Results 1-20 of 64 for going forward speaker:Cathal Crowe

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...ask about two of the Minister's positive initiatives. She has just answered my question about the solar panel scheme so I do not need to labour the point. It will open tomorrow. I am looking forward to that. I commend the Minister on leading on that. In-school counselling has been rolled out on a pilot basis in many counties. I hope the Minister will tell the committee, if she has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...many such issues. You would raise an issue at a council meeting, and would be told by the engineer this would be referred to TII, but it was like the football socks in the laundry basket; it would go missing and would never be seen again. So many issues local authority members throughout the country bring forward as motions get filtered off to TII and are never responded to. From a...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...It is important that while this legislation progresses, there is a grasping of the nettle in terms of other issues relating to the courts. Shortly, I will be a witness in a criminal case, and I look forward to playing my role in that. I have no more to say on the matter. It will play out in its own time. Every citizen of this land should play his or her part when called to. I will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ..., there were boots on the ground from many Government agencies, which were co-ordinating this very well and sharing a lot of very useful information. There was huge public buy-in. If we fast forward to last week and the situation at Magowna House, the level of information that came to us as elected representatives and to the public was absolutely reprehensible. What was most striking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...over. It is so cumbersome. It is wrong that there is more known about scooters, cars, trucks and vans than there is about our personal health. The HSE officials have spoken about the strategy going forward and many members have asked where that is at, but I want to know about the here and now. Until the HSE gets this electronic records system fully operational, where are all the paper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: .... This is very much so along the west coast of Ireland, where we have three large airports. Knowing Irish aviation like he does, what role does Mr. Walsh envisage for the likes of Shannon Airport going forward, when we reconfigure our national aviation policy, and hopefully knock on the doors of some of Mr Walsh's International Air Travel Association, IATA, members to try to get them to...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...agree with him but a younger generation would not get the comment about the cock of hay. It was just in jest. I thank the Acting Chair for the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. We are going to amend an important piece of legislation to ensure that small- and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, are recapitalised and have a steady flow of money that will in some way alleviate the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...that it is, but the agreement struck by both sides has lapsed and I do not think the Government has any basis to impose another such commitment on Aer Lingus. How much will Aer Lingus honour that going forward in terms of that all-important connection to Heathrow?

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am happy with the budget. It is a budget that has Fianna Fáil fingerprints all over it. We have worked really well with our colleagues in government, Fine Gael and the Green Party, to ensure that those in society who are marginalised and the squeezed middle are looked after well in the budget. The Fianna Fáil I joined way back in 2000 was a centre-left party. Parties sometimes...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...is a whole realm of online content that is pretty unsavoury. We all have to use the Internet every day socially and indeed for work. However, there is a real murky side to it too. Finally we are going to be putting forward legislation that will be enacted and will help us to police that better. The legislation paves the way for a new watchdog to regulate online services and to...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome today's debate on the IBRC Commission of Investigation report. It is a 1,500 page report but I am not going to pretend I have read it. I know others have done so but I certainly have not read it. I have read summary reports of it and it has been well documented in recent days. It goes into great detail on the Siteserv transaction, making extensive findings of fact. The...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ukrainian Crisis: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...This forum, today, is probably not the place to address it, but Deputy Cairns is correct to raise it and I wish to put on record that there is no answer to those questions. Some 250,000 children go missing in Europe every year, yet the media chooses one or two children, whom I will not name, to put in the spotlight. There is a media and public frenzy, with outrage and outcry about one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister and our other guests. I followed the debate from my office and while here in the committee room. As it was going on, it struck me that Mother Mary Aikenhead passed away 164 years ago or thereabouts. She was a physician. All the way along, we have been debating something that needs to happen. We need advanced modern healthcare for the women of Ireland. I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...he has enough money made and banked to ease off a little bit, have an enjoyable summer, tip around his own farm and get back into contracts in the autumn. He said it with a smile and he is looking forward to that but I was thinking, if this is going to be the collective attitude, we are in big trouble. My question on that relates to Roadbridge and the other contractor collapses that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...a fenced-off piece of road with traffic cones all around them. This is happening in the Clare-Limerick area but it could happen in any other county, with the way trends in inflationary costs are going. I am glad TII has a developing thought process on this. It merits further discussion. The N67 is a beautiful spinal route along the west coast of County Clare and the Wild Atlantic...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...the process to pursue it. He is pushing an open door in Shannon. There is a lot already happening, he and the industry are interested in it and there is funding in Europe to guide and steer it forward. I hope it will be pursued further. I must leave shortly to attend the Dáil but I have two more brief questions. The EU directive on the common system of VAT was amended in...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. It is a positive piece of legislation. The Government is yet again honouring commitments it made in the programme for Government. In the programme, there was a commitment to continue to reform how HEIs operate through their relationship with the HEA by enhancing performance, financial management, governance and transparency, and utilising...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...of magic on the roof of your house and will spray it with a coating that will outlive you. They say that you will have a fantastic house and it will stand up to all sorts of weather. They are going into the attic, they are painting the eaves with Ronseal, the fence paint, and they are using expanding foam on the eaves of the roof. I have seen it in one house. It is an absolute con job....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The great thing about this committee is that approximately seven minutes is always loose, which is to the credit of the Chairman because he is very good at giving latitude. It also allows the Minister to have an exchange with us. It is always appreciated. We had a very good briefing session with departmental officials yesterday. It is a very good idea because it short-circuits some of...