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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: With respect, if I may interject, many people are being given a pass card. Perhaps that is not the case in Mr. Calleary's organisation but people around the country are being a pass card because they have a family tradition of owning horses. We all come from a family tradition of owning horses. Every family in this country had a farming background at one point. If you go through your own...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (6 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to extending DEIS status to the entire of the recently amalgamated school (details supplied). [53843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (6 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a livestock vessel (details supplied) was permitted to leave Ireland despite inclement weather conditions. [54196/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (6 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been in communication with the French authorities regarding a deceased animal (details supplied) [54197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (6 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case of a person (details supplied) of a CORU application issue [54093/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: My last question, if the Cathaoirleach will permit me, is in the same vein of dual responsibility and who has jurisdiction. It is frustrating in my county, and I know the situation is replicated around the country, that when equines are on the loose, local authorities and the Departments spend a few days trying to figure out if they are on public or private land, whether we can go in and, if...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I also want to raise the wind energy issue. Back in the summer the Taoiseach launched the Shannon Estuary economic task force and it is estimated that the cumulative value of all of that wind energy coming in from the most ferocious wind corridor in Europe could be €78 billion. The wind on the Atlantic will never let us down but there is a worry that policy could let us down.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: The future framework policy is coming up for consideration in spring 2024 and the ask is that phase 3 includes floating offshore wind, and in particular that the Wild Atlantic Way is looked at. There is also an ask for designated maritime areas where wind can be facilitated. In specific, the Taoiseach needs to give a role to Clare County Council and other local authorities along the western...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an overview of Fáilte Ireland's marketing strategy for tourism, outside of Dublin, for the 2024 summer season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will explain why a sports capital grant application made by Clare GAA, to develop their centre of excellence facilities at Caherlohan,Tulla, County Clare in approximately 2018/2019 was refused; if a determination was made on the appeal subsequently lodged by the Clare County Board; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider initiating a campaign to attract qualified Irish primary and secondary school teachers working overseas to return to Ireland, and creating a unit within her Department to lead such an initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to conclude a review of the regional airports programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to address motorway exit lanes and joining lanes which are excessively short in nature or constructed at severe angles which compromise driver safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52619/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects works on a new building for a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an additional autism class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent meeting of the Hungarian Prime Minister with the Russian President; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49940/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he used his visit to China to request that the Chinese government use its influence with Russia to deliver an immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49941/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the qualifying rules for the local authority home loan scheme so that individuals and families (details supplied) who have been forced to sell their homes due to inability to pay a large mortgage or downsizing due to changing family needs can also avail of the scheme; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and her officials for being here this evening and for sharing documents in advance of the meeting. Free schoolbooks at primary level has been a fantastic initiative. The Minister is to be congratulated on it. It has been largely successful. A concern I have based on 16 years at the top of the classroom is that each year the large publishing companies, which we will...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: My next question relates to school transport, which others have mentioned. We finally resolved one of our local issues this week, thankfully. The solutions to this do not lie with the Department, if the Minister does not mind me saying so. Earlier today the transport committee had Stephen Kent from Bus Éireann in. When a problem arises in a constituency office, you learn as you work...