Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]