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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...

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]

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I join the previous speaker in paying a short tribute to Vicky Phelan. I was pleased to hear earlier this week that she is on her way home. She has had six rough months in the United States. She was on "The Late Late Show" with Ryan Tubridy last summer, a day or two before her departure. She was filled with hope but also trepidation and fear. She has embraced the science of this from the...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will speak in support of the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill. I see it as positive legislation. It puts a legal onus on schools to have a student-parent charter devised, published and available for the school community. That is a good thing. The main focus of this will improve the level of engagement and communication in the school community by inviting feedback, comments...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise that the clock disappeared momentarily but we have been tracking the time manually.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am glad to be able to speak to this motion. I bow to the expertise of the previous speaker, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, whose family has given a lifetime to the postal service and post office network. It is important that we work very quickly to bring about a medium to long term solution for the national post office network. The community and politicians, including the Acting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The progress made under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accelerate the administration of a second vaccine (details supplied) to the 60 to 70 age group who have to wait 12-weeks for their second vaccine given the low level of protection that one dose of the vaccine is providing against the newer variants of Covid-19 specifically the Indian and the Thai variants; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if a mechanism will be introduced post-30 June 2021 in lieu of the temporary assistance payment scheme to support nursing homes in continuing to implement infection prevention measures. [30450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of a Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied) for the 12 to 15-year age bracket for those with underlying conditions. [30668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if he, in conjunction with the HSE will ensure that those undertaking doctorates in counselling, educational psychology and so on, are treated the same as their counterparts studying clinical psychology in terms of HSE stipends and funding (details supplied). [30603/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I wish Senator Hoey the best. I read in a newspaper last week that she is due to be married next week. We do not always meet face to face and have been meeting virtually for months. I wish her the very best from all of us. I have a number of questions. I am glad Mr. Gunning has come back with some live data on claims. In these meetings we ask for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: My next issue is construction inflation. This was built in at the outset of the contract. It worries me because construction inflation is significant for everything, from someone trying to build an extension to a home right up to master projects such as the national children's hospital. I am concerned that the next phase of the development could be the most costly when internal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We know that. Are there sufficient supplies to take this project through the summer and into the winter period? Have the developers flagged problems in that regard? It concerns me that a typical house build is held up by three or four months at the moment, even taking Covid out of the equation. That delay is due to the lack of supplies. We know how critical things are nationally and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. I ask Mr. Gunning to forgive me for jumping in but time is against us. It concerns me that some of the most expensive stages of the project may be yet to come in terms of the procurement of cladding, insulation and all of that. There are still unknowns in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will move on to ask questions of Ms Hardiman. I will follow on from what some other committee members have asked. Our guests can tell by the questions they have asked that those committee member are not based in Dublin. Taxpayers around the country will read about this meeting in the newspapers tomorrow or hear about it on the radio. There are mixed feelings about the project. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Has there been an aspect of robbing Peter to pay Paul in recent months so that the national children's hospital project could plough on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I would like Ms Hardiman to do that.