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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. Dr. Glynn is coming to this from health perspective. Everything NPHET has done over the past year has been through the health lens. As a teacher, I must say that mask-wearing is very difficult. So much language is not just about what comes from the voice box; it is about the facial expressions, how the mouth moves and how words are formed. I know that many teachers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a question for Dr. Holohan. It is a point that I raised around 12 months ago. Obviously, Dr. Holohan is the Irish number one in terms of public health advice, but he has opposite numbers in each European country. All of them are receiving data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC. It has really concerned me right throughout Covid that the ECDC has 290...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: My next question is for Dr. Holohan. I have praised NPHET which has done a lot of good work. However, there are some areas in which NPHET and, indeed, the other cogs of public health could be accused of tardiness over the past 12 months. There are two that I wish to reference, in particular, and I hope Dr. Holohan can comment on them. The first is the report compiled by the Joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Holohan and his colleagues as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Dr. Glynn's point is well made. I appreciate that. I thank Dr. Glynn, Dr. Holohan and Professor Nolan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. It is good that a review is under way and that we have an action plan ahead of us. It is important that schools now are in a position to submit data. I know of several schools in County Clare and throughout the country that have carried out a census and socioeconomic profiles such as Ennis Educate Together National School, St. Joseph's Community College, Kilkee, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to mention something briefly along the lines of what the previous speaker has said.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is. There is a similar school, Lissycasey National School, in my constituency. I was there on Monday morning with local Councillor P.J. Kelly. Accommodation has been green-lighted but the needs do not stop there. There is a need for a sensory garden and additional parking. I believe the matter is before the Department and I ask the Minister to try to expedite it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It was linked to the question. It referred to the same issue in a different county.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is fantastic. I thank the Minister.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [4713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allocating funding for the provision of a sensory garden, play space and six car parking spaces to accompany the construction of two ASD classrooms and one mainstream classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Clare. [4627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of new classrooms and subject rooms at a school (detail supplied) in County Clare. [4626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition of the former Inagh Garda station by an organisation (details supplied) [4989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 healthcare workers will be entitled to the pandemic payment bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the investigation his Department is carrying out, it would be prudent to suspend upcoming inspections scheduled by a society (details supplied) until such a time that the investigation is concluded; his views on the current status of the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his Department’s efforts to open an embassy in Tehran, Iran. [3568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will be purchasing new land vehicles, naval vessels or aircraft in 2022. [3630/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit will be expedited. [3981/22]