Questions asked 16 total

• Finance 2 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked 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]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will expand the qualifying criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme in order that persons (details supplied) who do not have a business premises can avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/20]
• Education 2 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education 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]
  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education 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]
• Justice 2 questions

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice 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]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has future plans to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary. [42212/20]
• Environment 2 questions

  • 2020-12-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and other State agencies plan to address the poor EPA air quality statistics in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42237/20]
  • 2020-12-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will be extending a ban on smoky coal to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42238/20]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2020-12-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health his future plans including projected time-frames for a more comprehensive provision of personal assistants for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42522/20]
  • 2020-12-10 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42304/20]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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]
• Social 1 question

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for 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]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2020-12-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked 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]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2020-12-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when a new chief executive for a company (details supplied) will be appointed; the process underway to select a replacement for a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42410/20]
• Children 1 question

  • 2020-12-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is expected to ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/20]