Results 4,441-4,460 of 5,363 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with the Central Bank to ensure that lodgement ATMs will be put in place in locations in which a bank (details supplied) has withdrawn its physical bank presence. [17071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek a revision to the European Union VAT directive in order that tourism activities such as surfing and kayak instruction can be reclassified to Annex III of the directive. [1711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will undertake an urgent review of indoor cafeteria space for OPW staff based on the Scattery Island site, County Clare in order that high standards of safety during Covid-19 can be attained and upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17211/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pension proposals for community employment scheme supervisors which is currently under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing measures to incentivise single persons to purchase a house given the difficulties a solo buyer will have in meeting mortgage criteria on one salary. [16307/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider revising the procedures for conducting the 2021 oral examinations and to include the wearing of masks as a precaution in order that the risk of Covid-19 can be reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the remote area boarding grant by a person (details supplied). [16552/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that are missing out on an additional salary allowance due to obtaining a pass grade in their primary degree; the percentage of those that have an honours postgraduate qualification despite the grade in their base degree; and the measures that will be taken to address the differential pay scales they are on compared to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions will be made to ensure the continued payment of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in a case in which they are in breach of the regular rules. [16687/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an analysis can be conducted on the back to work enterprise allowance scheme (details supplied) to adapt it to suit the tourism sector. [17053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 868. To ask the Minister for Health if persons suffering from long Covid will be considered for priority vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16352/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 910. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the short-stay charges regime at St. Camilus' Hospital, Limerick in order that medical card holders are no longer charged a weekly rate of €179; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 915. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be made to prioritise staff in special schools for the Covid-19 vaccination given that administration staff in non-front-line or contact settings are being vaccinated ahead of them. [16564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health if an exception will be made to the criteria regarding the treatment abroad scheme for a person (details supplied). [16913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider a revision to the listing of professions involved in international travel that are exempted from mandatory hotel quarantining during the Covid-19 pandemic in order that aircraft engineers essential to the transit supply chain who travel here from overseas are not required to quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 1174. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to vaccinating all special education staff promptly to ensure the safety of staff and pupils (details supplied). [17457/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Housing Policy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank the Chair for allowing me to participate in this afternoon’s meeting. I have followed the debate all along. I thank the witnesses for their participation. This is a matter close to my own heart. I have a few issues I want to put to the witnesses. The Covid crisis has served as a wake-up call to many families particularly in parts of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Housing Policy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am happy to do that. I want to raise the point about the location of housing for people mainly with intellectual disabilities. There seems to be a trend around large houses at the edge of a village or a town, which are typically former bed and breakfasts that have ceased trading. One sees this regularly in county towns. There is an eight or ten-bedroom unit at the edge of a town or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I get that and I know Mr. Ryan cannot have knowledge of all the cases that are being thrown his way today. As a Deputy, I am aware of a significant number of people behind the scenes who are crisscrossing by phoning GPs asking whether they can take them in because they cannot get to their local GP. We appreciate there is significant strain but as the administrative body for the GMS, I want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is a public hospital on Shelbourne Road. It is about half a mile from Thomond Park. It is the old county home in Limerick.