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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 1590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider extending the completion date required for works funded under the auspices of the town and village renewal scheme in view of the fact that Covid-19 restrictions have hampered the progression of these works in many communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33359/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I will pick up on the Minister's final comment. It is right that there would be exhumation of the remains of babies who did not receive a Christian burial and were buried wrongly and inappropriately on the sites of some of these mother and baby homes. As we approach the centenary of the State, we will only be able to move forward with maturity and with our heads held high as a people when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: At the outset I should say that this is my first time meeting Dr. Holohan and Dr. De Gascun. I know Liam from a former life in University of Limerick, although I have not seen him for quite a while. It is good to see the three witnesses here and I thank them for all the work they have been doing over many difficult months. I have a number of brief questions. I may interject when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: To date, what advice has Dr. Holohan and NPHET given to the Department of Transport, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his Cabinet colleagues in terms of rapid testing at points of departure at airports? I have in mind that this Sunday evening at a political level, and Dr. Holohan is dealing in the realm of health policy, the EU traffic light system comes into force. There will be green...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: What has NPHET advised specifically with regard to testing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: This committee has strong demands from airports, airlines and all working in the aviation sector, including the Irish Aviation Authority, who say that the only way to see some semblance of normality return to the sector is to have testing, which would allow people book and travel in the knowledge that the passengers around them are Covid-19 free, insofar as that is possible. Has NPHET...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: One of the main points that has arisen at the committee's meetings has been the regionalisation of both aviation and health policy. This is because the ECDC has been publishing a fortnightly map that is proving to restrictive to aviation. It looks as if virtually all of Europe is red at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: What regionalisation does NPHET use in respect of health policy when it feeds into that data process? Does it consider the regions of Ireland to be provincial or is it done by county? How is Ireland regionalised in the context of public health policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: What regionalisation does NPHET use?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: In what way does Dr. Holohan foresee aviation and air travel returning to Ireland? How does he envisage the model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Is there a Fianna Fáil slot now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Beyond its religious connotations, Christmas is a celebration of families. Can families expect Christmas to be normal? Can those who have a son or daughter in England or beyond expect their child to fly home and to be with them on Christmas Day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Would someone coming home to his or her family be considered essential travel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I turn to the issue of high-efficiency particulate air, HEPA, filters on aeroplanes. We have heard that 40% of the air is filtered, while the rest is clean air from the atmosphere outside. Is it safe to be on an aeroplane if the person has been tested and is Covid free when getting on? The person may have taken a test at Charles de Gaulle Airport or wherever. Is an aeroplane a safe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Most of my questions are for Ms O'Beirne as lead of contact tracing in the HSE. I have just come from the Committee on Transport and Communications Networks where we were briefed by Aer Lingus and Ryanair on the great need to move to rapid antigen testing at airports to get aeroplanes back in the sky and return aviation to some semblance of normality. They will be briefed by others in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I am thinking of the straw that broke the camel's back. How much more capacity is available for contact tracing? The system is already hugely burdened. Could it take on potentially millions more? Does the public system have the potential capacity to take that on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: If we move to that model of testing passengers and international travel recommences, what would happen when someone arrived in Ireland who was asymptomatic and had tested negative for Covid but was positive a couple of days after arriving? We could end up with a kind of Cheltenham in reverse or an influx of people the weekend of an international match. Do we have any arrangements in place or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: That is good to know. I am happy with Dr. Kelleher's answer. A number of school principals have contacted me. I was a schoolteacher until February. Where a school has a confirmed Covid case, the principal is obliged to get in contact immediately with the HSE, and the HSE then takes on a communications co-ordinating role. That sounds ideal, and this was designed initially in order that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Kelleher for that. Finally, what software does the HSE put on the contact tracers' laptops to ensure they are compliant with the GDPR and other relevant data regulations? They go home in the evening and use the same laptops for Facebook and other forms of personal use. What software does the HSE put on the laptops brought from home to the contact tracing points? What software...