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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I sincerely thank Mr. Clancy and Mr. McElwee for their contributions this morning. I commend the work that has been done by Enterprise Ireland and the Network of Local Enterprise Offices. For obvious reasons, LEO-supported companies had an extremely difficult 2020. However, the bounce-back in 2021 was very impressive for companies backed by Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I have first-hand awareness of the terrific work because I was a member of the county and city enterprise board for five years, from 2009 to 2014. I am, therefore, particularly aware of this issue. I have a couple of questions for Mr. McElwee and Mr. Clancy. What do they intend to do to assist companies that are too big for LEOs because they have more than ten employees and do not export...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: The Chairman might let me come back in again during the second round if he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to raise three brief issues. First, I want to highlight the terrific work Dr. Gibbons mentioned in her contribution that is being done by Galway City Innovation District, which is also known as the Portershed in Galway. Nearly 300 engineers are employed there and there is great scope and investment there. I have issued an invitation to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Dr. Gibbons for the answers and I thank Mr. McElwee, Mr. Clancy and Mr. McKeown for their detailed responses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to discuss the judicial reviews taken against the Galway city outer ring road. This road has been promised to Galway for decades. In that time, every other major Irish city and even smaller cities have developed their road network, while Galway has not. These judicial reviews will now further delay what has already been a ridiculously long process to get to this stage. It is...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Senator Mullen for his work on the Bill. The Government is not opposing it. I share the Senator's determination to get reform in this area and I have raised it with the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and other colleagues on a number of occasions. I am aware that Senator Mullen has also met the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, to discuss the issue, and that the Minister of State has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Bill but there are a number of issues with it. This should be a good news story but there are too many flaws in it. As an employer, I believe it is too heavily stacked against the employees in many cases. That can be noted from the first contribution. It gives rise to too many questions and too much uncertainty. Companies naturally need to monitor their employees by some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: May I ask one last question very briefly? It will only take ten seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: With regard to the clause relating to distance from the workplace and rural depopulation, does the true benefit of this not lie in that not being a requirement and not coming into it? Is that not the whole ethos of what we are trying to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I meant people working from within the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Am I okay for a minute?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: There is sadness across Galway today, which has been mentioned by a couple of Members. I ask the Leader to arrange an expression of sympathy for the late Noel Treacy. I will provide some context and background. Noel was a political giant in Galway and was successful in every general election. He ran in eight in total, which is a reflection of his appetite for hard work and the esteem in...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Tánaiste. I acknowledge Senators Doherty and Gavan, and former Senator Ó Clochartaigh, my own county man, for the work they did before the Government brought forward this legislation. I welcome the Bill, in the main, because it will provide certainty for workers. Most hospitality businesses in west Galway have almost always treated their employees well and divided...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Ollie Crowe: This morning I want to come back to an issue I raised late last year, specifically burglary and the light sentences being handed down for this horrific crime. Just before Christmas in the area in which I live, that is, the Carnmore-Oranmore-Claregalway area, there were 14 burglaries across ten days. They largely followed a similar pattern. It was obvious that prior surveillance was being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. Shanahan and his colleagues for attending the meeting. I offer them a sincere "Well done" on their recent accomplishments. To have the highest employment creation figures ever in a single year would be a noteworthy accomplishment at any time, but it is all the more so given that it happened in the midst of a global pandemic. On the issue of future aims and in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Mr. Shanahan will be aware that in my home county there have been projects, such as the Apple data centre in Athenry, that have been scrapped or held up while seeking planning approval. Could Mr. Shanahan advise as to whether our current planning system is causing concerns for any companies he speaks to when they are making decisions to set up base here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I am aware that my time is almost finished but I hope the Chair will bear with me for a moment. I refer to the IDA site in Oranmore, Galway. I am conscious that the witnesses can give us only limited information this morning. Mr. Shanahan highlighted earlier the value and the enormity of the Intel operation in this country. Will IDA Ireland maximise the site in Oranmore in the coming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I am disappointed that Deputy O'Reilly used her time plus extra time for political point-scoring, particularly when the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, is not on the call. I welcome the 9% increase in employment growth in the west. It is very welcome. I acknowledge the significant work that Catherina Blewitt and her team are doing in the west. I know the lady in a professional capacity....