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Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I will be hard pushed to use seven minutes, so I will follow the lead of Deputy Nash in that regard. I apologise to Deputy Shortall. I think I have taken the seat of the leader of the Social Democrats. I did not mean to do so but I like this seat. It is like the front row of the circus as we get to see people when we are talking to them, which is important. It also carries a level of risk.

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I think I am already on the left. Sitting here carries a risk.

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I have noticed on the cameras in the last few weeks that the bald patch is visible when sitting here but if I am up at the back of the Chamber, I can pretend I am younger and still have thatch on the roof. To make a serious point, this is a technical Bill. It is not the most exciting thing we will do over the next 48 hours in the Dáil. I support the Bill, as does my party in...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to speak in support of this legislation. It is very positive. I was someone who up to ten months ago took off every day from Clare in my diesel Honda car and drove to the gates of Dáil Éireann but in recent months I have embraced multimodal transport. This morning I took the car to the train station, from which I took the train to Heuston Station and then I took a bike. I...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Harris. He has great energy in the Department and a good, driving team around him. I say well done on that. As a teacher, part of me still believes there should be one Department of Education from top to bottom. I know some would say that some days it makes sense to have two separate Departments but on days such as World Science Day it probably does not...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I might be substituting in his local school before we know it. The day was an eye-opener. The teachers I saw were doing everything they have done so well for many years, but now with added pressures and strains. I have a suggestion to make to the Minister. When I was walking down the corridors last Friday there were two trainee teachers, one at the junior end of the school and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria set out in the Housing for All plan for the development of affordable housing will result in affordable houses being delivered in County Clare. [54771/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the additional €65 million funding for the sports sector announced in early October 2021 will be allocated to clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department plans to support the Irish speaking community in County Clare to secure a future for a facility (details supplied). [54696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies to address labour supply and skills requirements in the tourism and hospitality sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rules in respect of the housing assistance payment, HAP, can be reviewed in order that a couple or person in a house sharing arrangement can claim HAP (details supplied). [55321/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 6 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55877/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 6 of the new National Development Plan, NDP, 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for his response. All Members of the House are aware that aviation and tourism have been the two sectors most decimated by the Covid pandemic. Experts in the sector estimate that the pathway to recovery will take four to five years. That, in itself, is devastating for all those who depend on it. In the mid-west, we very much see Shannon Airport as being a catalyst for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. I am delighted to hear that Shannon Airport and Cork Airport can continue to avail of supports under the regional airports programme. For too long they were excluded or found it difficult to come under it given the annual passenger thresholds. There will need to be multi-annual investment. The Minister mentioned public service obligation routes. We have to think in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: How will the revised national development plan strengthen rural communities and rural economies? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter to the House?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. One of the small silver linings of Covid - and, let us be frank, there have very have been very few of them - has been people returning to rural Ireland and the vibrancy we are once again seeing in our villages. To take as an example Kilkee in County Clare, my party colleague, Councillor Cillian Murphy, has often bemoaned the fact that only one in three people in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for his positive remarks. I want to reference a project about which I have spoken privately to the Minister many times. It is the Limerick northern distributor road. He referenced it in his contribution. Phase 1 is well under construction and, hopefully, in a matter of months vehicles will be travelling on it alleviating traffic congestion in the north suburbs of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for agreeing to take this Topical Issue matter tonight. Two weeks ago, I spoke at an aviation conference held in County Clare. On the Wednesday evening we had what is called a fireside chat. An expert panel on the future of aviation, aviation recovery, etc., was assembled. A very interesting discussion evolved with Patrick Blaney, John McMahon and Joe Gill on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I am delighted to hear of the development of a smart green aviation ecosystem. We must be with the trends and ahead of other countries in trying to capture some of the money that will follow this trail. There have been many new points coming from COP26 but one of the take-home points is that money will follow the greening of industry, aviation and pretty much all sectors in society. We...