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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.

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

Cathal Crowe: Will there be primary and secondary schools under the roof of this hospital when it opens?

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

Cathal Crowe: To what capacity?

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

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in the convention centre. I have a few brief questions. My first question is for Mr. Carvalho. I am interested in the fixed wireless option given that everyone has a mobile phone in Ireland. Very few do not have one and some even have two. They are to be found in every household. In terms of the 4G and 5G signal, Mr. Carvalho was correct in saying there is pretty good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I particularly want to hone in on that last point. It is one that I have raised a few times at committee meetings in recent months. A co-location policy was introduced in Ireland nine or ten years ago, through which there was to be a decent roll-out of mobile phone masts nationwide to ensure that signal would be maximised. However, that principle has been abandoned by the sector and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: My final question is for Mr. Fitzpatrick. I hope he will forgive me for going a little off topic. Mr. Fitzpatrick is from the National Space Centre and he is most welcome. As I understand it, Ireland has been affiliated with the European Space Agency, ESA, since 1975. We embraced it early on. At that stage, we probably did not have much of a notion, as a country, as to where we were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (6 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will issue guidance to all planning authorities that reflects the policy position which opposes the development of power generating facilities that use fracked gas as a fuel source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of tax deductions on workers returning to their jobs having been on the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied). [36058/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (6 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [36057/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm that I am in the convention centre. I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I wish to make a few comments. I have read the opening statement and briefing note. I have a query regarding the foundation training and the threshold at which one becomes subject to regulation. I know that there are various legislative measures dating back to 1991 and there has been an...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I get that there is a need for a structure and regulation. However, the worry I have is that women in villages who have minded children all their lives very adeptly, and with love and care, may look at this and decide that it is time for them to leave the stage. That is a major concern for me. To move things on a small bit, the discussion we are having here aligns to the home help sector....