Results 5,201-5,220 of 5,398 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2021 (15 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 922. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when further tranches of the stability fund will be released; and if community radio stations will be able to seek funding under the scheme. [23505/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (10 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being undertaken of the mobility allowance; when details of a new scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23114/20]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: This is my first time addressing the Minister for Defence so I congratulate him on his portfolio and hope he will have a successful term. I support this Bill which brings about a number of required changes to existing defence laws. I pay particular tribute to the many men and women of our Permanent Defence Force who step up time and again. They helped when there was flooding in Cloonlara...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Policy (9 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for the positive elements of her reply. In my follow-up statement I will address the issue of Aer Lingus and Ryanair. Their commitments to Shannon are quite questionable. I ask that the Government intervene and address some of the things these airlines have sought through the aviation task force in its recommendations. Aer Lingus is operating pseudoflights...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Policy (9 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: The aviation sector supports upwards of 140,000 jobs. Some 40,000 of these are directly employed in the sector. Shannon Airport has been disproportionately hit and staff there have been exposed to temporary lay offs and pay cuts more so than their counterparts in Dublin and Cork airports. Shannon Airport is experiencing a sharp decline in passenger numbers and desperately needs a financial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travel Trade Sector (9 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider correspondence (details supplied) from the retail travel sector; the supports that will be considered for the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (9 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take with Irish airlines that have yet to issue refunds to their customers despite their waiting a number of months for same. [22768/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider giving clear guidance to homeowners who are awaiting fibre broadband connectivity on when they can expect to be on the broadband network in view of the move towards working from home and the infrastructure that requires since Covid-19. [21322/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider changing the frequency of new Eircodes being added to the database to monthly as opposed to quarterly in view of the fact that new homeowners are being forced to wait on broadband connectivity for months due to lack of an Eircode. [22390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will issue on the newly enhanced help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers who have commenced the process and have received approval for HTB at the 5% rate and need to know their entitlements under the new rate; and the way in which the extra finance will be issued in cases in which a 5% deposit may already have been paid by the buyer....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance if the level of tax rebate for dental treatment will be re-examined with a view to being increased to make it easier on parents and adult patients to meet the costs of the necessary service [21431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a relaxation of the criteria to take up employment as a substitute teacher for those with a relevant undergraduate qualification, for example, in a language and teaching experience through TEFL or similar. [21364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made for families nationwide who have not found a place for their child on a school bus in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22296/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an overview will be provided of the arrangements she plans to put in place to deal with primary and secondary students who have been refused concessionary bus tickets in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22437/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 747. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if specific Covid-19 payments will be introduced for publicans in view of the ongoing embargo preventing them from trading; the supports that will be put in place to protect the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 975. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been cut for a service (details supplied) resulting in some of those availing of the service being cut from five to two days; and the steps which will be taken to rectify the situation. [21835/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I pay tribute to the many principals, teachers and caretakers who have worked tirelessly over the month of August and recent days in particular to get the doors of schools reopened and children back in classrooms so that the learning can begin. My eldest son, Sam, started junior infants at Parteen national school on Monday morning. I was delighted the Dáil was not sitting and I could...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Cathal Crowe: At the outset, I congratulate the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue. I also congratulate my party colleague, Deputy James Browne, on his promotion to the role of Minister of State in the Department of Justice and Equality. I wish to pick up from where the previous speaker left off and refer, very briefly, to "golfgate", which was wrong a million times...