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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: On 17 May, Leonard O'Brien, a two-year-old Irish child, was taken forcibly from his mother's arms in the French city of Antibes by French gendarmes who arrived at the door unannounced and armed. The genesis of this is an action taken by Ms Sarah Jane O'Brien who hails from County Clare. Her ex-boyfriend took an action under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...

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...

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

Cathal Crowe: The example the Ceann Comhairle has given is perfect. Seven or eight months before I was elected to this House, when I was a teacher and a county councillor, I went down to the INTO credit union, of which most teachers are a member, to raise a loan to improve the family car. I could not get one, despite having a good income. I have no qualms about saying that I had two incomes. I worked...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the provision of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied). [44476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 497. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) who are in receipt of HSE pensions can expect to have their pensions increased or arrears paid in respect of the October 2021 or the February 2022 public service pay increases. [44446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the HSE to ensure that pension increases are calculated and applied as frequently as current employee increases (details supplied) [44447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 567. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in organisations (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus payment. [44764/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: This is a very real issue and I am delighted it is being discussed. I met with members of the Irish Hotels Federation, IHF, in my county recently. While they prepare monthly accounts, many smaller businesses in the hospitality sector, such as coffee shops and cafés, only prepare annual accounts. It will only be in October they will get the real shock factor. The costs of utility...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I support the other speakers on this matter. In the previous budget, €666 million was allocated to this area. An unprecedented amount of money was committed to the home help sector but the problem over the past 12 months has been that they have not be able to fill many of these roles. They simply cannot get the people. I suggested at the Fianna Fáil think-in - this feeds in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is supportive of the industrial hub around Shannon Airport being a base for major parcel distribution and transiting centres; and if his Department has made any effort in attracting large multinationals in this sector to the region. [45168/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is supportive of the industrial hub around Shannon Airport being a base for major parcel distribution and transiting centres and, specifically, if his Department has made any particular efforts in attracting large multinationals from this sector to the Shannon Airport and wider mid-west region.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We were happy in the summer to see the Tánaiste down at the future mobility hub. Shannon and the mid-west is only scratching the surface of its potential there. Many people are shocked in Ireland to discover that only 1% of cargo leaves our country via the air. Given the number of planes that crisscross this country every day, we are uniquely geographically positioned between...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Some months ago, permission was granted to Shannon Group to construct a new air cargo hub logistics facility at Rineanna South, Shannon. This will be a massive facility. It is right by the runway. It is perfectly positioned to receive transit cargo and take it worldwide. We really want to see this happen. I am sure there is a tenant in mind for this. We would love to see Amazon there....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will take measures to clear the local improvement scheme backlog in County Clare. [45171/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I have been following the debate from the office. The afternoons here get quite chaotic so there were other meetings clashing. I have been following a lot of what the witnesses have been saying and I do not want to rehash. I ask the witnesses to please use my speaking time to get their points across. This is a platform for them rather than us. We get to speak in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Point well made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That brings me on to my next question and the very point of local authorities. Everywhere, be it Ennis or Limerick city, where our Chairman is from, we have cycleways and new paving schemes being brought into towns. The taxi rank was always on the main thoroughfare, the square or the main street. At 12.30 a.m. or 1 a.m. you knew exactly where to get your taxi to get safely home. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Point well made. The next point I will make I made to Bus Éireann some months ago, when I met with its chief executive, and I think the same applies to the witnesses. I might get a bus once or twice a month, but my dad had to get one lately and did not have a clue when he got on the bus what to do. He was fumbling in his pockets for change and wondering if he had to tap a card. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The taxi bay, in Mr. McGuinness's opinion, should be a fixed structure.