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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmaceutical Sector (15 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Roche, originally trading as Syntex Ireland, opened its plant in Clarecastle in 1974, before either the Minister or I were born. In 1994, it began trading as a part of the Roche group, but in 2015, having sustained debts and losses of approximately €9 million per annum, it announced its closure. It was a massive blow to Clare and represented an annual loss of €20 million to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmaceutical Sector (15 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: There is a state-of-the-art scientific laboratory in Roche and the site also has a high grade wastewater treatment plant. The repurposing of these facilities should be considered, even at this eleventh hour. I urge the Minister to ensure that no stone is left unturned in his attempts to attract new industry and employment to Clarecastle. There is an unprecedented global scramble to produce...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an extension for driver licences that have expired since 1 September 2020 will be considered in view of the appointment backlog. [30762/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Budget 2021 is the largest investment of money in the history of the State and it is happening at a time when lives and livelihoods are at risk. I was pleased to see €18 billion being injected into this economy. I am aghast that some in the Chamber would say that that kind of budget lacks ambition, when nothing in our State's history has involved that much money being pumped into the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposal for the amalgamation of schools in Ennistymon, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise, as I have just come in from the transport committee. I listened to most of the contributions on a headset but I did not hear the entire debate. I have a number of questions for the witnesses and I value their answers more than what I will say. I live very close to a primary care centre and I have some very small children at home. Developmental checks are crucial in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I read in the press during the week that 90% of all medical needs are currently being met at GP level because people are reluctant to go to hospital because of the fears around Covid. Could any developmental checks be devolved to GP level, rather than the public health nurse, so that we could ensure some cases are followed up more quickly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Sullivan. Could I ask Ms Magahy a follow-up question to what the previous speaker mentioned regarding nurses? Is there any detailed analysis from this year of the payroll cost of agency nurses versus those directly on the HSE payroll? It seems to me or to anyone who visits a hospital that if one gets into a detailed conversation with nurses, one still encounters a lot of agency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. I will ask about the mid-west as I am a Deputy in County Clare. Over the past two years we have consistently seen that the trolley numbers in University Hospital Limerick have been at their worst. I have always believed a solution might lie in beefing up the neighbouring hospitals in the region, in Ennis and Nenagh. Are there specific measures in the winter plan and yesterday's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the witnesses to the Chamber here this morning. It is good to have this engagement. I hope it will be ongoing because although their sectors are being supported through this crisis, their troubles have not ended. I am sure they will articulate that strongly. I will begin by addressing Dr. Horn. When I spoke in the Dáil on 3 June last, I asked the then Minister, Shane...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I will use the last few seconds of my speaking time to say that the task force needs to reconvene to look at imbalances. We also need to put it up to Ryanair and Aer Lingus, both of which have intensively lobbied all of us. Now that the European traffic light system is in place, we need at a minimum to see the flights to Heathrow recommencing. We need to see their commitment to routes in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to speak to Mr. Dawson and Mr. Hackett about the issue of pseudoflights. From May to late August-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I think there is a difference. Ghost flights involve the refund issue. Aer Lingus operated pseudoflights. Passengers made bookings but the flights never took place. Passengers will be refunded. If the Chairman does not mind, I will explain. For about ten weeks Aer Lingus continued to advertise three flights a day from its Shannon Airport base. Customers would make a booking and pay....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Absolutely. I am more than happy to keep going in this vein if the Chair does not mind. This issue is quite distinct from what Ryanair did. Ryanair continued to fly and put the challenge to consumers; flights were operating and if customers did not embark the airline would not refund them. Was Aer Lingus's practice of operating notional flights for ten weeks and delaying the refund...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I was told by Aer Lingus that the airline was testing the waters. It may have done that once or twice, but continuously cancelling flight after flight for a sustained ten-week period damaged the brand of Shannon Airport. A lot people reverted to using Dublin Airport. Finally, I absolutely agree with the points made about testing. People will only have the confidence to board a flight if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (13 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the make and model of all seafaring vessels based at each Irish Coast Guard station in tabular form; the number of crew at each station that have completed the appropriate training relating to the seafaring vessels based at their station in tabular form; the number of crew at each station that have not received appropriate training in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which County Clare will benefit from the expanded local bus service detailed in and funded by the July stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (13 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an organisation (details supplied) will be considered for alignment with a representative body. [30217/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (13 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school boards will be allowed to meet in person in line with social distancing guidelines in appropriately sized venues in order to discuss sensitive matters. [30219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the terms of SUSI grants will be revised to reflect the 2020 income year, rather than the previous year, in view of the unprecedented financial circumstances facing parents and students in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29669/20]