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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Very good. I thank Mr. Blaney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: We will gladly do that. I thank Ms Delaney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I ask that ComReg champion the whole concept of co-location. This is about having great coverage nationwide but not a proliferation. Places like Sixmilebridge and Ennis, have their tenth and 12th mobile phone masts being put up in a small community. If one goes to Corofin, it is like walking off the edge of the world as there is no mobile phone signal. That is wrong and it needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Perhaps ComReg's database might map out the co-located masts in order that we know where it is and is not happening nationally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: It does have that. That is good.

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

Cathal Crowe: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to lowering the spending threshold for availing of the retail export scheme to €50 in order to make the scheme more attractive to tourists from other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allow live music to be performed in gastropubs and restaurants during level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revise the payroll increment scale for primary and secondary school teachers who have years of teaching experience in the Middle-East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41159/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidance will be issued on leaving certificate 2021; and if contingency plans are in place to avoid a repeat of the 2020 examinations. [41763/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the length of time that unemployed persons can be placed on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41244/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to reduce college fees for third-level students who are experiencing less on-campus time due to the current Covid-19 restrictions. [41762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commemorative Events (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will proceed with plans which were abandoned in January 2020 for the staging of a State commemoration for the Royal Irish Constabulary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41128/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (8 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 877. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of actions and policy changes that are planned on foot of the publication of the review of measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland consultation paper in July 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42034/20]

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

Cathal Crowe: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider immediately extending the renewal period for driver licences by an additional six months to allow for more capacity in the NDLS system to deal with the backlog of cases and to ensure persons are not left without the capability to drive. [40845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (3 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reversing a deportation order on a person (details supplied). [40935/20]

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to share time with Deputy Neale Richmond.

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Next week’s European Council meeting will deal with the European budget and the recovery fund, but Irish eyes will certainly be focused very much on Brexit. It was such a political gamble in Britain and it is finally coming to the endgame. Following what was stated earlier today by Michel Barnier, the next 36 hours are the most crucial of all, as Britain continues to dig its heels in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the means-testing criteria of the SUSI grant for third level education can be amended in order that in situations in which one parent is on a disability payment such as an invalidity pension the student is not losing out due to overall household income. [40617/20]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: The Minister's opening statement referred to Covid vaccinations, the thing everyone has pinned their hope on. On my way to the Dáil this morning, I heard several radio station carrying sound bites of the Minister's counterpart in Britain, Matt Hancock, announcing how they had the refrigeration facilities and the capacity to roll out a Pfizer vaccination beginning next week. A...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: That is encouraging. The Minister’s opening statement referred to the cost to the State of PPE. There were many teething problems early on with ill-fitting gowns and gloves, and masks that were sub-specification or did not work properly. Has this supply chain changed? Have we adequate supplies at a quality that meets the needs of our front-line health staff?