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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on plans to base Air Corps aircraft at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (12 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has examined the potential of using remotely operated vehicles to monitor Ireland’s network of undersea cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (12 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of counties that have stand-alone lán-Ghaeilge secondary schools; the counties that have none; the counties that have an ‘aonad’ lán-Ghaeilge for second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the issuing of Circular 0039/2025 regarding the forward planning for special education provision since many teachers who work in special schools fear that the circular appears to assume that students with mild general learning disabilities can simply be accommodated within mainstream settings, provided minimal additional...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (12 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify matters relating to the Irish Coast Guard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/25]

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this discussion. As other speakers said, it is important that we move in the near future to full membership of CERN. It is an incredible organisation at the cutting edge of science. The health sciences showed us during the Covid years how important it is for countries to work beyond international borders. Scientific questions, health problems and...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. I have quite a few questions, so I will go through them quickly, if that is okay. Since the RSA announced the driving tester action plan, what specific actions have been taken on recruitment? What are the numbers? Is the RSA closing in on its targets and has any consideration been given to recruiting beyond the jurisdiction?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I ask Mr. Waide to deal with my questions because I have limited time.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: What has the RSA specifically done in the three weeks since publishing its action plan and bringing it to the Minister?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Some weeks ago I made a suggestion in the Dáil which led to praise and criticism but that is what happens. I suggested that in a rural county like mine where there is no Luas, DART or significant public transport, young people in particular are penalised by the requirement to have a fully licensed trained driver in the car with them. It is not very practical in rural areas,...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Speed restrictors have been around for at least two decades because when I attended college I had a little moped or scooter that had a speed restrictor. The RSA does not seem to have done anything about it. The RSA has recommended the creation of a new test centre in Clare. Where will it be? When does the RSA expect to open it?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Thank you very much.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 273. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Irish Defence Force's army force design process; when it will be completed; when will the results be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29438/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Work Permits (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 473. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the renewal of a general employment permit (details supplied) will be expedited given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30672/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the way staff are counted in special schools from a management point of view (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects SNA staffing allocations for the 2025-2026 primary school year to be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29410/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assign a new roll number regime to special schools in order to differentiate them from primary and secondary schools, since the current model classifies them as primary schools, even though many of them offer a secondary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29411/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects legislation to underpin remediation schemes to come before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29031/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he expects the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill to have completed the legislative process by the Easter Recess in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29032/25]