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Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It is good to see Danny. I welcome Katie, his mom, and Ruth, who are also here today. It is great to see young people coming into the House. This House does not belong to the Government or to the Opposition but to the people of Ireland. It is always lovely to see younger members of our citizenry coming in here. I welcome the debate we are having here this afternoon on the Consultative...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an overview of Budget 2024 in relation to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Travel (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a new Government jet will be procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50708/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing an additional allowance for primary and secondary school teachers who work in city centre environments and face added, often unsustainable, living costs as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50874/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether a set of expenses (details supplied) will be covered under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Educational Disadvantage (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to extend Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status to an entire school (details supplied), given the extenuating circumstances facing pupils currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently engage with Tusla to ensure that an agency (details supplied) is given the necessary funding to meet their costs and remain operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51121/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of availability of dental services for children with additional needs outside of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50678/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: As the Minister outlined, Irish export volumes have risen considerably following the provisional application of CETA, and this has been an enormous boost to hundreds of companies with thousands of employees. In his opening remarks, the Minister of State said the Government remains committed to ratifying the agreement and is consulting the Attorney General. Can the Minister of State advise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chair and thank Mr. Jacobs for coming to the committee. I will ask him the obvious question straight off. Are his figures based on the calendar year, 1 January to 31 December?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. I want to home in because we are very close to the Christmas season. I note from the DAA's figures from last year that from 17 December through to 4 January, an average of 45,000 passengers went through the airport per day. Pre-Covid that figure was 77,000, with 1.3 million people transiting the airport in that two-and-a-half-week window. We are in the bounce-back period. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: There needs to be certainty because it is a legally-imposed cap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Does Mr. Jacobs think this will not happen or is he sure it will not happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: We have all tuned in to Sky News coming up to Christmas and seen people sleeping in sleeping bags in Heathrow Airport as they try to get home. Mr. Jacobs also indicated that he frequently has to talk to airlines. He is constantly talking about this cap and the limitations it places on his airport. Is it conceivable that on 22 or 23 December somebody trying to get home to Dublin from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: On the dialogue the authority has with the airlines, Mr. Jacobs said two things that are contradictory. One was in his written submission and one was not. He said sometimes he has to tell airlines they may have to look at Cork or Shannon. He then said that the airlines themselves make that decision. Is the DAA playing God to a point in deciding where airlines should go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Yes. On that, we have seen Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam roll back on its cap. The first cuts it made were on business, small jet aviation, charter flights and general aviation. Mr. Jacobs has intimated that is what will happen in Dublin. I have major concerns for small jet travel. It does not matter to Joe Soap but it does to Ireland Inc. We are trying to bring investment here. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Is the DAA not making them drive 4 km around the aprons of the runway just to bring them through the famous, or infamous, platinum services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Jacobs has unveiled the DAA's plan and these operators have come to him with their own plan for what they would like to develop for that type of passenger. Their plan has been stonewalled by the DAA, has it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Jacobs has told us the planning application will go in on 15 December. I note the DAA expects it to take a minimum of two years to pass through An Bord Pleanála and, potentially, judicial review. Is the authority trying to outrun the Government in terms of the new national aviation policy? Most of our work as a committee next year will be about looking at national aviation policy....