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Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will take up where Deputy Mattie McGrath left off because there was much parish pump politics there about the daoine óga. A total of 4,237 people have died over the past 12 months. This Sunday marks the anniversary of the first case of Covid. This time last year, I used to turn off my television and radio when I heard about the Covid pandemic because it was happening in a province...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (25 Feb 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will intervene in a long-running attempt by residents of a development (details supplied) to obtain broadband access; if the process by which new build homes are brought online can be streamlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10862/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: If I may come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Apologies, the Joint Committee on Health coincided wholly with this meeting. I have literally just left that meeting. I have been following elements of this in and out. I accept the committee has adopted things, but may I come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will be extremely brief. It is about a point I have already made. I thank the witnesses, I have followed some of their contributions. My apologies that I was not here for everything due to the two meetings coinciding. I wish to make one point which I have made before at the committee. I was a primary school teacher up to 12 months ago. I am hugely concerned about many children...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will conclude by saying that if Joe Wicks, the YouTuber, was able to go online and do jumping jacks and deliver a physiotherapy programme, if one likes, for young people with difficulties, from his living room in London and reach young Irish people across the country, then surely those on the HSE payroll should have been doing something similar. There is huge frustration, including among...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for their replies and the Chair for letting me in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am present in Leinster House. I apologise for not being present earlier. A number of meetings were clashing today. Well done to the Minister. I can see that he is surrounded by his Ministers of State. Collectively, they are doing a really great job at a difficult time. It is extremely difficult. We are just a shade below peak crisis. We had peak figures a few weeks ago...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: The Minister was good to take a call from me earlier in the day so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Very good. I heard last week the announcement that there may be 1 million vaccines administered per month in April, May and June. It is such a positive announcement. In total,18.5 million vaccines will be purchased by the Government. Given that the plan for this year will be extensively implemented and Covid is not going away, has the Government a plan for the population to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. How does the Minister envisage international travel resuming? As vaccination of the world population starts, we need to see a resumption of international travel, particularly aviation. What does the Minister envisage in this regard beyond phase 5 of lockdown?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to confirm that I am on the Leinster House campus. I welcome the witnesses. There are a few points I would like to raise. First, I received an email this week from a young constituent who is completing his leaving certificate. He wants to be a paramedic more than anything. To be a paramedic, one must have a full licence. It is a requirement of enrolment into college, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: The individual requires a B category licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I encourage the RSA to implement a fast track mechanism for cases of students such as this individual. It is quite a unique situation. A student who is going to study business or arts does not need a driving licence. It might be desirable and something that their family wants for them, but it is not essential. It is a requirement for someone who wants to undertake a course to become a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Is there an email address to which representations can be made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: That would be excellent. I am almost finished. I wish to make one final point. It concerns small public service vehicle, SPSV, licences, which are used by those who typically provide a local minibus or vital service. There are currently huge delays in the granting of these licences. The SPSV licence is a requirement for those who want to gain employment in that sector. In recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am referring to the theory test aspect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will conclude by stating that the RSA offices need to be more streamlined in their messaging. I live in a rural area, and recently went to a driving licence centre to get an add-on for a BE licence. The process was extremely problematic. Sufficient information is not provided. There is feedback on the line at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will conclude by noting the information on the website in respect of licence add-ons in particular, and what happens at the test centre, is grossly inadequate. I say that as someone who has experienced this in the past seven weeks or so. It needs to be streamlined and made clearer. That is just my experience, although it has been said to me many times in emails and phone calls from...

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will follow the lead shown by other members. I will be fast and put a few questions. I hope the Minister can respond to all of them at the end. In Ennis in recent weeks we have had an immense problem whereby an inordinate number of students did not get a secondary school. They got no offer. We have five secondary schools with several patron bodies but the problem is the schools...