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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. It sounds like a big effort is being made to clear any backlog and I appreciate that. I am from Meelick, County Clare and since the Hungarian revolution in 1956, there has been, on an on-off basis, refugees and asylum seekers in our community. We value them. We have got to know their stories over the years. They are harrowing, compelling and are not always...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is welcome that direct provision will cease three years from now and people will be accommodated, helped and aided in different ways. However, there is a real concern within both the local direct provision centre and the wider community that enough might not be done to support those seeking international protection between now and then. Perfect cognisance is not always taken of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact of Covid-19 on the processing of international protection applications; the steps taken to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28734/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is great to see the team of the Minister and the Ministers of State here divvying up the workload of the Department. It is progressive politics and I am glad to see that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has since had her baby and all is going well on that front. I want to ask our team serving the Department of Justice how the processing of international protection applications is going. Has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of County Clare enterprises that that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Clare that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied). [30389/21]

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I want to take up the point made by my colleague, Deputy Ó Cuív, in regard to the 57% criteria laid down by the European Union. It is very easy to be an Independent Deputy for County Kerry and to come in here and say "coulda, shoulda, sod of turf", mention 12 villages in one's county and say where the money should have gone. The reality is that if we had not followed the rules, we...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if exemptions will be made to the newly increased stamp duty rate for inheritance cases and so on (details supplied) [29929/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank the witnesses. I was following the meeting remotely before coming to the office and I have been listening to the witnesses' statements. There are a few points I would like to put to them. My first question is for Dr. Colleran. The level of diagnostic delay is worrying. There are people who are sitting at home today, having breakfast, going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Colleran for her response. I take her point that it is about people power and having the personnel to deal with it. The same point has been made over many months by other colleagues of Dr. Colleran. The next issue I wish to raise from the opening statements is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We have limited time. I wish to ask my question, if that is okay. I do not mind who responds after that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: In Ms. Power's opening statement, she noted, "We are in the Stone Age when it comes to collecting real-time information on cancer services." My question for Ms Power and the other representatives on the panel is this: do the cogs that were put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic have a purpose beyond the pandemic? I have seen the European Medicines Agency, EMA, the European Centre for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Yes. I know not all of the witnesses had the chance to respond, but I sense great commonality in their responses this morning. We will take them on board.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Rabbitte, for everything they and the Department are doing. I also thank our front-line staff. The pace of the vaccination programme is incredible. More than 80% of our adult population is expected to be vaccinated by early July. That is a success and the programme is going well. More power to everyone at the front line...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (27 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 18. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to enable stakeholder consultation to Ireland’s first report to the UN under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28735/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will make two brief points. I thank the Minister for being here today. Many of us have met representatives of the Irish Air Line Pilots Association, IALPA, today. The pilots are just outside the national convention centre today and they have met many Deputies on their way into the Dáil. The point the pilots want to make is that we are all waiting with bated breath for these...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: This weekend, raw sewage was again being discharged into the wild Atlantic from the coast at Kilkee beach. The HSE and Clare County Council prohibited bathing in the area. Raw sewage flowing through the pipes and out into bathing water has now occurred for three consecutive years, and this has now been in contravention of the EU wastewater directive for 16 years. We had been hearing that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I confirm that I am in the precincts of Leinster House. I had another meeting that meant I missed a large part of this discussion, but I have followed as much of it as I can. Some of the points that were raised draw parallels with the response to the cyberattack some days ago. We are being told repeatedly that there is information and knowledge in other countries but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: One of the take-home points from yesterday was that it could take five to ten years for Ireland to have indigenous domestic capacity to fully fight off cybercrime and yet, in that timescale the whole world will change entirely and there will be new forms of attack and software. We will set ourselves a goal but by the time we get to that goal, it may have passed us out again. A point I made...