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Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome today's debate on the IBRC Commission of Investigation report. It is a 1,500 page report but I am not going to pretend I have read it. I know others have done so but I certainly have not read it. I have read summary reports of it and it has been well documented in recent days. It goes into great detail on the Siteserv transaction, making extensive findings of fact. The...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The example the Ceann Comhairle has given is perfect. Seven or eight months before I was elected to this House, when I was a teacher and a county councillor, I went down to the INTO credit union, of which most teachers are a member, to raise a loan to improve the family car. I could not get one, despite having a good income. I have no qualms about saying that I had two incomes. I worked...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: On 17 May, Leonard O'Brien, a two-year-old Irish child, was taken forcibly from his mother's arms in the French city of Antibes by French gendarmes who arrived at the door unannounced and armed. The genesis of this is an action taken by Ms Sarah Jane O'Brien who hails from County Clare. Her ex-boyfriend took an action under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the provision of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied). [44476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 497. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) who are in receipt of HSE pensions can expect to have their pensions increased or arrears paid in respect of the October 2021 or the February 2022 public service pay increases. [44446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the HSE to ensure that pension increases are calculated and applied as frequently as current employee increases (details supplied) [44447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 567. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in organisations (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus payment. [44764/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I have been following the debate from the office. The afternoons here get quite chaotic so there were other meetings clashing. I have been following a lot of what the witnesses have been saying and I do not want to rehash. I ask the witnesses to please use my speaking time to get their points across. This is a platform for them rather than us. We get to speak in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Point well made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That brings me on to my next question and the very point of local authorities. Everywhere, be it Ennis or Limerick city, where our Chairman is from, we have cycleways and new paving schemes being brought into towns. The taxi rank was always on the main thoroughfare, the square or the main street. At 12.30 a.m. or 1 a.m. you knew exactly where to get your taxi to get safely home. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Point well made. The next point I will make I made to Bus Éireann some months ago, when I met with its chief executive, and I think the same applies to the witnesses. I might get a bus once or twice a month, but my dad had to get one lately and did not have a clue when he got on the bus what to do. He was fumbling in his pockets for change and wondering if he had to tap a card. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The taxi bay, in Mr. McGuinness's opinion, should be a fixed structure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It should not be movable within the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I agree with Mr. McGuinness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I think some of the cost factors that have been gone through today are for the Minister and the Department to properly look at and to resolve, and there is an upcoming budget, but there are things our committee, I think, could action. I refer to the suggestion that in an urban environment a certain protection is given to the taxi rank, wherever it might be, whether Dublin city, Ennis or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I also welcome our guests. I would like to kick off with a few points. It has been a great political failure on the part of Shannon that Aer Lingus was sold and that there was a tied-in agreement that a landing slot at Heathrow would be retained until the autumn of 2022. We are on the cusp of that time and we have absolutely no certainty. A few moments ago,. Mr. Moriarty stated that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Within IAG and Aer Lingus, are any slots pinned down to a specific route? I know the Shannon route is because of an agreement with the Government. Do IAG or Aer Lingus have ring-fenced, dedicated and committed slots at Heathrow that they do not deviate from? I refer to Dublin, for example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Shannon-Heathrow is the only route Aer Lingus is committed to. It has no commitment to Dublin, Cork or any other airports. Is the commitment to a Shannon-Heathrow service until the end of September unique?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I do not blame Aer Lingus. It is a commercial company and will make commercial decisions. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, it makes commercial sense to operate the Shannon-Heathrow route. The witnesses should not blame themselves. There may come a time when that may not happen and our worst dreams and nightmares might come true. The reality is that Shannon and the mid-west...