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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: How many Ukrainian doctors have registered to practise here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: Would there be merit to them operating on a different contract as a roving, travelling GP to the Ukrainian community? In County Clare, there are 3,700 Ukrainians but very few of them have been able to get onto the local practice lists which are just full. There is probably some logic to having someone with their language and skill set travelling to different accommodation centres. This is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: There are two Ukrainian GPs in county Clare and a similar number of dentists. We have an obstetrician. They are all eager to practise but are finding it very convoluted to get to practise. As I said at the start of my contribution, Clare is 33% below required GP coverage when compared with other counties. It would make an enormous difference to have them operating in the community. Even...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: The ICGP would back them, though, would it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: This deserves more exploration. I just happen to have met people in veterinary sciences recently. If you have a primary or master's degree in agricultural science, you can, through an accelerated pathway, become a veterinary surgeon. It is a whole different realm of healthcare but, in the context of capacity building, there are many superb nurses and doctors, and the chasm or gap between...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: Admittedly, I say that through the eyes of a patient. I am a teacher by profession. Some might ask what is the difference between a teacher and a speech and language therapist. I come with that baggage but it is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: No problem. I thank the witnesses for everything they do. In particular, their comments on rural doctors and how to encourage them are very welcome. Those comments need to be digested more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: That is definitely massively off-putting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: I welcome the representatives of Aer Lingus. I have a number of questions which I will put briefly. If the witnesses are equally brief in answering them, we might get through an awful lot. Now that the fog of Covid has pretty much lifted, I would like to ask how much money Aer Lingus received from the Government during the pandemic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: That was a period of mixed fortunes. We were very grateful for Aer Lingus bringing PPE and medical supplies into Ireland. It was a period of mixed fortunes because some of the staff were shed. At the same time, Aer Lingus developed a new base in Manchester. How much did Aer Lingus invest in its new Manchester base around that time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: Aer Lingus is a commercial entity but it received a lot of Government support during that period. I know how things work. I know there are different funding columns and budgetary columns. Perhaps this is something for the Committee of Public Accounts. Would the witnesses say that Government money was used in some way to subvent or enable the expansion of Aer Lingus operations into the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: I will explain what I am getting at. I appreciate that the schemes were not unique to this sector. In the period in question, most companies mothballed, protected what they had and used the mechanisms of Government funding to protect their workforce. When things were ready to recover, they launched themselves back into normal operations. What happened in Aer Lingus-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: I would argue it is quite different. Aer Lingus mothballed and cooled down certain operations but things got a lot hotter for the airline in Manchester in that same period.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: There is something askew here. In mothership Aer Lingus, a lot of staff were laid off, redeployed or went on reduced hours. In the Irish bases, Aer Lingus was subvented hugely by the Government, with €60 million or thereabouts. Meanwhile, over the Irish Sea in Manchester in that same period, Aer Lingus recruited and developed a new base. There is something askew there. If Aer...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: I would contend that what Aer Lingus did was rather unique. While they were offered redeployment to Dublin, I do not think anyone in the Shannon base was offered redeployment to Manchester in that period. Not that it would have been very viable, but none of that was offered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: I would say their personal preference, with the greatest respect, was to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: I will have to end here on this topic because there is loads more I want to get to. Rebuilding is fine, but the fact is that the winding-down happened in Ireland, the winding-up happened in the UK and it was Irish taxpayers' money that was used to support the Aer Lingus wage bill. I would like to see this matter analysed better by the Committee of Public Accounts. Has Aer Lingus looked...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: Aer Lingus has hinted that in 2023, there will be enhancements to some of its services and offerings from Shannon Airport . When Mr. Michael O'Leary and Mr. Eddie Wilson of Ryanair were here a couple of weeks ago, they backed up what they said in the following days by announcing a number of new routes. Will the witnesses tell us what is in store for Shannon Airport for both short-haul and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: Where is the summer leisure flight schedule at? Mr. Moody said it was still under consideration. Other airlines pretty much have all their plans for 2023 nailed down. When will we hear some certainty on that front from Aer Lingus?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)
Cathal Crowe: Are there plans to expand IAG Cargo, particularly from the Shannon base? I would like to hear Aer Lingus's view on the flying truck mechanism. For those following this, that has allowed cargo to move down the motorway in a truck with a flight number. It is then taken off and treated from a customs point of view when it reaches Shannon Airport or its end point.