Questions asked 16 total

• Education 3 questions

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided regarding the July provision for parents of children that ordinarily avail of a combination of school-based provision and home help and now must choose between them, therefore leaving them with less support than in previous summers. [12944/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a proposal from an organisation (details supplied) in order to boost the school transport sector. [12945/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make accommodation for instances in which parents choose to delay their child’s start or return to primary school on the grounds of Covid-19 health concerns, in so far as enrolment figures required for the retention of teachers are concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13639/20]
• Justice 3 questions

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda staffing levels in each division prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic; and the increases in staffing since the outbreak of the pandemic in each division in tabular form. [13527/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of Garda staffing levels in each Garda station across the Clare Garda division prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form; the details of increases in staffing in these stations since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13637/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of Garda staffing levels in each Garda station across the Limerick Garda division prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form; the details of increases in staffing in these stations since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13638/20]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if provisions are being made for frontline health workers that have been forced to use up their annual leave for childcare purposes and are facing a situation in which they no longer have time to take off despite fronting the national effort to overcome Covid-19. [13126/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the length of time he plans to operate a temporary field hospital in the university area gymnasium at University of Limerick; if the field hospital will now be wound down earlier than initially expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13174/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the criteria will be revised for funded access to pembrolizumab in view of the fact that many of those diagnosed with cancer have been medically advised to access the drug are being informed they are unable to do so due to the stage of their illness [13600/20]
• Transport 2 questions

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver instruction can take place once again. [12846/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the charges for NCT tests at the test centre in Ennis will be waived at the time of next testing to reflect the fact that the undercarriages and chassis of many vehicles have not been inspected in recent months due to a non-working vehicle lift at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13194/20]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider defining surfing as a tourist activity in view of the fact that so many surf shops are hives of activity for those visiting coasts (details supplied). [12804/20]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant funding is available to farmers that wish to replant felled forestry in their ownership with native broadleaf saplings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12930/20]
• Communications 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the measures outlined by a group (details supplied) to save the post office network. [12928/20]
• Employment 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider measures (details supplied) to inject life into the events and arts industries post Covid-19. [12875/20]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his officials have considered a notice of motion passed by the Shannon Municipal District of Clare County Council in March 2019 subsequently referred to his Department, calling for town status to be granted to the densely populated cluster of Westbury, Shannon Banks and Carraid Midhe in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13698/20]