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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to further promote a culture of lifelong learning within the workforce, focusing on increasing the lifelong learning rate from the current rate of 9% to 18% by 2025; what the current rate is in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to expand the capacity of apprenticeships, and to expand the supports available to learners and employers who take up apprenticeship opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45534/23]

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: At the outset, I condemn outright the Hamas attack on innocent Israeli civilians on 7 October and extend my sympathies to the Israeli community in Ireland. Israel’s response to these attacks has been totally out of proportion. Yes, it has an undeniable right to protect its civilians but it does not have the right to murder the civilian population of Gaza in retaliation. Hamas is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will meet next. [42582/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [42581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a policy (details supplied) to ensure greater access to housing for individuals and families on lower incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45673/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: For the record, you have allowed one member to speak six minutes over their time. I had a meeting across the city and I am after pedalling over here. If it is ending at 12.30 p.m., then it is ending at 12.30 p.m., but if it goes over time for one member, then I should be allowed to contribute a single question at the end of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: If you want to shut down debate, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I would accept it if-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: To finish my point, if the meeting ends at 12.30 p.m., that rule would hold water, but it does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It does not when you allow it to run over for one member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Can I proceed to ask my question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: No need to apologise, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It does not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: The Minister is blazing a trail in the Department but this intervention will go down as the most important of all. We have discussed therapeutic hours many times. I see them as key to unlocking many of the problems that arise in a school day in, day out. They also ensure that the child goes down the corridor to a familiar face and does not go on a child and adolescent mental health...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: While the Minister’s reply is positive, I hope her officials will look at the bricks and mortar building. The day I visited, we stood outside the classroom in which fourth, fifth and sixth class pupils are being educated. The whole PVC wall can be rocked over and back. It is not safe or sturdy and needs to be replaced. I am not a builder and have no engineering experience - the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the substandard condition of buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if she will give consideration to approving a major capital project to renovate and extend these buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44808/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Last week, I took a spin out to Kilmurry McMahon National School in the beautiful west Clare area. I met with the teachers and the pupils. I am very concerned about the state of the building. I ask the Minister if she can offer some hope that it will be extended or improved in the near future.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Kilmurry McMahon National School was built 57 years ago, in 1966. It is one of the last remaining flat-roof schools in Ireland. As for the walls, there are concrete pillars between the classrooms and then PVC wall panels in between that are not insulated. On the day I visited, water was leaking into the room. Classrooms are being continually flooded and children have to reposition bags...