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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020.
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: If we could move beyond the quarterly generation of postcodes to an automatic system of generation, that would be more efficient.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020.
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I would also like to get county-level, localised detail rather than amber coloured maps. People want to know when it is coming to their village or when it is going beyond the crossroads up to their road. That is the level of detail we would love to see. We know it is happening but we only know it is happening when we pass an installation crew going down a road in trucks. There is no...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020.
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: It is, but it lacks all detail. That is replicated right through County Clare. It is coming, but when is it coming? If there were approximate timeframes that would help to a great extent. People are planning futures around this and how they work from home. A lot of people are potentially facing perhaps another 12 or 18 months of working from home but they do not know if it is sustainable.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020.
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: The Minister is certain that Eircodes can be generated overnight or in a matter of weeks.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020.
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: In this case, the husband and wife have been asked by their employers to work from home. They are checking in daily if an Eircode has been generated but it has not. It appears that an IT or administrative conundrum is denying them a service that is available at their front gate but needs to be cabled into their living room. It is a simple fix, I believe.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020.
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: The Minister may or may not know Tom O'Callaghan, a constituent of mine from County Clare who leads an organisation called the Independent Postmasters Group. Over the years, he has come to the Oireachtas a number of times to present and outline the challenges faced by the post office sector, particularly rural post offices facing closure. He and others have come forward with a range of...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: This is a well-rooted Bill. I listened to the response of the Ministers of State. It is good that it will be re-examined in nine months. At this time of year, the end of my back garden transforms from a nice green area to a field with swans and a few ducks. I fully understand the problem. I live only a mile from Clonlara. Deputies McNamara, Wynne and Carey all know how bad things are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary care centres in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I ask for an update on the status of planned primary care centres in County Clare.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. I am glad to hear of the progress with the five new centres which are greatly needed in our county. When the primary care centre model was developed by the Department of Health it was to provide modern purpose-designed buildings for a wide catchment area with care by a multidisciplinary primary care team. I live quite close to the Westbury primary care centre. I have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for those words of encouragement. As with everything, rumours circulate on social media these days, including the rumour over the summer that these projects would not happen and that funding for them was questionable. I am glad to hear tonight in the Dáil that they are progressing. Ennis is the largest town in Munster that is not a city and it needs the two new...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for his reply. The mart in Sixmilebridge continued and some sales took place, including the sale of my uncles’s yearlings, but too many animals went home in trailers. Many rural farms in Clare do not have a broadband connection, and for those that have it, the connection is rather slow. Given the age demographic of the farmers going to marts, I am sure they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be taken to ensure that farmers' marts nationally can access adequate Internet infrastructure to allow their online sales to proceed to abide by Covid-19 restrictions (details supplied). [33305/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for outlining the situation. The Livestock Live online bidding system, LSL, has not been fit for purpose so far this month. Back in April and May, when there were blended sales and people in the ring, the system was not under as much pressure but on Saturday, 24 October, the system crashed for about two hours at Sixmilebridge mart, with the result that many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 211. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if funds or plans are in place to provide for innovation enterprise digital hubs to facilitate remote working clusters and small businesses in medium to large sized towns. [32581/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the requirement to have an Eircode for broadband installation can be removed temporarily to allow those awaiting an Eircode can have internet installed in their new homes to allow them to work remotely during Level 5 restrictions. [32521/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if National Driver Licence Service centres can remain open during level 5 restrictions; if driver licences that are due to expire will now be extended in view of the heightened restrictions; and if persons who have booked to take an appointment in another county can now do so. [32430/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures being put in place for those who need to renew a driver licence but who are facing lengthy delays and have been told they are unable to have their existing licence extended. [33370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 379. To ask the Minister for Finance if the six-month moratorium on business loans which has now expired will be extended in view of the stricter Covid-19 restrictions. [32299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Retail Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 385. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that the retail export scheme threshold will not change. [33099/20]