is typically ten minutes in the morning and big break is half an hour in the afternoon. In that half an hour, it is typically ten minutes in the classroom to eat and 20 minutes to play in the playground. Part of eating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I want to ask the Minister of State about how, three years ago across the water, Marcus Rashford, who is known to most of us as a famous footballer, led a very impressive campaign that was in fact misunderstood by the British Government at the time. He was seeking that during the off-school period, there would also be meals provided to children. The idea was superb but I would say as a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison in Ireland, the length of their sentence, their age, and reason for their incarceration, in tabular form. [30240/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 9. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the shared island initiative. [27952/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Export Controls (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 71. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department maintains a register of companies based in Ireland that export to Germany. [29310/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will update legislation in terms of vulture fund repossession of homes and, more immediately, order a complete cessation of any possession proceedings in the interim period given recent High Court rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding to the Office of Public Works in order that specific works can be undertaken to restore and conserve the Scully Cross at the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case for the establishment of a new secondary school in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, to serve Sixmilebridge and the south-east Clare catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29333/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new SEN accommodation for a school (details supplied); the indicative timeline for when works are likely to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29383/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to provide reduced class sizes at primary school level since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; her plans for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of secondary education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; her plans for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29600/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to tackle educational disadvantage since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; her plans for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of special needs education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; her plans for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29602/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29603/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 619. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in children's disability services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his plans for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/24]