Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]