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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, that is how I understand it as well. We must stand back from that but these people are entitled to ask, given the years they have served, why, how and what happens next. I suppose they are some of the questions that will remain unanswered after today but I hope the committee can get more substantial answers in that respect. We undertook a body of work relating to the Irish Coast...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Would Mr. Murray say there are skill deficiencies in Coast Guard stations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When a skill is there, is it maintained through continuous training?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Did any communication come from the Department of Transport and the hierarchy of the Irish Coast Guard to say that certain operational procedures were to be abandoned and passed over to local fire services? Specifically with regard to cliff rescues, was that ever communicated to Coast Guard units in the past two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is good. Cliff rescues are possible again wherever there is a trained crew.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Another issue that arose, which we have discussed in the past, and I am not from a maritime background, is that certain vessels require certain thresholds of training. If one has not reached that benchmark, one cannot take a vessel out beyond the harbour area. Is it the case in any of the Coast Guard stations at present that the station has a nice, shiny, new vessel but it cannot be taken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That one was resolved and we were made aware of that. However, on a national basis, is there a case where there is key equipment available but the crew cannot take it to water?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Are those hours sufficient? What I mean, and Mr. Colin Murray could dispute this and I have to bow to his knowledge of it, is that I was shown a RIB vessel some time ago and I was told that if one was in the Irish Naval Service one could be weeks or months getting trained to go out on it, but that in the Irish Coast Guard, where training is more limited, one is expected to go out and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have a final question and perhaps Mr. Cahill will come in on this as well. I do not think any of the committee members are from a maritime background, unless there is something about them that I do not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I like looking out at the sea anyway. One thing has struck me all along. We were receiving information and asking questions. That is our job as public representatives. However, the core issue I kept returning to was that morale was seen to be low, divisions were seen in some units and there seemed to be a separation between central management and volunteer units. Some people also said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Is it now a happy organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Months ago when all this emerged, another colleague from Clare, Deputy Carey, and I received floods of emails from the county and we addressed them in this forum. However, even as that meeting was taking place, I recall that my telephone was beeping. There were Coast Guard units around the country watching proceedings here, and they are probably tuned in today as well, and they were sending...

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

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and the witnesses. I followed the earlier part of the debate from my office. I will start where Deputy Cairns left off. It is a valid point. I come from Meelick, County Clare, where, since 1956, we have intermittently had refugees. I grew up with them and befriended them. When I was a primary school teacher, I taught them in my classroom. I went to court with some...

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

Cathal Crowe: I was recently told IPAS does not want us to have its number.

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

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister.

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

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. If the shoe was on the other foot and the Minister and I were fleeing a war situation in Ireland and fled to Ukraine, I do not think I would want to be put up in a beauty spot on a green hillside or in a place where beautiful waves crash up against the shore. I would want to be put in a place that ticks more than the box of having a roof over my head. I would need a...

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

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank all our guests from the HSE. It is quite a lengthy plan so I have read the parts relevant to my own region. I thank the HSE for the opening statements. I followed most of the meeting from my office because I am juggling a few other meetings, as are most Teachtaí Dála. My questions are quite region-specific. This Saturday after lunch there will be another large protest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When accident and emergency services closed in Ennis General Hospital the whole argument at the time, which I did not buy into, was we would have centres of excellence in each region and people would travel beyond their home base for certain aspects of healthcare. The problem has largely been consultant capacity. It certainly has been in the mid-west, though not to the same extent here in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I get that and I thank Dr. Henry. However, the point is every single week UHL is breaking all numbers for trolleys. It is debated in the Dáil Chamber every week yet the outcome we have come back to again is another inquiry where we will look into what has gone wrong. I am being told by staff within the hospital that when the top brass come down from Dublin or there is a ministerial...