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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Chairman, it relates to the dilution of competencies to the point whereby the volunteers cannot fulfil all their functions. I want to know why that has happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Chairman, we need to hear about the dilution of duties and only that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We are under tight time constraints. I want to know why the climbing training facility at Doolin Coast Guard station and the use of the bolting system in the Burren are no longer available. Volunteers can no longer descend cliffs for a long rope rescue, scale a cliff while tethered to a jeep or launch the Kilkee lifeboat beyond the bay area. That amounts to a dilution of the duties. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It was authorised in Doolin for years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Ferns's answers were very clear but the fact is the teams were authorised to tether to a vehicle. The vehicle was kitted out for that purpose. I conclude by thanking the witnesses. There is something wrong when volunteers are resigning from an organisation. The higher echelons are paid to manage it and, as I said earlier, the disconnect is very apparent. The committee must seek an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [60574/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: The Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023 lists the restoration of the economy as one of the key Government priorities. While the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, and countless other sectoral specific supports helped to stabilise the economy and bolster it during the pandemic, the construction sector remains very much in a state of flux with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (14 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit. [61363/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (14 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Is the Cabinet insisting on some form of investigation taking place in respect of the leaking of NPHET guidance in recent weeks before it came into the public domain or even, at times, before it came to the Cabinet? It is very frustrating. As a backbench Deputy, I sometimes feel like we are fighting fires with some of that information. It is circulating in the public domain and then, hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 586. To ask the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) which was presented to the HSE in February 2015 regarding the public orthodontic service will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61314/21]

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Fianna Fáil will fully support the Bill. It is an essential element of the financial housekeeping that must be concluded by the Oireachtas within the calendar year. The passing of the Bill will authorise in law all of the expenditure undertaken in 2021 on the basis of the Estimates voted through by the Dáil during the year. The passage of the Bill will also ensure payments funded...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government will consider introducing incentives in order that Ireland can position itself as a world leader in pioneering sustainable aviation. [62251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will begin preparing a new national aviation policy; and if he will provide an indicative timeframe for the completion of same. [62250/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with insurance underwriters and brokers to promote more competition in the past six months. [62319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department and the Government overall will support Shannon Heritage sites as they continue to operate through the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for the management of the sites they currently operate to be divested to local authorities. [54695/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Unions (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Scríobh an Teachta O’Dea ríomhphost chuig oifig an Chinn Comhairle ag athrú na ceiste chugamsa.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: How many people in Clare, Limerick and the mid-west are currently availing of the EWSS, and how many businesses in that same region are availing of the CRSS?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: This has been one of the real successes of the Covid pandemic. It has been 18 months of misery on the health front, for those in employment and those who are trying to shore up a business and keep it surviving at this time. This has been one of the successes in stabilising the economy and it is very much appreciated by those in business. I am glad 6,000 people in Clare are benefiting from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for his response. Some hotels will be left out of the scheme. Elaina Fitzgerald has been on the airwaves quite a lot lately. She is head of the Irish Hotels Federation. Her hotel in Adare, County Limerick, is one such hotel that will probably do pretty well coming into Christmas, but will not benefit from the scheme. That is her analysis, something that is replicated...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish the Minister a happy Christmas.