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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a case of a bit of both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I listened to the submission from Ms Rogers and we have been getting lobbying emails. I am particularly interested in the mid-west as I am a Clare Deputy. I do not know if the emails are geography-specific. My take-home point from this is that the mid-west is particularly pressured when it comes to neurological services. I know there has been recruitment and we have gone from two to four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is another issue with nursing in general and it was a topic we discussed here a couple of weeks ago. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has a concern that in the last two years, whether it has been pay and conditions or the Covid pandemic, its members have been absolutely at the front face of all of this. Many fifth and sixth year secondary students who are looking at...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider establishing a taskforce to identify innovation, investment and employment opportunities relating to offshore windfarms. [18473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that his Department proposes to deal with the abundant instances of untreated sewage from towns and villages flowing into inland waterways and coastal waters. [18483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (7 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing legislation to name and shame individuals in breach of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997. [18482/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am in the Minister's party, Fianna Fáil, and I will do what I can to support the alliance’s request. It is far more prevalent in my county than I would have known and many families engage with the service. I will do what I can, along with others on this committee, to advance the cause of the alliance. I thank the witnesses for being here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have to go to the Chamber shortly so five minutes suits me fine. I thank Dr. Browne for attending this committee meeting today. I have been following the meeting remotely from my office. I apologise that I am only now arriving in the committee room. On 9 March, we were all here in Leinster House when the email system for the entire building collapsed. Within about ten minutes of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There were none whatsoever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There was no hacking whatsoever related to that incident.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It was a systems failure of some sort which was then rectified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is an understandable sense of paranoia in all public offices at this time because the use of cyberattacks and hacking against states that are not on its side at a given time is a known weapon of the Russian state. I am glad that is being monitored. The situation at the Russian Embassy is very live. Four diplomats have been expelled. From the media coverage, you would gather that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is understandable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a question rather than an accusation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I hope we will find out more about that in due course. The public and all of us who serve the public deserve to know the full extent of any such activities in due course. I will ask a question on a point I touched on when this committee last considered cybersecurity. I was a teacher and other members were in different walks of life before entering the Houses of the Oireachtas. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will wrap up by referencing one final thing. A national debate on neutrality is kicking off at the moment. We are militarily neutral. That has been reiterated time and time again. However, when it comes to cybersecurity, I hold the view that we cannot be neutral. We need to lean on other countries that have a superior system to ours to defend themselves. Does Dr. Browne share that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Keep up the good work. I apologise; I have to go to the Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Cybersecurity does not require neutrality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I just want to begin where we left off on 16 February. I had a line of questioning that Mr. Watt and Mr. Reid said on the day they were not too familiar with. On 16 February, the Irish Independentran a major story to the effect that there were serious morale problems within the HSE because there were people in the very top echelons who had high pay hikes. The paper referenced Mr. Watt's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I presume Mr. Reid has read the article between February and now.