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Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: -----and let me know when the four minutes are up.

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am sure Deputy Cowen will tell me to sit down shortly. We are here to talk about just transition and the word "just" needs to be focused on. It means fair and equal and just transition is good but it is not geographically fair or equal. If you look at a county like Clare, which I represent, over a number of years we have had an incremental winding down of operations at Moneypoint and...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 is very positive legislation and I fully support it. Essentially, the Bill is aimed at decreasing the length of time it takes for disposing of a Garda compensation claim from initial application to award by providing for clear time limits in respect of each stage of the process. The new process is also aimed at ensuring that avenues for...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I think it is relevant.

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: What Commissioner Harris has brought to An Garda Síochána is a different style of policing. He came from the PSNI which has a more robust form of policing: it is not policing by consent that we have had here for the past century. When the PSNI drives through a community, their vehicles are armoured and protected, which is not the case with An Garda Síochána, who tonight...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities with a view to reducing and capping the amount of commercial rates payable by not-for-profit and voluntary organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the rules in relation to access to dental treatment for medical card holders in order that they can have dental cleaning carried out on an annual basis. [25065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant industrial buildings in Shannon, County Clare at this time; and the measures that his Department, in conjunction with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, is doing to attract new companies to the area. [25009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an overview of the composition and terms of reference for the new Shannon Estuary Taskforce. [25010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the University of Limerick’s development plans for the portion of its campus which is located in County Clare. [25017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department received additional documentation relating to a project (details supplied); and when a decision on same will be issued. [25489/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a further roll-out of rent-pressure zones to large urban centres such as Ennis and Shannon, in view of the latest rental report by an organisation (details supplied),; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government plans to introduce tighter legislation to curb dog theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (19 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials will be carrying out investigations to determine if the wild goat herd in the Burren, County Clare is carrying tuberculosis, in view of the risk this poses to the herds of local farmers. [25552/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, for coming in here today. I am very grateful because I know he has a hectic schedule as a constituency Deputy and as a Minister of State. I do not have anything against him but I am not too happy that the line Minister is not here to answer my Topical Issue. For three consecutive weeks I have tabled this Topical Issue and I only got an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate the Minister of State's reply. The problem for everyone in County Clare at present is that this is very much in a state of flux. When the Government announced that these were going to be transferred to Clare County Council, it was like the announcement of a divorce or a relationship split. Immediately, Shannon Group took its eye of interest off the Shannon Heritage sites....

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Before becoming a Member of this House, I was a teacher. Every morning, I would begin by doing a short Irish lesson. I will give this Chamber a short Irish lesson. The word "Tory" is a derivative of the old Irish word "toraidhe", which means robbers. I was watching Sky News earlier and I saw the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, grovelling. He was on his feet defending a party in 10...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (24 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to review the civil legal aid system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to review the current procedures relating to access to protection orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/22]