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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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the substandard condition of the 1980s prefabricated classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if she will give consideration to urgently approving a new replacement classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if NewEra has made contact with officials in his Department on the matter of an Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, board request to make a payment of 2% of their current pensions to IAA pensioners for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the long-standing grievance between Irish Aviation Authority retirees and their former employers, that is, the pension increases in accordance with section 41(5) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the mortgage interest relief announced in Budget 2024 in order that more people, including those with mortgages of less than €80,000, also benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options that are available to residents of Shannon town who cannot get flood insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assistive technology grant application (details supplied) has been received by her Department; when a decision on this application will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45141/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the disparity that exists in the School Summer Programme whereby children in multi-disability classes in mainstream primary schools are required to be in school for a longer day, and yet receive the same funding allocation as children in special schools who are not required to attend a full day; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will work with the relevant departments to expedite the recently announced increase in the weekly foster payment, given that they have had no increase since 2009 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consult with the relevant departments to introduce a scheme to partially reimburse those with a formal coeliac disease diagnosis for the purchase of gluten-free foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44762/23]