Results 561-580 of 5,398 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to raise a few issues. The first concerns an email that came in the other day from a company in Ennis. The VAT reduction rate announced on 1 September has not been passed on to them and what they have seen in their bills since September is that the tariff has gone up and the VAT has come down. Basically, they are paying the exact same bill so they have adjusted their tariff and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Very good. I thank Mr. Blaney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: We will gladly do that. I thank Ms Delaney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I ask that ComReg champion the whole concept of co-location. This is about having great coverage nationwide but not a proliferation. Places like Sixmilebridge and Ennis, have their tenth and 12th mobile phone masts being put up in a small community. If one goes to Corofin, it is like walking off the edge of the world as there is no mobile phone signal. That is wrong and it needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Perhaps ComReg's database might map out the co-located masts in order that we know where it is and is not happening nationally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: It does have that. That is good.

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I hope this Bill will pass the Dáil and the Seanad this week without too much ado. It is a very important Bill. It deals with a whole level of grassroots banking, that is, the model of the credit union, which for many generations has served Ireland and its people so well. There are three core objectives to the Bill. The first is to amend the Credit Union Act to allow for general...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commemorative Events (10 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has future plans to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary. [42212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (10 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the qualifying criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme in order that persons (details supplied) who do not have a business premises can avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if surfing will be considered for the reduced 9% VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to changing the five-year timeframe for young farmers to make the required investment for TAMS II young farmer capital investment scheme to an age-related deadline, for example, that the farmer must complete works before, for example, 35 years of age as opposed to within a five-year time frame. [43365/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for everything she has been doing. I like the approach Deputy Rabbitte takes in the Department. The Minister of State has been backed by Government with an increase in budget which always helps but it is not only about money. It is about how measures are rolled out. The Minister of State is certainly taking a hands-on approach with the Department and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I hope I referenced that in my contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I want to discuss special educational needs organisers, SENOs. I do not want to tar everyone with the same brush but the organisation wields way too much power. It is in the realm of education, in which it plays a major function, but it also delves into the realms of occupational therapy and educational psychology. The organisation is empowered to interpret large volumes of assessment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. I know that all these committees produce reports after deliberating. I would like the following noted in the minutes of this committee: We, as a committee, have heard concerns expressed that the SENO organisation nationally lacks standardisation and on a whim can have a devastating impact on supports that children desperately need; that there is good and bad...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I am briefed that there is to be a five-minute statement from the Government before 20 minutes of questions and answers on a rotational basis. We may even get around to a second round of questions. There will also be a final concluding statement from the Government at the very end.

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: The agenda now allows for 20 minutes of questions and answers. It is proposed that 20 minutes will be put on the clock and we will proceed to rotate through the parties and groups of Independent Members. I ask people to be concise. I know the Minister of State has already answered some questions but we will try to get through some more. We will have one speaker per group and then, if time...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: The Labour Party, the Social Democrats, People Before Profit and the Regional Independent Group do not seem to have representatives in the House. I call Deputy Pringle from the Independent Group.

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: One final speaker is indicating. I call Deputy Pringle.