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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: What presence has the board on site every day in terms of monitoring this project and ensuring public moneys are being well spent? How often are there meetings with BAM and what is the nature of them to ensure that things are on course in terms of timescale and expenditure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. I apologise in advance as I must leave in a few moments to attend a meeting of the health committee next door. We will be talking about the national children's hospital. We all know what that means: overspending. It is in this regard that I want to start today. The NBI contract is massive and extremely important. It is all the more important given the Covid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: On the multi-annual roll-out, homes that are to get broadband this year or next year will get current technology. Will a home having broadband installed in four or five years get the industry standard at that point or will it get what its neighbour a mile down the road got way back in 2020 or 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: What really concerns people is the question of when their homes will get broadband. I realise it all revolves around Eircode postcodes. At a previous meeting of this committee, I highlighted that in most cases postcodes are generated only on a quarterly basis. Quite a number of people have come to my office stating they have missed the current quarter's capture. Therefore, some will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: National Broadband Ireland is like the ESB in rolling out a large nationwide network. At this time of the year, when ESB cables are down, it has a large team to get the networks back up again. National Broadband Ireland has many overground cables in its network, some of which will come down over the winter due to storms. With a workforce of 800, boots on the ground, has it an equal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: How are roll-outs going in Clare?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: One of the Shannon Heritage employees to whom I spoke today said, "We want to work". The employees are hungry to work and everything should be done to save jobs and keep the heritage sites in the mid-west open. I want to know whether the Government will offer a continuance of the supports it made available to Shannon Group and Shannon Heritage last August. The Minister's response suggests...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for taking this very important Topical Issue this evening. Bunratty Castle in my constituency of Clare is almost 600 years old and King John's Castle in the neighbouring Limerick City constituency is almost 800 years old. These castles have withstood sieges, burnings and many battles waged outside their walls over the years. However, despite their physical bulk and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory tests can get back up and running; if extra staff will be recruited to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Transport Infrastructure Ireland to install a turning lane on the N68 road at Kilmorane, Ennis, County Clare in proximity to a store (details supplied) to facilitate the safe turning of traffic on this busy stretch of road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36637/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority will accept the business case made for a public bus service in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to amending section 4.24 of the Covid restrictions support scheme in order that businesses in the supply chain to the events and entertainment sector are in a position to benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance when assessments for primary medical certificates will recommence at a health centre (details supplied) in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason assessments for primary medical certificates were suspended at a health centre (details supplied) in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to support sites (details supplied) beyond 31 December 2020 from a tourism-related perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for town status to be bestowed on a high population catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will cover income losses incurred by Clare County Council as a result of the Cliffs of Moher site being closed and fewer vehicles parking in council-controlled parking zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37000/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a proposal to close schools early on 18 December 2020 to allow for a full week of reduced movements for families in order that they might be healthy and safe enough to visit grandparents and so on for the festive period. [36736/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the building unit in order for approval to be given to develop a new stand-alone ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (17 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 838. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment appointment for a primary medical certificate at a health centre in Limerick city. [36974/20]