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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I met members of NBI on site in Cratloe, County Clare, 12 months ago. They did a tour of various places in Ireland but we stopped at a level crossing. This could have been any level crossing in Ireland. The NBI staff told me that, at that time, licensing agreements with Irish Rail and other national entities were proving to be a barrier. NBI might get cabling a certain distance down a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is the last big agreement outstanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Many people in County Clare want to know where national broadband overall is at. As luck would have it, broadband has reached my corner of the county because of its proximity to Limerick city. It is lightning quick and really welcome. There are other people in County Clare wondering where the roll-out is at in the context of their homes. I ask the witnesses to update the committee on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: In what parts of the county will we next see NBI crews pop up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That sounds good. On costs, is NBI fully funded? Is it within budget? Is everything kosher in that regard? Are there any financial difficulties ahead for NBI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a source of concern. Some 12 months ago, Roadbridge, a large civil engineering company that was building roads all over the country, seemed to have been in the healthiest state one could imagine but, suddenly, the company folded. NBI is in a similar realm. It is doing civil works. It is excavating and it has fuel costs, road crews and everything else, yet there are certain caps to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: NBI is not seeking top-ups or anything like that from the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: How does that work? If I am a contractor and NBI is telling me to drive down my costs yet all my outputs are going through the roof, how can those two factors be reconciled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Hendrick and Mr. Malone for their engagement. It is appropriate that a telecommunications outfit have good communication. Our guests should keep up that good communication and keep engaging with the committee. We cannot tie up the whole meeting today with parish pump issues, but that kind of engagement with us, as Oireachtas representatives on the ground, is very much appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Unfortunately, time has run out. Destroying patients' bodies and people losing their walk is not a figment of people's imagination. It is not something a woman dreams of in the night and wakes up believing she has a pain. It is very real pain. That this is real pain and an untold story is something that needs to be central to our work here. The Government and the HSE need to pave an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider transferring responsibility for drainage districts nationwide which are under local authority control, owing to the Arterial Drainage Act 1945, to the Office of Public Works in order that there is a single, streamlined and better resourced entity. [34211/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that his Department made available to Clare County Council in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to undertake arterial drainage works required that the council is obliged to undertake owing to the Arterial Drainage Act 1945; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the recent additional special education accommodation approvals at a school (details supplied); the reason that officials from her Department have delayed the development of additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 903. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the new national cardiovascular disease strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 904. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to launch a national screening programme for structural heart disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government intend to access funding from the European Union’s EU4Health programme which allows for European Union member states to access funding to support the roll-out of screening programmes for non-communicable diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 922. To ask the Minister for Health when the provision of dialectical behavioural therapy will be reinstated by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include members of an organisation (details supplied) in the consultative group which regularly meets with advisors from his Department to discuss proposals for a new defective concrete block redress scheme. [32867/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed defective concrete block redress scheme will be operational. [32866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to legally ban conversion therapy. [33452/22]