Questions asked 12 total

• Education 3 questions

  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education 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]
  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education 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]
  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education 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]
• Climate 2 questions

  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks 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]
  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks 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]
• Finance 2 questions

  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked 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. [21360/20]
  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked 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]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked 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]
  • 2020-09-10 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked 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]
• Transport 2 questions

  • 2020-09-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport 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]
  • 2020-09-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport 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]
• Social 1 question

  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for 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]