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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider establishing a taskforce to identify innovation, investment and employment opportunities relating to offshore windfarms. [18473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that his Department proposes to deal with the abundant instances of untreated sewage from towns and villages flowing into inland waterways and coastal waters. [18483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (7 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing legislation to name and shame individuals in breach of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997. [18482/22]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The war in Ukraine rightly dominated the agenda of the European Council. Many people are wearing the colours of Ukraine today and many have asked about my tie. Conveniently, it is my old Clare County Council tie. Once the yellow and blue of Clare were the colours of war and battle. They were the colours that Brian Boru wore as he went into battle.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: They instilled fear in the enemy, but these days, the yellow and blue of Clare are the colours of welcome, love and peace. As of census night last Sunday, 1.5% of the entire population of Clare is Ukrainian. We have one third of all Ukrainians in Ireland. Up until last week, we had more Ukrainians than the entirety of Britain. We are very proud as a county and community for the role we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There are five secondary schools in Ennis, County Clare, and they are very pressurised. Over the years, many children applying to them were refused and had to try another school and then another. These days, a common application system is operational and works well. The problem is there are children in second, third and fourth year in other schools who could not get into a school in Ennis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I just want to begin where we left off on 16 February. I had a line of questioning that Mr. Watt and Mr. Reid said on the day they were not too familiar with. On 16 February, the Irish Independentran a major story to the effect that there were serious morale problems within the HSE because there were people in the very top echelons who had high pay hikes. The paper referenced Mr. Watt's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I presume Mr. Reid has read the article between February and now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt both said they had no awareness of it that day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have the minutes here on my screen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I would also like Mr. Watt to answer that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Does Mr. Watt believe it is a barrier? If someone has for many years had a pay increase approved and it has not been paid, surely that is a barrier to delivery and affects and impacts on morale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am asking for Mr. Watt's view on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a major factor and I think it needs to be drilled down into by this committee. In the days after I asked that question of hospital groups, I heard many people in management positions, both current and retired, say that this is a major barrier to Sláintecare delivery. Not everything is about how many beds, what trolley capacity and what acute capacity hospitals have. Sometimes a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is a line of questioning I want to pursue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: My time is up then. I did not even get to ask a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I want to thank both of the witnesses for answering the questions I did not ask because I did not get to ask any questions. I know the Chairman has a difficult job. With respect to Deputy Shortall, I took it when she had a three or four-minute-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: We will get there in three month's time again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The Chair will top the poll.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am from the part of Clare that is geographically close to Limerick. I tune in when the Chair starts to talk about these projects, because I travel on the roads too. I think there is a clear message to deliver before the Ryder Cup. TII is always welcome. We enjoy engaging with it at the committee. I raise the receivership of Roadbridge. There is a project close to me, the Limerick...