Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
Leathanach 24 de 24
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cathal Crowe
51. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to introducing a 0% VAT rate as an interim measure for the tourism and recreation sectors to give them a much needed boost post Covid-19 restrictions. [11150/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Cathal Crowe
199. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made for early intervention support in the home for children with additional needs who will be missing out on essential services, including the July provision, due to the fact they are preschool aged. [10675/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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English Language Training Organisations
Cathal Crowe
239. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the recovery document prepared by representatives of the English language industry here (details supplied). [11064/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Court Procedures
Cathal Crowe
350. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider changes to the restrictions relating to court affidavits (details supplied) in view of the fact that the current system is restrictive. [10995/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Cathal Crowe
744. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and address the issues raised directly. [10777/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Print Media
Cathal Crowe
788. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be ring-fenced to support local newspapers at this difficult time in view of the sound and vision funding announced for local radio. [10774/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cathal Crowe
793. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a newspaper (details supplied) and other similar freesheet newspapers will be financially supported during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11010/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Tourism Promotion
Cathal Crowe
812. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a ring-fenced marketing fund will be considered for Shannon Airport to allow similar initiatives such as visit Dublin and pure Cork be rolled out in order to boost the airport, the mid-west region post-Covid-19 and increase traffic through the airport. [10526/20]
Máirt, 16 Meith 2020
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Aviation Industry
Cathal Crowe
871. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will appoint persons (details supplied) to the task force for aviation recovery that his Department is constituting. [11209/20]
Máirt, 9 Meith 2020
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Banking Sector
Cathal Crowe
80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the plans for the reopening of closed branches of a bank (details supplied) in County Clare and nationally. [10333/20]
Máirt, 9 Meith 2020
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Garda Stations
Cathal Crowe
91. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to sell the obsolete Garda station building in Broadford, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9946/20]
Máirt, 9 Meith 2020
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Medicinal Products
Cathal Crowe
429. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to the need to access a drug by a person (details supplied). [10413/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Value Added Tax
Cathal Crowe
50. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the reason recycled plastic materials which have been subject to 23% VAT in their first lives are subject to VAT once again when it comes to recycling only to again be charged VAT at the point of resale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8374/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Departmental Staff
Cathal Crowe
79. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending panels for Departmental jobs which are valid for a two-year period in view of the fact that the hiring process is at a halt at present and therefore those high up on the list on the panel may lose out as the period will have lapsed. [8876/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
194. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and the Teaching Council will make allowances for school days lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic for those that in the 2019/2020 academic year were in the process of completing the Droichead framework process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8685/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Cathal Crowe
242. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering the re-opening of small schools that offer tailored programmes for autistic children and children with other special needs prior to September 2020 in order that structured face-to-face learning for these children can recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8996/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Cathal Crowe
243. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will permit the July provision to take place in a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the school building and teacher-pupil ratio would enable social distancing guidance to be followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8997/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Information and Communications Technology
Cathal Crowe
244. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the €10 million information technology equipment fund announced by his Department will be available to special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8998/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Cathal Crowe
247. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants will be sanctioned to carry out the July provision in 2020 to assist teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Cathal Crowe
248. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the July provision into August 2020 in order that children with special needs are eased back into the new school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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State Examinations
Cathal Crowe
253. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made for pupils who are finishing fifth year of secondary school and will sit the leaving certificate in 2021 but have lost vital class time due to Covid-19 restrictions. [9058/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Direct Provision System
Cathal Crowe
363. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to concerns raised by residents (details supplied) regarding direct provision accommodation. [8914/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Garda College
Cathal Crowe
364. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify with the Garda Commissioner, the plans for the reopening of the Garda Training College, Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9007/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
502. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) for the transportation of personal protective equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic. [8925/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Departmental Staff
Cathal Crowe
771. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending panels for departmental jobs which are valid for a two-year period in view of the fact that the hiring process is at a halt at present and therefore those high up on the panel may lose out as the period will have lapsed. [8877/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Aer Lingus
Cathal Crowe
845. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had direct engagement with the management of a company (details supplied) concerning the restructuring of the company which was announced unilaterally without consultation or communication with the trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Driver Test
Cathal Crowe
878. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a guidance document is being prepared for the resumption of driving lessons and driver licence tests; if a date for the resumption of driving lessons and driver licence tests has been set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8473/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
902. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions which will be in place for campsites and caravan parks when they reopen that have shared washing and catering facilities; and when operators of these sites will be able to access the latest information available in view of the fact that they need to prepare for opening. [8738/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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National Lottery Funding Disbursement
Cathal Crowe
916. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of national lottery funding for an association (details supplied) to construct a new workshop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Aviation Policy
Cathal Crowe
965. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to establishing a task force to examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aviation sector and its spin-off industries; if he will consider examining the impact on Shannon Airport and its hinterlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9350/20]
Céad, 3 Meith 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
1243. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures in place or planned measures to aid Clare County Council in view of its loss of €19.7 million in commercial rates owing to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9394/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cathal Crowe
36. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider rolling out the temporary wage subsidy scheme to all limousine SPSV owners and staff. [7271/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Tourism Industry
Cathal Crowe
45. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider measures (details supplied) to bolster the tourism sector. [8026/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Flood Relief Schemes
Cathal Crowe
93. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood protection works at Springfield, Clonlara, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8068/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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School Transport
Cathal Crowe
115. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme for pupils will be reassessed in view of the difficulties facing parents in getting their children accepted into their nearest school (details supplied). [7077/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Cathal Crowe
117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional teacher will be appointed at a school (details supplied) to improve the pupil-teacher ratio at the school; and the status of the application for additional accommodation, including a purpose built special class at the school. [7104/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
written
State Examinations
Cathal Crowe
163. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the leaving certificate for external candidates (details supplied). [7361/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Student Accommodation
Cathal Crowe
173. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the ongoing dispute at the University of Limerick regarding refunds for students that have paid for campus accommodation and have not been able to use it for the past number of months. [7478/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
219. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be issuing guidelines pertaining to the safe reopening of primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7745/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
220. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if adjustments will be made on health and safety grounds to the pupil-teacher ratio operational in primary schools for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7746/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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School Guidelines on Mental Health
Cathal Crowe
262. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being made for children who are struggling with the lack of closure to finish out their schooling as per correspondence (details supplied). [7954/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Maternity Leave
Cathal Crowe
304. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to a temporary extension of maternity leave and maternity benefit in view of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [7084/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Garda Data
Cathal Crowe
374. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of the Garda fleet of vehicles within the Clare division that are less than one, one to three, four to six, six to ten and more than ten years' old, in tabular form. [8147/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
548. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with the owners of a location (details supplied) to explore its potential as a use for pharmaceutical firms in their efforts to research treatment for Covid-19 [7479/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
573. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when speech and language services for paediatrics and school aged children are allowed to recommence. [7701/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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General Practitioner Services
Cathal Crowe
587. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the long-running general practitioner vacancy in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare. [7808/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cathal Crowe
755. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider rolling out extra measures in addition to a moratorium on business debt beyond the measures currently in place to ensure that transport companies in the tourism sector that are vital to same can survive. [7271/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Driver Test
Cathal Crowe
781. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) who is on the emergency list for a driver test appointment can expect to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7510/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cathal Crowe
979. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements students that had signed contracts for summer internships which have now been cancelled have in terms of social welfare payments; and her plans to assist students in summer 2020 that are out of work due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [7803/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Local Authority Rates
Cathal Crowe
1030. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider measures (details supplied) to bolster the tourism sector. [8026/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Local Authority Funding
Cathal Crowe
1074. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason a loan was denied to Clare County Council to develop a mixed housing development comprising of social and affordable housing in Meelick, County Clare. [8069/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
1081. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if tourist travel to the offshore islands may be considered under phase 4 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business (details supplied). [7087/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Wildlife Control
Cathal Crowe
1095. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if correspondence circulated from an organisation (details supplied) will receive a response. [7458/20]
Céad, 27 Beal 2020
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Arts Funding
Cathal Crowe
1106. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding committed to festivals due to take place in County Clare in 2020, in tabular form; if the funding commitments will be honoured in view of the outlays incurred by festival committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8146/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Help-To-Buy Scheme
Cathal Crowe
47. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if homes built for a number of years but never lived in or finished can be included in the help to buy scheme for first-time buyers; and if not, the reason therefor. [5710/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Mortgage Applications Approvals
Cathal Crowe
67. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if banks are refusing mortgages to customers that are still employed but on the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [5689/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
School Accommodation Provision
Cathal Crowe
174. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to arrange a meeting or discussion on additional accommodation for a school (details supplied). [5705/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Special Educational Needs
Cathal Crowe
185. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the 2020 July provision in view of the fact parents have been left in limbo as a result of the correspondence to date. [5769/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
State Examinations
Cathal Crowe
186. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for leaving certificate students that may contract Covid-19 before or during the expected exam period; and if a predicted points system is being considered. [5782/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
State Examinations
Cathal Crowe
228. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the predicted points system for those repeating the leaving certificate in a different school than their first sitting of the exams (details supplied). [6108/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Third Level Education
Cathal Crowe
273. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are provisions in place for leaving certificate students that had been approved or would have expected approval for third-level scholarships for the upcoming term that now look likely to be postponing this step up in education. [6363/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Deportation Orders
Cathal Crowe
444. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of persons (details supplied) who have been issued with a deportation order dated 26 June 2020. [6127/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
606. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when a business (details supplied) will be able to be reopen under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6416/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Garda Vetting
Cathal Crowe
654. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the provisions being considered to speed up the process of vetting special needs assistants for redeployment (details supplied). [5587/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Hospital Services
Cathal Crowe
674. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the status of outpatient healthcare appointments in particular colposcopies (details supplied). [5759/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Cathal Crowe
697. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place for supports for children with special needs and or disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if support will be provided in the home [5817/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Tourism Policy
Cathal Crowe
981. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity will be provided for tourism providers on whether overseas visitors can be expected by the end of the year (details supplied). [5783/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
State Airports
Cathal Crowe
982. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provisions are being made to support Shannon Airport post-Covid-19 (details supplied). [5788/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Cathal Crowe
1017. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocol for tourism operators in caravan parks, holiday parks and so on (details supplied) once they are permitted to re-open. [6417/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Domestic Violence
Cathal Crowe
1179. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person with lead responsibility for the co-ordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [6315/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Domestic Violence
Cathal Crowe
1180. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to progress short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency (details supplied). [6316/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
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Domestic Violence
Cathal Crowe
1251. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement will be reconsidered which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of Covid-19 national emergency. [6313/20]
Céad, 20 Beal 2020
written
Commercial Rates
Cathal Crowe
1304. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of commercial rates for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [5876/20]