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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: That is good
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: Regarding the Shannon rail spur, there is really positive news happening in the suburban Limerick area and that Foynes line is very good. However, many people in Clare are wondering about this rail spur, not just to Shannon Airport, but also to Shannon town and the industrial zone. How realistic does Mr. Meade think that is and what kind of safeguarding is being done in terms of keeping the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: Is it five years or ten years away, or is it in dreamland at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: Could I next ask about Crusheen Station? I was a councillor at the time, but I remember TDs scrambling to announce money, funding and a station to be built that would be a stop going up to Galway. Where exactly is that at? We have one in Clare, Councillor Pat Hayes, who constantly advocates this, as do I. There is a real lobby group. Crusheen is one of those communities that would be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: If I can finish, living in that community is viable if you are going to college in UL. You can nip into Limerick and up to Galway. You can live there and work or study elsewhere. I would love to hear where that stands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: The Leas-Chathaoirleach might add some time because I have more to get through.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for extending me some latitude. I understand there has been a budgetary overrun on the national train control centre. Where is it at and who is picking up the tab? All of us here have a rudimentary knowledge of what is going on. The old points levers are well and truly gone. We have an automated system. For the laypeople, and we are laypeople, - I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: Has it cost more than was intended?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: Yes, it is my final question. I find trains to be a safe, efficient and fabulous way to travel. More people should be on them. On a very rare occasion - once - I had to make a 999 call from the train because of the actions of another passenger. Occasionally, you see someone losing the rag or someone who is possibly under the influence of drugs, but it is tricky to go down to the bathroom...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: Yes. It would be great if there was a text facility on board so you could say there was trouble in carriage D or if An Garda Síochána need to intervene at the next station, that there would be a more discreet way of doing it. It is pretty difficult to make a call or to get a message out of a train when you are shuttling along down the track.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for all their work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)
Cathal Crowe: It allows the management to resonate with staff within the organisation, so well done. I have quite a number of points and I want to go through them nice and quickly if that is possible. On that 6.40 a.m. train there were three carriages, A, B and C. It was lovely and quiet until we got beyond Thurles. Then we picked up in Ballybrophy. There were stops in Portlaoise and Portarlington....
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for attending and for her positive engagement. I have quite a few things I want to get through, so I will go straight into the questions. Will the Minister provide an update on the free schoolbook scheme for junior cycle?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Cathal Crowe: That is all very positive. The fact that it will be in place by September will be music to the years of so many families. I congratulate the Minister for leading on this. It has been very successful at primary level. It was a stress-free and cost-free summer for many families, so this is a good outcome. The media will speculate as to when the general election is going take place. What...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. There is also an issue, which I have raised with some of the Minister's officials in the last weeks. Knockanean National School in County Clare is one of a handful of 12 schools in the country that are to have their new builds led by the Office of Public Works. The Knockanean school was one of these. The project is at a very advanced stage and is with the devolved...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Cathal Crowe: Because of those enrolment restrictions, children are now applying within the county for schools. The local schools are full. They are applying in south Clare for Ennis. The obvious thing is for a new school somewhere around there. Sixmilebridge fits that more than others.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Cathal Crowe: One has an enrolment cap and the other one does not, but it is very constrained at the moment.