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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There are almost 1,600 Ukrainian people in County Clare, meaning that 1% of our county's population is now made up of Ukrainian nationals. Our arms are wide open and they are all welcome. Many supports have come from the Government in recent days, including English as an additional language, EAL, teachers and additional teaching posts in our schools. However, more is required and we need...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider liaising with Bus Éireann to issue free travel passes to Ukrainian refugees for a set period of time in order to allow them to get from rural locations to urban centres for work and school as they assimilate into Irish society. [16840/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Rogers and Professor Hardiman for being here. I have been following the meeting remotely. There is still not a normal working environment here, so I was tuning into this in my office. I apologise for just arriving now. I read the opening statement and I listened to the witnesses' interactions with the members. I am not medically trained. I do not think there are many of us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The written submission indicates that approximately 13,000 people were waiting for neurological appointments in 2015. That has risen to 24,000. How much of that increase can be attribute to the disruption of public healthcare during Covid and how much was caused by a lack of capacity in our public health system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a case of a bit of both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I listened to the submission from Ms Rogers and we have been getting lobbying emails. I am particularly interested in the mid-west as I am a Clare Deputy. I do not know if the emails are geography-specific. My take-home point from this is that the mid-west is particularly pressured when it comes to neurological services. I know there has been recruitment and we have gone from two to four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is another issue with nursing in general and it was a topic we discussed here a couple of weeks ago. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has a concern that in the last two years, whether it has been pay and conditions or the Covid pandemic, its members have been absolutely at the front face of all of this. Many fifth and sixth year secondary students who are looking at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I am in the Minister's party, Fianna Fáil, and I will do what I can to support the alliance’s request. It is far more prevalent in my county than I would have known and many families engage with the service. I will do what I can, along with others on this committee, to advance the cause of the alliance. I thank the witnesses for being here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have to go to the Chamber shortly so five minutes suits me fine. I thank Dr. Browne for attending this committee meeting today. I have been following the meeting remotely from my office. I apologise that I am only now arriving in the committee room. On 9 March, we were all here in Leinster House when the email system for the entire building collapsed. Within about ten minutes of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There were none whatsoever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There was no hacking whatsoever related to that incident.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It was a systems failure of some sort which was then rectified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is an understandable sense of paranoia in all public offices at this time because the use of cyberattacks and hacking against states that are not on its side at a given time is a known weapon of the Russian state. I am glad that is being monitored. The situation at the Russian Embassy is very live. Four diplomats have been expelled. From the media coverage, you would gather that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is understandable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is a question rather than an accusation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I hope we will find out more about that in due course. The public and all of us who serve the public deserve to know the full extent of any such activities in due course. I will ask a question on a point I touched on when this committee last considered cybersecurity. I was a teacher and other members were in different walks of life before entering the Houses of the Oireachtas. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will wrap up by referencing one final thing. A national debate on neutrality is kicking off at the moment. We are militarily neutral. That has been reiterated time and time again. However, when it comes to cybersecurity, I hold the view that we cannot be neutral. We need to lean on other countries that have a superior system to ours to defend themselves. Does Dr. Browne share that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Keep up the good work. I apologise; I have to go to the Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Cybersecurity does not require neutrality.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Diplomatic Representation (29 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if staff at the Russian embassy are monitored for possible subversive activities. [16016/22]