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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting today. From a County Clare perspective, it has been very frustrating. Whereas people from counties Donegal and Mayo have had more than two years of at least informal negotiation with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and officials, the first negotiation with residents of County Clare took place on Monday of last week. Earlier,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Cleary. There is pre-legislative scrutiny happening at this moment and that is a very important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We are the last county to see IS 465 testing. It only happened in spring this year. It seems to be a different beast to the IS 465 testing of homeowners in Donegal and Mayo, and that point must be noted as the structure of this is put together. I will probe further on the damage threshold of a 1.5 mm crack. On the one hand we can believe it is preparing a hierarchy for some homes to...

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for being in the Chamber for this important debate. In the winter of 2009, I had not been long re-elected to Clare County Council. As the Minister of State knows, the role of an elected member varies from day to day, but in the winter of 2009 I found myself falling into line with other residents, homeowners, farmers and business people in my community,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Away from politics, I had reason to take my car for a national car test, NCT, last week. I was also in the accident and emergency department of University Hospital Limerick. More is known about my car's service history and performance, which is transferable to the next owner, than is known about the patients in the accident and emergency department at the hospital. Information is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome our guests. I have been following some of the meeting. There are a few meetings coinciding this morning so forgive me if some of my questions repeat what others have asked. I will take up where my colleague, Deputy Colm Burke, left off on cystic fibrosis and Kaftrio. These 35 children, last month, in the age-six-to-11 category were due to receive this drug and the floor has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Flanagan has explained that very well. I met with the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and Mr. Flanagan has given the extra layers of detail he is privy to. I know this is sensitive, that negotiations are ongoing and that Mr. Flanagan is mindful of all these children waiting in the wings for the news. Can he give any indication of when these negotiations might wrap up? We do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is important that whatever is negotiated is all-encompassing. We are now talking six-to-11-year-olds but those under six are also waiting with bated breath to see what happens their age cohort. Please factor that into all of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is devastating. I know Mr. Flanagan is doing his best. I spoke to one dad whose son has this and misses out by a number of months. That boy watched his cousin die during Covid from cystic fibrosis complications. It is a life and death matter. I do not wish to overstate that. The date, 1 January, is the cut-off date for kids qualifying for age categories in the GAA. That is the age...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. The Pembro drug is being championed by Vicky Phelan. Can the witnesses offer any commentary on the prevalence or uptake of that in Ireland? Is there any headway they can flag?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, EMA clearance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Flanagan for his responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: This is a very good amendment. It speaks to consumers in that they will know what type of car they are buying. The Minister mentioned at a previous meeting he was considering setting up a type of national database for electric vehicles in order that people buying second-hand vehicles would know their battery history or powers. I take it he envisages that the amendment will also contemplate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing the transfer of Ukrainian bus driver licences to an Irish bus driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will adjust travel and accommodation expenses for employees of the public sector to reflect the fact that petrol, diesel and accommodation costs have risen considerably in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Turas Nua is putting the onus on a social welfare recipient to share the status of their employment, when this information already exists within the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32207/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and her officials will address an anomaly with Turas Nua, whereby those that work in unconventional structures, for example arts professionals, are unable to select their type of freelance seasonal employment on their applications (details supplied). [32208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (16 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will receive funds to support emergency and planned upgrade works to rural water schemes (details supplied). [31478/22]

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am sharing time with Deputy Bruton. There is an irony in how many young people live their lives these days. They have no problem going online and ordering a pair of jeans manufactured in China or Asia which have to make four or five stops before being courier-delivered to their door. However, the people who are prepared to shop like this are increasingly discouraged from travelling...