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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I will direct my initial questions to Mr. Keating. There is much good work going on in the Shannon Foynes Port Company, with €8.5 billion generated through its activities, supporting 3,900 jobs. Going forward, there is huge potential on the Clare side of the estuary. That has been identified in the strategic framework. As we know, Moneypoint will be moving out of fossil fuels by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: If the Chairman will forgive me, I will squeeze in one more question to Mr. Keating before we wrap up. What I am hearing is that Moneypoint in Clare can take the longest vessels in Ireland. Our airports can also take the largest aircraft. The transport commission notes that there is huge potential for Clare and the mid-west going forward with air and seafaring vessels being able to come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: One of this committee's recommendations needs to be that we align ourselves with the planning process of eight weeks and an appeals process. It is unforgivable that projects such as this one could be delayed by five years. County Clare has lost out on key projects like those at Cahiracon and Kildysart, and this is multiplied many times over in Foynes. I am sure we will hear the same from...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider immediately extending the renewal period for driver licences by an additional six months to allow for more capacity in the NDLS system to deal with the backlog of cases and to ensure persons are not left without the capability to drive. [40845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (3 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reversing a deportation order on a person (details supplied). [40935/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to lowering the spending threshold for availing of the retail export scheme to €50 in order to make the scheme more attractive to tourists from other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allow live music to be performed in gastropubs and restaurants during level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revise the payroll increment scale for primary and secondary school teachers who have years of teaching experience in the Middle-East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41159/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidance will be issued on leaving certificate 2021; and if contingency plans are in place to avoid a repeat of the 2020 examinations. [41763/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the length of time that unemployed persons can be placed on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41244/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to reduce college fees for third-level students who are experiencing less on-campus time due to the current Covid-19 restrictions. [41762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commemorative Events (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will proceed with plans which were abandoned in January 2020 for the staging of a State commemoration for the Royal Irish Constabulary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41128/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 877. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of actions and policy changes that are planned on foot of the publication of the review of measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland consultation paper in July 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42034/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I will address some points made by Deputies Bríd Smith and Gary Gannon. It is like Sesame Street economics. There is not enough money being given out and Deputy Gannon said we should tax more and the same points were made by Deputy Bríd Smith. She specifically targeted the pharmaceutical companies we are so reliant on now, not just for vaccines, but for our entire economic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department and other State agencies plan to address the poor EPA air quality statistics in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42237/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will be extending a ban on smoky coal to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42238/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new chief executive for a company (details supplied) will be appointed; the process underway to select a replacement for a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42410/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when it is expected to ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 193. To ask the Minister for Health his future plans including projected time-frames for a more comprehensive provision of personal assistants for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42522/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I want to ask about the mobile breast cancer screening units that are in operation around the country. There are 21 of them, one of which operates from the car park of Clare County Council's headquarters in Ennis. It has been hugely successful, and many women throughout County Clare and beyond have had mammograms done there. As we start to - hopefully - emerge from Covid in the months...