Results 2,121-2,140 of 5,356 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Expediency is the name of the game. As Deputy O'Rourke has said, certain leeway needs to be given to Dublin Airport Authority staff, particularly airport police, so that they can take down drones in the apron area. It is a different matter entirely if it is encroaching on the runway. If it is in the apron area or by the perimeter fence, the Minister should give leeway or, indeed, direction...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I will ask the Minister about the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to local authorities in the mid-west. This comes under the Minister's Department at the moment because Shannon Heritage is managed by the Shannon Group. A Cabinet decision was taken in, I think, summer 2021, where Cabinet collectively felt the best way forward for iconic sites like Bunratty Castle and others was to vest...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It was €15 million.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I agree with everything the Minister said. However, the time factor is the big frustration for everyone at this point. We went through a 12-month period of, "Will they, won't they?" Will the Government fund Clare County Council to make this takeover a success? We heard in December that it would, which was a positive development. Then the money came and it was well short of what was hoped...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. Arising from today's meeting, although he is not able to give dates or final figures, could he commit this afternoon or tomorrow to speaking or communicating with the other stakeholders on the interdepartmental group to move it on more? It has stagnated again since December.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. He also has an application before him for a public service obligation, PSO, route, from Shannon Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Where is that at? I think it has been in since September or October. I can come back to that. I know the officials help the Minister with briefing us. That is a question we may come back to.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It is essential to have some hub connectivity into Europe. There is Heathrow Airport in London, but since the advent of Brexit, that is no longer the perfect stepping stone to continental Europe. The Committee on Transport and Communications travelled to Amsterdam and Rotterdam airports some weeks ago to see what they had to offer in aviation. We were very impressed by it. It is time to...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: The Road Safety Authority, RSA, was before the committee last week. Mr. Sam Waide was here. He has made an ask of the Minister's Department that 40 additional driving testers be approved. This is a major barrier, particularly to youngsters trying to get a full driving licence. It is more punitive in rural areas where there are not all these incredible transport links. I believe the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. I met recently with some diplomats from another country. I will not betray all of the meeting with them. They were very helpful but they made it very clear if the Irish ports do not get themselves in order, theirs would be the country that will be able to build offshore turbines, tow them into position and anchor them to the seabed. They said that while Ireland has really...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and his officials.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I was going to go back to members, which will give the Deputy another chance to come in, if that is okay?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Does anyone want to make a second contribution? Deputy O'Rourke has five minutes.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I have a few quick questions as well. I want to bring up school buses. Officially, it is under the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, but we have had a few discussions about this here because the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is keen on all things related to public transport. In fact, it probably should be under the Department of Transport. It would be more linear to have school buses...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: We are all "green" but for some of us the G is upper-case and for others it is lower-case. It is probably the latter in my case. I am probably more motivated by a wish to decongest roads and save time. Environmental reasons matter to me a lot but I probably have a more selfish motivation to achieve decongestion and speed things up in the mornings, getting through-flow on roads. All of...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I eat carrots and green vegetables as well.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I think the Minister can be the saviour of the local rural pub. I had an epiphany moment across the street in Buswells Hotel last week when Uber briefed various Deputies on what it wants to do and what the Department is doing. The company was complimentary of hackney licensing, which it believes will have huge benefits. Following an announcement in January, hackney licences are to become...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: That was a broad range of questions. As ever, we are grateful. Does the Minister have any final comments to make?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: He had so much to say yesterday that he lost his voice.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and his team.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2023: programme D of Vote 29 - Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and Vote 31 - Department of Transport.