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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Reference has been made to the outcome of a validation exercise. When will that validation exercise relating to antigen testing and international aviation happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We have heard the scepticism and a number of the arguments in that regard have been outlined. As many as 17 EU countries have embraced antigen testing on a scientific basis. These days there is a huge sharing of information over and back whether it be the European Medical Agency and engaging with NPHET's counterparts in other countries. We need to embrace the idea that there is scientific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We are talking about fizzy water and Coca Cola and how this can result in fake results. We are talking about scientifically qualified people doing this. This is not TikTok, Facebook or anything like that. We want this done scientifically and in laboratories just as PCR testing is done. That is the realm in which we want antigen testing and we want it to co-exist with PCR to make flights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We have based everything we have spoken about here over recent weeks on science. We are not trying to short-change passengers or put them at any risk. We have taken the best expert advice. It is important that we consider a field evaluation, as the delegates are saying, but do so between now and 19 July. There is no point in delaying. The Covid situation is improving week on week....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Clare and Galway receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme in May 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance his policy in relation to increasing flood insurance coverage and the provision of risk equalisation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31772/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given approval to a society (details supplied) for the purchase of 13 houses at Laurelville, Mill Road, Corbally, County Clare. [30711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her officials will intervene in cases in which teachers who previously qualified with the HDip are now returning to teaching and being asked to complete Droichead in order to register with the Teaching Council (details supplied). [30949/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher transferring from one Gaelscoil to another Gaelscoil via the temporary reassignment scheme is entitled to continue to receive a teaching through Irish allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the developing post application by a school (details supplied) for an additional mainstream post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32027/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank Mr. McRedmond and Ms Byrne for joining us. I join others in saying we have truly seen the very best of our postmen and postwomen over the past 15 months as they have crisscrossed the country. Many of their calls more than delivered something through the letterbox as there were very strong social and caring aspects to them. I have some quick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I can. My questions are leading to something. The Grant Thornton report on the future viability of the post office network was commissioned by the Irish Postmasters Union. Did An Post contribute to financing this report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will home in on these four, which are the net loss of post offices in the country over the Covid period. The committee has asked this question repeatedly, and I want to ask it directly today. There has been a 15 month period of unprecedented challenge and difficulty for the entire country. Is the organisation prepared to look at these four post offices, in particular Broadford post...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. McRedmond talks about business plans, green light strategies and viability but there is a jigsaw element to this in terms of the 15 km rule that both witnesses have spoken about. Ireland is like a jigsaw and if one takes one piece out, it has an effect on the adjoining piece. That is what happened in Clare. One can talk about business viability and all of that but the reality in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Did An Post specifically fund this report, in part?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is important to establish that because the report is being touted as an independent report. It cost somewhere in the region of €60,000 and my understanding is that around half of that came from An Post. I am almost finished-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I understand that legal advice was taken by the IPU and An Post. Was that circulated to all members before they signed up to the new conditions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will conclude with one final point on PostPoint, which both witnesses have said is the way of the future, whereby the local Spar or local Centra could host An Post. If one takes Broadford again and one considers that PostPoint is worth around €1,500 per annum, then that is unviable. Having three-year review cycles is unviable. Having a pandemic fund being introduced when we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: -----I am very concerned about the direction in which this is going. In particular, An Post needs to go back and look at the four offices that have closed during the pandemic and see them in light of what has happened during that pandemic. They need to be given a new chance. I thank Ms Byrne and Mr. McRedmond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: There was a key document containing advice-----