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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: This happens every week. With the greatest of respect, Deputy Shortall's line of questions was allowed, but the Chair interrupts me every two minutes when I am asking questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will continue my questions without interruption. This happens every single week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Even at this very late stage, is Mr. Reid prepared to look at the possibility of impropriety and that the process used to stymie payment was tainted? That has been flagged with both Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt by senior management. Is Mr. Reid willing to look at why this has been stymied and not implemented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Words or not, is Mr. Reid willing to initiate a process of review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Do Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt accept that the salary increases granted to the posts that they both occupy were in breach of the same financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation that was used to deny payments to other management personnel under report 42?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am not here to ask about pay. What really concerns me as a politician and as someone who represents taxpayers in my constituency is what the stumbling the blocks in the HSE are when it comes to the delivery of service. One major stumbling block is that we have a huge cohort of disgruntled senior staff who have been waiting for far too long for an award to be made to them, which was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will have to raise it in the Dáil. It is a major factor. Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt both know what this is about. It needs to be addressed. I will conclude by saying that I think when a Deputy or Senator is in possession of time, if the questions are reasonable and focused on the agenda, we should be allowed to proceed without interruption. We have time to use. It ate up some of my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: This is the second interruption I have had. I want time added on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It happens every single week. I would like Mr. Watt to answer that question.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister. Essentially, the legislation before the committee this afternoon allows for the continued independent functioning of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board. This committee has undertaken a lot of work in this area over recent months. It sought pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, but the Marine Casualty Investigation Board and the Department repeatedly stated that...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We cut the process short.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We agreed to accelerate matters based on what the Department had advised but we also, on several occasions, insisted that the Clinch report would be made fully available to each member of the committee. One cannot blindly pursue particular legislation and ignore a document that has very important information within it to which, as of yet, I am not privy. We demanded that the Department...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework, which was published by his Department on 1 February 2022. [7966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the roll-out of HPV vaccine mop-up clinics to cater to children that have missed out on same in first year. [7774/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of an elective hospital in the mid-west area. [7773/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of discussions to end a long-running dispute surrounding a pension for workers of a company (details supplied). [7528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the case of a bus shelter (details supplied) that has been delayed multiple times over the past 18 months. [7537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cases dealt with by An Bord Pleanála in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [7791/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied) which was approved in August 2021; and the timeline for the progression of this project. [7494/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the healthcare workers’ pandemic bonus; and if so, the way they can receive the payment. [7538/22]