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Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to use my time in a question and answer format with the Minister. First, it is good to see that Ireland was top of the league table in terms of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines in recent days. We may be at the lowest ebb of Covid-19 at the moment. We were in a huge battle. We have seen ICUs and the pressure our whole country is under, but there is also huge cause for hope. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) given the internet access difficulties being faced at the school. [3122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus from Crusheen, County Clare, to Tulla will be considered for the sizeable student population there in view of the fact that Bus Éireann’s deadline for ticket applications is three months away. [3127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request by a teacher (details supplied) to be considered for promotional opportunities will be examined, reviewed and an updated positional response issued to them. [3158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to ensure that bus drivers for special needs students will be protected from potential exposure to Covid-19, given that they will be coming into contact with multiple households. [3454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if contingency measures in terms of social protection are in place for bus drivers on the school transport system should the quota of students per bus be lessened, meaning that some drivers will not have their regular income. [3455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the enactment of legislation to allow parents the right to apply to their employers for additional parental leave; and the reason for the length of time the process is taking. [3032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a final report based on the inquiry led by a person (details supplied) into the way An Garda Síochána investigated the death of another person; the expected outcomes from the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the funeral undertaking industry to cease selling gravestones at a time when its counterparts in the headstone and monumental works sector have ceased trading due to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund applied for in respect of Inis Cealtra, or Holy Island, County Clare. [3222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 518. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund applied for in respect of Loop Head Light House, County Clare. [3223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (21 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund applied for in respect of a garden (details supplied). [3224/21]

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Like many here this evening, I was watching the inauguration of President Joe Biden for a short while. I wish him every success. In some ways, we could say we are almost seeing one of our own being sworn in. President Biden definitely has Irish blood running through his veins. Last night, he recalled his grandmother once said: "Remember, Joey Biden, the best drop of blood in you is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the terms of the Covid restrictions support scheme can be amended to take into consideration seasonal companies such as a company (details supplied). [2255/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly with the Covid restrictions support scheme whereby seasonal business owners with fluctuating incomes are losing out due to the requirement to compare the same week in two consecutive years with each other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to adopting a mortgage lending model similar to Denmark in which borrowers are offered 0% interest for up to 20 years; and if a case may be made to the European Central Bank to implement this model in response to the Covid-19 crisis. [2261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the winding down of the direct provision system; and the progress that has been made to create new pathways for undocumented persons and those seeking citizenship. [2259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 609. To ask the Minister for Health when general practitioners in County Clare can expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Bantry General Hospital, County Cork, was in a position to vaccinate general practitioners in surrounding communities against Covid-19 but the same arrangements have not been put in place in the University Limerick Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if access to services such as education, welfare and so on will be restricted for those who choose not to be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2884/21]