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Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a massive interest in history and I have always admired the work of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which has spent many decades tracking down Nazi war criminals. It has done so with the support of many police forces throughout the world. Indeed, the Home Office in Britain and the UK police forces have been very good to engage in that over the years and they have led the way in Europe...

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Ukrainian ambassador to the Chamber. We as politicians in this House stand in full solidarity with her country. This building and its roof know better than any other place that every country has a full and unequivocal right to independence and not to be interfered with by any outside nation. We stand in full solidarity with the people of Ukraine, both tonight and in the days...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister. Essentially, the legislation before the committee this afternoon allows for the continued independent functioning of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board. This committee has undertaken a lot of work in this area over recent months. It sought pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, but the Marine Casualty Investigation Board and the Department repeatedly stated that...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We cut the process short.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We agreed to accelerate matters based on what the Department had advised but we also, on several occasions, insisted that the Clinch report would be made fully available to each member of the committee. One cannot blindly pursue particular legislation and ignore a document that has very important information within it to which, as of yet, I am not privy. We demanded that the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Mr. Muldoon, Mr. Meade and Mr. Kenny. I am delighted to see them here. They will be glad to hear that I will be taking the train home to Clare in a while, via Limerick. I have become an avid user of it. I have a number of questions and I will try to get through them quickly. I ask our guests to respond quickly. First, when will catering on trains resume again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Does Irish Rail have a position on mask wearing? Is it concerned about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Irish Rail does not have concerns about easing restrictions on mask wearing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When travelling on the train there is the 51444 text service so that if there is a problem on the train, one can alert somebody. I find the train very safe and comfortable to travel on. In fact, I love it. However, twice over the past 18 months I saw incidents happen on the train. I texted this facility on 16 November and on a separate occasion on 20 January. On both occasions I gave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: A similar text facility would be great on the intercity trains, if that can be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is not easy as a passenger to go down and talk to the attendant on the train when the passenger causing nuisance might be sitting only three or four seats away. A text facility would be fantastic, if that could be considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a question about late night trains. The buses between all the cities run up until midnight and some of them operate beyond midnight, but the last trains one can get in Ireland are at approximately 9 p.m. Has Irish Rail got an interest in going beyond that and late into the night?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Meade mentioned that Irish Rail wants to get to 200 kph trains, which would be incredible. That would mean the line I will travel on today, the Limerick to Dublin line, possibly taking about an hour and the extension onwards to Ennis being even shorter again. Does he envisage that on all lines or is it just on the main intercity routes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I believe the Chairman and I have cracked the Irish Rail algorithm, in that we know how to get the tickets booked on time and cheaply. I am on a €14 fare home today and it will get me home lightning quick. However, if I try to book for my wife and three children to go to Dublin for a day in the zoo, a rite of passage for every Irish family, it is €150 return. For the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a question about Ennis railway station. It is really drab and has a rundown feel to it. Many people feel their cars might not always be safe parked there. Is an upgrade planned for it? What is Irish Rail intending to do there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Finally, there is the capacity to deliver the LSMATS, this beautiful network of stops planned at Cratloe and Shannon, the rail spur into Limerick and the rail spur out to Shannon Airport. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, says that a lot of that line exists, apart from the airport spur, and that it can be delivered quickly. There is a station in Cratloe and a network there already. If Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Meade. We squeezed a lot in there.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (24 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will sanction a new language planning co-ordinator to support the efforts of An Clár as Gaeilge in terms of developing a Líonra Gaeilge in Ennis, County Clare. [10177/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (24 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will devise a strategy to explore and support all forms of sustainable energy in west County Clare to coincide with the planned development of the Green Atlantic wind farm. [10179/22]