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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (8 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this important Topical Issue debate. I also thank the Minister. He has had a busy day and I appreciate that he is in the Chamber tonight during one of the final speaking slots of this week in Dáil Éireann. I hugely appreciate his attendance to deal with this matter. Many Clare families have pyrite in their homes. Those houses are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (8 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Exemption from paying local property tax is not a new phenomenon. It has been there for a number of years for new builds but also for houses in what were deemed to be unfinished estates. What we are talking about here in terms of defective blocks, pyrite and homes that are cracking from the gable end down is much different. It far outweighs any other category of exemption we have had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, on the basis that one of Europe’s largest off-shore windfarms is planned for development off the Clare coast, he will give consideration to developing a centre of excellence for skills and training in the renewable energy sector in County Clare. [36589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to offer new and additional courses at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest’s Ennis campus. [36590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the expungement of 607 sex-work convictions announced by her Department on 25 April 2021 has taken place. [36591/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will stick to the time. I thank Ms Embleton and Mr. Moriarty. I have six brief questions. I will put them quickly and I hope the witnesses will be able to respond so we can move fluidly through them. First, what are Aer Lingus's clear commitments to Shannon Airport, its cabin crew and ground staff there and routes into and out of the airport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Cabin crew staff in Shannon who have long serviced Aer Lingus's routes would content it is far more expensive to have four members of cabin crew minibussed down from Dublin, staying overnight and receiving all the overnight allowances and everything else which comes with that. I have heard costings ranging from approximately €240,000 per annum to in excess of €300,000. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I respect that and I respect Aer Lingus is a separate company to Ryanair and operates and trades differently. Ryanair has committed to Shannon and faces all the same constraints Ms Embleton referred to. We do need to see that. On the point of staffing and efficiencies, there is no one in cabin crew in Shannon drawing a salary of €70,000 or €80,000 per annum. I am not an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Is it true Aer Lingus's sister airline, Iberia, got state supports on the basis it would retain its entire staffing complement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Is it true that IAG, Aer Lingus's parent body, has bonded its landing slots to build loan collateral to cash fund the company? Are these landing slots, on which we have all gone out and hammered a drum over the years, now bonded to raise loan collateral for Aer Lingus and IAG overall?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Surely Ms Embleton, as chief executive, would know if Aer Lingus's landing slots into Heathrow, which are hugely valuable, are bonded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to speak about Aer Lingus workers because this has been a devastating 15 months for them. I want to make a point on the contribution of taxpayer. With regard to a fully redacted wage for one of the ground crew based out of Shannon, the crew member got €635.89 in a fortnight. The Irish taxpayer paid €600 of that. Aer Lingus's net contribution to this individual's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: With the greatest respect, it is not the inefficiency that concerns Aer Lingus, it is the wage bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: On a point of order, the questions have not been answered. This is an important point that needs addressing.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA stipulations that all elderly residents in care centres should have a personal space around their bed of 7.4 square metres will result in the loss of any beds at St. Josephs’ Hospital, Ennis. [28428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if there is on-site capacity at University Maternity Hospital Limerick for bloods to be tested on a 24/7 basis. [28429/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects grants under the circular economy innovation grant scheme to be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the help to buy scheme only applies to new builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if homeowners in County Clare who have confirmed cases of pyrite in the structure of their homes are exempt from paying the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance if being part of a pyrite remediation scheme is a criterion for exemption for payment of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37643/21]