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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 103. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider giving persons in the 60 to 69 age group that are currently being given the Covid-19 vaccine a greater choice regarding the vaccine that they will be given. [22368/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans post-Covid-19 for an international marketing plan to highlight the EuroVelo 1 Route, which travels along the western seaboard in tandem with the Wild Atlantic Way. [21598/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I know the Minister is a cycling enthusiast, so I have a cycling-related question. I love cycling myself. For the last seven years, the Wild Atlantic Way has been a huge success. It has been a magnet in bringing tourists to our country - pre-Covid, of course. Recently, we have seen beautiful signs being erected in County Clare and the west of Ireland, which read: "EuroVelo 1". It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: That is music to my ears. Speaking of music, the Minister will certainly have heard the song "It's a Long Way from Clare to Here". It is fabulous for one to step up on the pedals of a bike in my home village of Meelick, knowing that going north, one will pass through Galway and Mayo and ultimately get to Norway if one keeps following the route, and travelling in a southerly direction,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: An obvious extension of the initiative would be to invite the Tour de France to come to Ireland, as we did very successfully in 1998. It passed through Dublin and into counties Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford and Cork. It was a huge success. The tour has a global audience each year of 1 billion people. It would be an obvious extension of the EuroVelo 1 initiative. When I was Mayor of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules in relation to appointment-based shopping for furniture and home furnishing retailers in the current set of restrictions. [21291/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of policy papers or legislation he plans to introduce to ban the use of fracked gas sourced domestically and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 385. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure the revival of tourism in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 384. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her engagement with the hospitality sector in relation to the reopening and easing of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the proposed pension deal her Department has drafted in conjunction with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to provide for pensions for community employment scheme supervisors also extends to rural social scheme and Tús supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 841. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue guidance to businesses relying on international students as a matter of priority in order that they can make provisions for the summer 2021 season on the basis of either accepting or not accepting international travellers. [21137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 842. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home visits will be increased in cases in which both the patient and the spouse are fully vaccinated and a specialist advises that increased visits would help the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 896. To ask the Minister for Health if a directive will be issued to all hospital groups nationwide to allow birthing partners attend maternity appointments of all kinds with a pregnant woman given the current level of vaccination against Covid-19. [21320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 1004. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the necessity to undertake a hotel quarantine upon arrival in Ireland for Irish citizens living in the United Arab Emirates that have been fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied). [21755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 916. To ask the Minister for Health the speed with which the legislative changes to exempt vaccinated persons from a mandatory hotel quarantine upon arrival in Ireland will take effect; and if an approximate date can be given for same. [21396/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I want to begin by saying that the wind energy sector has to reward best practice. New plans for offshore wind energy off Moneypoint have been announced. The sector also has to clamp down on worst practice. I want to continue where the previous speaker left off. A wind turbine in Parteen, County Clare, does not have the benefit of planning and is, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is incumbent on EirGrid and the electricity network nationwide to scrutinise the situation to make sure that illegally generated electricity is not allowed onto the grid. In light of the Moneypoint announcement, there are plans for a sub-estuary power cable onto the national grid between Moneypoint and Foynes. In light of the announcement earlier this month, does that have enough...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Hello, Chairperson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: May I contribute now because I have to contribute to another committee in two minutes? I just had a glitch here with my headphones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am due to contribute at the health committee. This is impossible for members. I am trying to juggle between two headsets. I ask that you may accommodate me now.