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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have such limited time, if Ms Hetherington does not mind coming in at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. I apologise for cutting across Ms Hetherington. We have very limited time when we get to speak here. I want to discuss my local hospital group, the University of Limerick Hospitals Group. Perhaps Ms Hetherington can come in on that also. First I want to ask Ms Ní Sheaghdha and Ms McGowan if it concerns them that the management of this hospital group have upped...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I agree fully. Can I go back to that question a small bit in terms of how the hospital is managed? Is it effective or ineffective to be remote from the hospital site in terms of having oversight? Does it matter to nurses? I really want to get to this. I have another follow-up question in a moment. Does it matter? Can a hospital be managed remotely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Would an elective-only hospital alleviate the burden of pressure that the mid-west is feeling at the moment? Incredibly, while Sláintecare recommended elective-only hospitals for Dublin, Cork and Galway, the mid-west and UHL, with 700,000 people funnelling through it under huge pressure, have no such recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha. I am done with my questions but some witnesses are indicating. That is in your control, Chairman. If others want to respond I am more than happy to hear their responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: My apologies, Chairman. The time is so restrictive.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications, grants and refusals under new measures to assist victims of domestic violence to access rent supplement; the average processing time for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pensions auto-enrolment system including plans to consult with the general public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider a monthly cap on toll charges for daily commuters who pass through a toll twice a day every day in view of the increased fuel costs that they are also experiencing. [14708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will address the current VAT regime that charities are subject to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied). [14395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she, in consultation with Bus Éireann, will remove the nearest school requirement for the school transport scheme given the difficulty for pupils attaining places in their nearest schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking assistance with a postgraduate certificate in education issue. [14900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 853. To ask the Minister for Health the reason general nurses cross over to work in the different disciplines such as mental health and intellectual disability but the opposite does not happen (details supplied). [14107/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 854. To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is fair for the HSE to have a policy of only hiring general nurses for clinical nurse specialist roles; the reason highly trained intellectual disability nurses are being overlooked for these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a GLAS payment in respect of 2021 owed to persons (details supplied) has not yet been paid; if he will expedite the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (23 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing additional funding to schools to deal with their significantly increased energy bills which are putting a strain on their finances. [15276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to construct a new ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if national community care network carers will be entitled to the healthcare workers bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full list of the categories of eligible workers who are entitled to the healthcare bonus payment. [15511/22]