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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm that I am in Leinster House 2000. I read Mr. Sunderland’s statement, and I followed his delivery of it. The one thing I wanted to home in on was article 15.4 of the GDPR. We are trying, insofar as is possible, to scrutinise this legislation, and ensure that when it comes out the other end is that it is very much favourable to the survivors and victims of the mother and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Another part of the work we have been doing on unmet needs which I have raised with the Minister of State a number of times is child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and indeed special educational needs organisers, SENOs. The past 12 months with Covid have shown some deficiencies in both of those entities. We saw in some CHOs that CAMHS was out every single day using Zoom and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chair for facilitating me. A meeting of the health committee this morning coincided with this meeting. We were looking at the new legislation to reopen bars and restaurants for vaccinated people. While that was a significant debate and took precedence over this, I have been following this meeting. I have a number of quick questions. I apologise if some of these have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: May I ask what the phone number is, Ms Canavan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I suggest the departure gate is rather late in the system, given that everything from the boarding card to the passport is screened further back in the airport concourse. It is quite late if somebody is kicking up a fuss, which will happen. There were even court challenges a few months ago, frustratingly. There will be people who will try to wriggle their way out of this, not having been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: There should be a small team in each airport to guide people through. God knows there have been enough airport workers laid off temporarily over the last 16 months, so it would be good for a directive to come from Government that at a minimum a certain staffing level relating to this alone be retained. People are hoping to get back to work and I will propose that. I hope that will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House 2000. I thank the Minister for being present, for his opening statement and for all the work he, his Department and front-line staff are doing. I wish to make a few points. The Minister stated, "my preference is for the State to own the land on which the new national maternity hospital will be built". The trustees of the Religious Sisters of Charity claim...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am sorry to cut across the Minister, but is it possible for him to tell us what the annual lease fee will be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will move on because my time is limited. I was a primary school teacher 16 months ago and I taught in a school with a Catholic ethos. I had no problem with that. That was my job and I did it gladly every day. In one of the lessons we used to teach what the word "church" meant. It means people. When, therefore, the Religious Sisters of Charity, or any other church group, refers to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I have a minute left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: By my clock, I have. I will conclude with this remark. It is welcome to hear that vaccination is being considered for younger age cohorts, such as those from 16 to 18 years of age. I ask that people younger than that who suffer from cystic fibrosis also be considered. I ask the Minister to comment briefly on that point in the last few seconds I have left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I again thank the Minister. I know of a golf club which has a 999-year lease. I respect everything the Minister has said, and he is doing a good job, but I ask him to please represent, as he is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chair and the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank the Minister of State for being here. Credit is due to him and his team because recent weeks have been dogged by almost daily speculation that this would not happen. Today, 1 million digital Covid certificates are on their way out to people by post or email. Well done. I will put a number of questions. The first is on the batching of files....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I have a few other questions. When this was first being designed there was just the international travel dimension to it but now it very much looks like it will also have a purpose here on the domestic front. Specifically with regard to restaurants, bars, etc., the Minister of State's referred to the verifier app and that each gateway will hold a correct QR code key for each country. Not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that he does not have the answer to that today, but it is essential because beyond serving up a pint and packets of peanuts and getting dinners on tables, people who run pubs and restaurants need to know this is pretty much bombproof and simple to practice. They need an awful lot there. They are now gearing up for reopening which everyone really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Has the Minister of State the costings for the Department at which he is based?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: If he can do so, will Minister of State reply to my remarks regarding the point at which people will be asked to produce this for verification?