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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: My next question is linked to what we are talking about here. The Chair had a different view in the last session, but I ask for his forbearance now. In July this year, the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, in America issued a notice alerting patients and healthcare providers to the potential risk posed by MAGEC, that is, magnet expansion control, rods. The key concern referred to by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: With the greatest of respect, I think every global media outlet has named this. I am not maligning any outlet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I understand that and I would like to proceed because I will not be defaming anyone. I guarantee the Chair that. I will not be abusing privilege.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Can I proceed, because I am referencing something that is crucial to parents and patients here this morning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will continue because everything I am saying is already in the ether and has been covered by global media. This is a fact and it can found on Google in a matter of minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Would you adjust the clock, Chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will restart my question to Mr. Woods. There is a device that is manufactured in America. The FDA has in July of this year issued strong caution about it. It has alerted both patients and healthcare providers of the potential risk of this device. One of the key concerns it flagged is that the end caps of this device have a tendency to detach from the rest of the device. They detach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: That is breaking and welcome news.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is. I want to conclude by thanking Ms Kelly for clarifying that. There are 51 patients who have been very worried about this. It would be no harm if Ms Kelly and the surgical team in the hospital could write out to patients explaining this, as well as that any scientific analysis is to be published and to be put in the public domain. It is bad enough to have scoliosis. We have heard...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Harris. He has great energy in the Department and a good, driving team around him. I say well done on that. As a teacher, part of me still believes there should be one Department of Education from top to bottom. I know some would say that some days it makes sense to have two separate Departments but on days such as World Science Day it probably does not...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I might be substituting in his local school before we know it. The day was an eye-opener. The teachers I saw were doing everything they have done so well for many years, but now with added pressures and strains. I have a suggestion to make to the Minister. When I was walking down the corridors last Friday there were two trainee teachers, one at the junior end of the school and the...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to speak in support of this legislation. It is very positive. I was someone who up to ten months ago took off every day from Clare in my diesel Honda car and drove to the gates of Dáil Éireann but in recent months I have embraced multimodal transport. This morning I took the car to the train station, from which I took the train to Heuston Station and then I took a bike. I...

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will be hard pushed to use seven minutes, so I will follow the lead of Deputy Nash in that regard. I apologise to Deputy Shortall. I think I have taken the seat of the leader of the Social Democrats. I did not mean to do so but I like this seat. It is like the front row of the circus as we get to see people when we are talking to them, which is important. It also carries a level of risk.

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I think I am already on the left. Sitting here carries a risk.

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I have noticed on the cameras in the last few weeks that the bald patch is visible when sitting here but if I am up at the back of the Chamber, I can pretend I am younger and still have thatch on the roof. To make a serious point, this is a technical Bill. It is not the most exciting thing we will do over the next 48 hours in the Dáil. I support the Bill, as does my party in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to enhance the National Claims Information Database, NCID, in relation to insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Clare and Galway that have now registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (9 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with a company (details supplied) in particular with regard to homes under its insurance cover which now have confirmed cases of pyrite and mica; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (9 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has an application system in place to enable schools to apply for HEPA air filtration systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54148/21]