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National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I want to take up the point made by my colleague, Deputy Ó Cuív, in regard to the 57% criteria laid down by the European Union. It is very easy to be an Independent Deputy for County Kerry and to come in here and say "coulda, shoulda, sod of turf", mention 12 villages in one's county and say where the money should have gone. The reality is that if we had not followed the rules, we...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if exemptions will be made to the newly increased stamp duty rate for inheritance cases and so on (details supplied) [29929/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact of Covid-19 on the processing of international protection applications; the steps taken to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28734/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is great to see the team of the Minister and the Ministers of State here divvying up the workload of the Department. It is progressive politics and I am glad to see that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has since had her baby and all is going well on that front. I want to ask our team serving the Department of Justice how the processing of international protection applications is going. Has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. It sounds like a big effort is being made to clear any backlog and I appreciate that. I am from Meelick, County Clare and since the Hungarian revolution in 1956, there has been, on an on-off basis, refugees and asylum seekers in our community. We value them. We have got to know their stories over the years. They are harrowing, compelling and are not always...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is welcome that direct provision will cease three years from now and people will be accommodated, helped and aided in different ways. However, there is a real concern within both the local direct provision centre and the wider community that enough might not be done to support those seeking international protection between now and then. Perfect cognisance is not always taken of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of County Clare enterprises that that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Clare that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied). [30389/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses. I have been following the debate. I have had IT problems today. Do not worry, they are not virus or malware-related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Not yet, anyway. One of the take-home points I took from the presentation this morning was that cybercrime has now overtaken the illicit drugs trade worldwide. I thought that was very alarming. It gives some context to where everything is at. This is a form of attack. Our country has been under attack for the last week and a half. It is a new form of warfare, where a country is laid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Could there be just one contributor? I would like to come in with another question, if the Chair does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I understand this does not come under the realm of Interpol. This does not fall properly into the realm of military alliances. While we may be militarily neutral, we are certainly not neutral in this regard. I would say that in a five to ten-year period, as we try to build up an indigenous capacity, we should be leaning on all supports. I do not care where we go in that regard. Once they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: When ransoms were paid, did the attacks stop? Are there instances where another attack followed on a few weeks or months later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I confirm that I am in the precincts of Leinster House. I had another meeting that meant I missed a large part of this discussion, but I have followed as much of it as I can. Some of the points that were raised draw parallels with the response to the cyberattack some days ago. We are being told repeatedly that there is information and knowledge in other countries but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: One of the take-home points from yesterday was that it could take five to ten years for Ireland to have indigenous domestic capacity to fully fight off cybercrime and yet, in that timescale the whole world will change entirely and there will be new forms of attack and software. We will set ourselves a goal but by the time we get to that goal, it may have passed us out again. A point I made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This gives him a mandate to seek significant funding. In years heretofore, there has been a bit of a Craggy Island approach to computers, including passwords taped onto the covers of laptops, etc. We are at a crossroads from which we either go whole hog, invest heavily and show the world we are cyber safe or we go the other way and say we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome all of the witnesses. I have engaged with many of them recently and in the past months. Many factors have got us to this point with Covid being number one. There is also mandatory hotel quarantine, which was necessary during very high levels of Covid but it certainly has not helped in recent weeks. Lastly, there is the decision by Aer Lingus. The Aer Lingus decision to close its...