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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I ask Mr. Reid to deal with the elective hospitals because that is a huge bugbear in the mid-west.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Should a fourth be added to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I just think it is so wrong. I refer to the major urban centres of Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Every single hospital grouping has its own pressures and we get that but what the HSE is doing is building additional capacity in the groupings that already fare better than the UHL hospital group. By not progressing an elective-only hospital in the Limerick, Clare and mid-west region, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is positive. I will conclude on those two specific issues, Inisgile at Parteen, County Clare, and Shannon Doc. We are floundering on some of these issues without any great guidance. If someone can respond in the coming days with an update on those two matters, I would be grateful. Ms O'Neill's comments today give me some hope.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Mr. Martin, Mr. O'Hara and Mr. McEntee to the committee. I was following the proceedings from my office and I have read the written statement they provided. I will get to the finances in a moment because that is why they are here. It is what will save the network. First, I wish to touch on the human aspects of this matter. I have homed in on two things Mr. O'Hara's opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: No, I referenced that as an example. We have heard from other groups and people come before the Houses of the Oireachtas and they explain how they are pressurised. I used the example of our armed forces and members of the Defence Forces sleeping in cars, which they referenced. In this very room just a few months ago we had representatives of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is the very point I am trying to get to. We are supportive of the delegation's position, which Mr. O'Hara explained really well in his opening statement. We are supportive of this financial model and it must be actioned. The postmasters need certainty on this in the next two to three weeks. We are fast approaching June and the uncertainty that brings for all of the witnesses'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The delegation will come before the committee again and I would love to hear an analysis of that. The union may not have a position currently and feel it is beyond its realm but in County Clare that 15 km rule can be damning. Deputy Matthews is beside me and if he and I were postmasters and I decided to retire, it would make his position stronger. In my local village the service for that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will fire out the last few questions quickly if Mr. O'Hara does not mind. On the Grant Thornton report, the postmasters' union engaged on that a few times over the years. The most up-to-date report recommending Government intervention dates to September 2020. Given Covid-19 and everything that has happened in between, is that report current or is it slightly outdated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Nobody is envisaging that this will happen but will Mr. O'Hara spell out what would come about if there was no Government intervention? If nothing happened or everything remained static, what would happen in June and the months that follow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I ask about agency banking. Some of the postmasters with whom I have communicated around home tell me that from a consumer perspective, that is very attractive. A customer can use banking services, which would be good, as there have been bank closures in rural Ireland too. I am hearing this could be worth an average of between €1,100 to €1,200 per year. Mr. McEntee is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is transactional again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I wholeheartedly support the points that the witnesses are making. They are seeking State intervention, which needs to happen urgently. The witnesses will have our support and I hope that our committee will lobby the Government for it. Beyond financial supports, there is a need for greater footfall through post offices' doors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will wrap up in the next ten seconds. If I go to a post office, it is for a parcel, stamps or whatever. There needs to be a greater range of services available there. People have turned away from getting their passports through the post office because that process takes too long. Last July, the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, committed to unveiling a suite of offline services that...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for being in the Chamber. I have been watching the debate from my office and, as always, she has been engaging and has not just been sitting on the front benches playing on a phone. She is taking notes. She is surrounded by a great team, including Mr. Noel Byrne, and its members are always good in taking on issues when I contact them. The topic of special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans afoot to develop an ASD unit at CBS National School in Ennis, County Clare. [27770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for an extension to Lisdoonvarna national school (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the fact that the school’s enrolment has recently surged, some children with additional needs are educated in the school’s library and storage rooms and there is no staffroom; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (31 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) to have a person appointed as a trustee; and if she will progress this appointment. [27957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (31 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an invitation to attend the annual conference of an organisation (details supplied); and if she intends to attend the conference. [28095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ukraine War (31 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered making the HSE owned 17-bedroom Inis Ghile building in Parteen, County Clare available for Ukrainian refugees, given that it is currently lying idle despite being fully-renovated in recent years. [27765/22]