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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Are the curtilages of the airports too large? There is a revenue stream from car parks and so on and, when a large programme has to be undertaken, state aid rules and the like apply. Shannon Airport had to play a role in the river's flood defences, which was costly. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has been helping in upgrading the roads to the airport. Is there a way of reducing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: There has to be a way around this. When we, as elected representatives, fight for funding for Shannon Airport and the other airports, we hope that it will be spent solely on what goes into, and lands out of, the sky and the revenue that generates. It is frustrating to see money being channelled towards other projects, albeit necessary ones. The Copenhagen Economics report spelled out a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: In her next round of answers, Ms Considine might comment on the Copenhagen Economics report. Everything happening as regards the fuel farm is exciting. The Shannon Estuary task force has bought into it and there is a memorandum of understanding with the ESB on SAFs and hydrogen. Time and again, though, we seem to miss the opportunity for a national ammonia strategy. Countries such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I want to congratulate Kerry, in particular. The growth rate has been very impressive. I have been keeping an eye on that as well. I want to congratulate Ms Considine and her management team on the 88% recovery rate that has been achieved and the 300% growth since 2019. There is even more space to grow. I say well done to them and to keep that upward trajectory going. I am sure there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [8879/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Shannon Heritage sites like the iconic Bunratty Castle are major cogs in the economy of the mid-west region. In the summer of 2021, the Cabinet decided it would be best to devolve these sites away from the auspices of the Shannon Airport Group and have them managed by the region's local authorities. Councils like Clare County Council in my constituency are eager to make this a success and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the draft list of strategic risks 2023 in the national risk assessment. [8882/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: The advent of Brexit has had a very negative effect on Ireland overall but it is certainly felt more in some of the regions. In County Clare, we very much look to Europe yet our backs are to the Atlantic Ocean. Since the advent of Brexit, we find ourselves very much cut off from continental Europe. We no longer have air connectivity into continental Europe, our only hub connectivity being...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to speak in support of this very important Bill. I hope it progresses through the Houses without too much ado. There are a number of policing issues I wish to raise in the context of the Bill. An issue I keep coming back to is that of gardaí who have been suspended. At present, 87 members of An Garda Síochána stand suspended. I have raised this repeatedly in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (21 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to promote eco-tourism across the country. [8397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (21 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider pausing the planned VAT increase in order to protect a sector (details supplied) in danger from the increase. [8291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an urgent update on a re-checked Leaving Certificate exam result for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to incentivise the planting on trees on cutaway bogs that are no longer used for peat harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8497/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a group (details supplied) regarding concerns with visa processing. [8961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is of the view that his Department should take on the responsibility of submitting form 1 forestry applications for grant-aided schemes, in light of the amount of work it is taking for foresters to do, to allow foresters instead complete ground work (details supplied). [8997/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the works on a building (details supplied) in Kilrush, to be funded by the building acquisition measure of the town and village renewal scheme. [9042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider increasing the funding under the local improvement schemes allocated to County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has a strategy to ensure that supports are available to new forms of aviation, such as drone technology. [9258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of businesses in each local authority that were funded under the restart grant scheme; and the total amount in euro given to support businesses under the scheme, by county, in tabular form. [8045/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the current rate provided to consumers via the free electricity allowance, in light of the ever-increasing charges on electricity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9311/23]