Parliamentary questions

Heritage Sites

Cathal Crowe

198. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the conditions attached to the €2.6 million fund awarded to Shannon Heritage in August 2020; the sites on which this fund will be spent; and the follow-up inspections that will take place to scrutinise the way in which the funding is spent. [23519/20]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Cathal Crowe

246. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the eligibility of a person who has purchased a site with a derelict home on it that will be demolished in favour of a new build but must pay local property tax on the derelict home and wants to apply for the help-to-buy scheme as a first-time buyer or builder. [23808/20]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Cathal Crowe

356. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the pyrite remediation scheme extends to properties in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24042/20]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Cathal Crowe

357. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if home owners in counties not included in the pyrite remediation scheme qualify for financial assistance to defray the costs of testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24043/20]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Cathal Crowe

358. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if home owners who are the third legal owners of a dwelling qualify in principle for assistance under the pyrite remediation scheme; if not, if the scheme is planned for first-hand legal owners only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24044/20]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Cathal Crowe

359. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which and when the financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to the use of defective concrete blocks such as those established in counties Mayo, Donegal and Limerick and the pyrite remediation scheme will be made available to homeowners in County Clare. [24116/20]

Working Holiday Visas

Cathal Crowe

362. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the working holiday application of a person (details supplied) will be progressed as a matter of urgency [23956/20]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

390. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of measures being put in place to improve pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23268/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

497. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a payment will be made to those over the age of 66 who are still working but are currently losing out on income to make up the difference between the old age pension and the pandemic unemployment payment. [23499/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Cathal Crowe

513. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the situation regarding the pandemic unemployment payment in cases in which workers are due to be made redundant or let go after the deadline to apply for the payment and are unable to register for it on time. [23840/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

515. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making exemptions for those on Covid-19 payment schemes who wish to carry out courses with bodies such as SOLAS in Shannon or with FÁS and who have been told that, due to the fact they must be available for work, they cannot undertake these courses. [23933/20]

Childcare Services

Cathal Crowe

532. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the supports he will consider for villages such as Kilmihil, County Clare, in which there is significant demand for a breakfast club and after-school club for children whose parents are struggling to find childcare. [23628/20]

Third Level Admissions

Cathal Crowe

560. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which he plans to provide sufficient places on third level courses for the commencement of the 2020-021 academic year for persons who sat the leaving certificate in summer 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24055/20]

Health Services Staff

Cathal Crowe

723. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a series of matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding medical scientists will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23630/20]

Budget 2021

Cathal Crowe

730. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

755. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if dancing classes are permitted to recommence in circumstances in which there are small groups or the capacity to be socially distant exists during a class. [23833/20]

Maternity Services

Cathal Crowe

782. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health his plans to lessen the restrictions in maternity hospitals on persons who can be in the birthing room during labour in view of restrictions in other parts of society easing significantly. [23954/20]

Animal Diseases

Cathal Crowe

892. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

922. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands when further tranches of the stability fund will be released; and if community radio stations will be able to seek funding under the scheme. [23505/20]

Mobility Allowance

Cathal Crowe

223. 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]

Travel Trade Sector

Cathal Crowe

84. 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]

Aviation Industry

Cathal Crowe

85. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

107. 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]

Postal Services

Cathal Crowe

160. 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]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Cathal Crowe

259. 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]

Tax Rebates

Cathal Crowe

260. 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]

Supervision and Substitution Scheme

Cathal Crowe

505. 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]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

606. 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]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

622. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Cathal Crowe

747. 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]

Disability Services Provision

Cathal Crowe

975. 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]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Cathal Crowe

75. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the procurement of a site for a school (details supplied). [19326/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Cathal Crowe

80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied). [19325/20]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

659. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing release time for administrative and management purposes of one day per week for each teaching principal of a primary school; her plans to bring this about as standard, in view of the increased workload and demands on principal teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19813/20]

Health Services

Cathal Crowe

1066. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health his plans to address inadequacies in HSE diabetic care in County Clare and the UL Hospitals Group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19554/20]

Medical Cards

Cathal Crowe

1105. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when the proposed increase in the income limit for medical cards will be enacted [19815/20]

Citizenship Applications

Cathal Crowe

260. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) will be progressed to decision stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19238/20]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Cathal Crowe

299. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the options available to the board of directors of a building (details supplied) that has been closed for three years and has been refused a grant under the rural regeneration and development fund as part of efforts to reopen. [18358/20]

Housing Policy

Cathal Crowe

353. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the working group comprising senior representatives from his Department and planning authorities which was established in May 2017 following the Flemish decree of the European Court of Justice in 2013 to review the new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/20]

Direct Provision System

Cathal Crowe

800. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to carrying out an independent review of the direct provision centre in Miltown Malbay, County Clare in view of the concerns raised by residents there. [18668/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Cathal Crowe

59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to increase the supply of affordable housing in County Clare. [17639/20]

Disease Management

Cathal Crowe

219. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated for chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease in University of Limerick hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and the number of these patients that have diabetes in tabular form [17743/20]

Culture Policy

Cathal Crowe

21. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional supports will be considered for local communities to hold replacement events in view of the cancellation of a number of festivals and other cultural events in County Clare in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17286/20]

Flood Relief Schemes

Cathal Crowe

26. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood protection works at Springfield, Clonlara, County Clare. [16809/20]

Railway Stations

Cathal Crowe

166. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals for the establishment of a railway station and-or park-and-ride facility in proximity to a stadium (details supplied) are being advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17128/20]

Tax Code

Cathal Crowe

183. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position on a possible tax bill for those on the temporary wage subsidy scheme or pandemic unemployment payment support payments. [16682/20]

Water Pollution

Cathal Crowe

271. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing raw sewage contamination of watercourses in Broadford, County Clare owing to lack of sewerage facilities in the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17091/20]

Horse Sport Ireland

Cathal Crowe

520. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will support the application by Horse Sport Ireland to become a commercial semi-State body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17093/20]

Hospital Procedures

Cathal Crowe

635. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when procedures such as gastroscopies will be allowed to proceed [16668/20]

Medicinal Products

Cathal Crowe

724. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive the drug spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17096/20]

Postal Services

Cathal Crowe

114. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to redrawing the eircode boundaries to keep them separated by county, in view of the fact parts of east County Clare are grouped with County Limerick, which can prove challenging when persons need to give their eircodes to access services. [14936/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

135. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to a proposal by a person (details supplied) to boost the tourism sector and ensure small local businesses survive the difficult economic situation due the Covid-19 crisis. [14732/20]

Bus Services

Cathal Crowe

189. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when mediation will begin between the National Transport Authority and a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15007/20]

Bus Services

Cathal Crowe

190. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the procurement of nine LocalLink routes in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15008/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

315. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding the rumoured tax bill at the end of the year for those on the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [15967/20]

Mortgage Lending

Cathal Crowe

316. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if guidance will be issued to banks regarding mortgage applications from persons whose income has been protected by their employer via the temporary wage subsidy scheme but are being refused regardless. [15969/20]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

539. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to the measures outlined in correspondence in the case of a school (details supplied). [14790/20]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

562. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a revision to the honours degree allowance for primary school teachers in order that teachers who have qualified with pass degrees will also receive this allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14965/20]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

563. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revise the honours degree allowance for primary school teachers in order that teachers who attained a pass level in their primary degrees will also qualify for a salary top-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14966/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Cathal Crowe

735. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria and level of payout for family carers might be revised in view of the hours such persons work and the billions of euro per year these persons save the State. [15210/20]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Cathal Crowe

787. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to rolling out changes to social services forms for children, such as child benefit, disability allowance, which currently ask for name of father and name of mother to reflect the diverse society of Ireland and the move away from the view as the traditional family unit. [16014/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

806. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports in place for voluntary organisations that have been unable to raise funds during the Covid-19 pandemic and are now in danger of having to close down. [15959/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Cathal Crowe

854. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will meet a group (details supplied) regarding funding. [15350/20]

Health Services Provision

Cathal Crowe

1087. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied). [15015/20]

Respite Care Services

Cathal Crowe

1128. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if provisions will be put in place for those in need of respite care who are unable to access it due to public health advice. [15288/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Cathal Crowe

1143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation for private patients who, despite paying for health insurance, are being charged for Covid-19 testing on top of their healthcare. [15360/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

26. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions in place for those that are not commercial rates payers but wish to avail of the restart scheme or similar in order to reinvent their businesses, for example, bed and breakfast owners that want to convert to self-catering accommodation. [14039/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

150. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider implementing a number of measures (details supplied) in view of the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [13808/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Cathal Crowe

152. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if the criteria for the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be redefined to ensure that seasonal workers and businesses are not being left to struggle alone with no supports as they reopen in line with advice [13814/20]

Value Added Tax

Cathal Crowe

180. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if a reduced VAT rate will be implemented for the tourism sector similar to the steps taken during the last recession to help businesses survive as they reopen post Covid-19. [14398/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Cathal Crowe

183. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be extended to seasonal workers; and if not, if a specific measure will be put in place to support such workers to allow them have an income stream and to ensure hotels and restaurants have a full complement of staff for the reduced tourist season. [14421/20]

Invasive Plant Species

Cathal Crowe

315. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding will be made available to Clare County Council to eradicate an extensive spread of Japanese knotweed on public lands in Kilkee, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14389/20]

Institutes of Technology

Cathal Crowe

398. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to including Limerick Institute of Technology in plans for the Munster technological university in addition to Cork Institute of Technology and IT Tralee. [13937/20]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

412. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider transport options for those availing of July provision as a matter of urgency in view of the fact parents are under significant strain (details supplied). [14018/20]

Third Level Institutions

Cathal Crowe

444. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue guidance to third-level institutions on when they should reopen in view of the fact many students are now in the position in which they need to be looking for accommodation but they are not sure when they will be back at college. [14285/20]

Home Help Service

Cathal Crowe

783. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to maintain financial support for the homecare sector in view of the fact the latest HSE pay policy came to an end on 31 May 2020. [14203/20]

Economic Policy

Cathal Crowe

22. 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]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

145. 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]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

146. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

244. 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]

Garda Strength

Cathal Crowe

326. 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]

Garda Strength

Cathal Crowe

335. 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]

Garda Strength

Cathal Crowe

336. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

469. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

478. 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]

Cancer Services

Cathal Crowe

555. 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]

Forestry Grants

Cathal Crowe

585. 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]

Post Office Network

Cathal Crowe

620. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

674. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver instruction can take place once again. [12846/20]

National Car Test

Cathal Crowe

710. 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]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

806. 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]

Local Authority Functions

Cathal Crowe

910. 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]

Public Appointments Service

Cathal Crowe

90. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the difficulties facing some of those seeking employment via the Public Appointments Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11962/20]

Education Policy

Cathal Crowe

173. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a proposal by a person (details supplied). [12000/20]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

222. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a direct communication to all schools preparing for the July provision in view of the fact that a number of principals and staff are unsure as to the steps they should be taking at present. [12313/20]

Dental Services

Cathal Crowe

410. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the issue of long-term waits for orthodontic treatment in view of the negative mental and physical health impacts on young persons that are in the higher stages of orthodontic needs [11705/20]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Cathal Crowe

489. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the supports being considered for those living with Parkinson’s disease in view of the extraordinarily low number of dedicated nurses for such patients nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12265/20]

Airport Development Projects

Cathal Crowe

685. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the decision by an airline (details supplied) to withdraw from Shannon Airport by writing directly to the management and urging it to reconsider in addition to asking it not to focus the airline's future development plans on Dublin Airport alone. [12164/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

844. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider putting temporary measures in place to help those who have invisible and-or underlying health conditions, been in self-imposed isolation and are unable to continue in their jobs in the current climate. [12347/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Cathal Crowe

50. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if provisions are being made for those who have bought vehicles in the United Kingdom and must inform the national car test, NCT, service within a week of it arriving here in which they are facing a backlog in trying to communicate with NCT centres. [11139/20]