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Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the review of and report on the Defamation Act 2009. The review was a legislative priority of the Government when it took office in 2020. It is important that the Government and State strike the balance, referred to by other speakers, between our competing sets of rights as individuals protected by our Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. Following the review,...

Messages from Select Committee (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 and has made no amendments thereto.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has investigated alleged far-right activism in the Defence Forces. [23442/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to introduce legislation to ensure that only members of the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces and those engaged in legitimate historical re-enactment are allowed to wear combat uniforms. [23443/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her Department’s engagement with a school (details supplied) in order to progress an application for a new school building. [23363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for additional school accommodation from a school (details supplied). [23364/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister and our other guests. I followed the debate from my office and while here in the committee room. As it was going on, it struck me that Mother Mary Aikenhead passed away 164 years ago or thereabouts. She was a physician. All the way along, we have been debating something that needs to happen. We need advanced modern healthcare for the women of Ireland. I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Forgive me for interrupting. Does St. Vincent's Healthcare Group have any break clauses in respect of something happening on its side of the fence and the agreement being pulled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes. Why are there so many layers of protection if each of them is supposedly sufficient?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: As time is running out, my other question to Dr. Mahony was about any existing barriers for her and her colleagues as they go into work each day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Is she saying none whatsoever?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Some of my questions remain unanswered. If we are going in to-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to benchmark pension rates in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Tourism Promotion (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to mark the centenary of the Shannon Scheme; if there are plans to provide a new visitor centre at Ardnacrusha power station; if he has engaged with the ESB regarding the public consultation on the aforementioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue guidance on whether the help-to-buy scheme will be extended to 2023; if his Department will, in conjunction with the Department of Housing. Local Government and Heritage examine other schemes to assist those looking to buy a home will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Archives (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the location in which unsuccessful military pension claims relating to the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence period are now stored; and if they can be added to State digital archives. [24698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department in conjunction with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment will establish a skills database in order that Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland can be matched with suitable employment. [15037/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider setting up a skill set database to match Ukrainian refugees with prospective employers. [18472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if non-medical front-line staff in the health sector that is, administration staff, security, cleaning staff and so on, that worked in hospitals throughout the pandemic will be entitled to the pandemic bonus payment. [24790/22]

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I ask the Acting Chairman to help me with the timing-----