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Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thought she indicated that she wished to speak.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Perfect. There are, of course, challenges as we emerge from that situation of peak Covid. One of these is the cost of living. The cost of living has spiralled out of control for many families. Many families are put very much to the pin of their collar. I welcome what the Minister has done overnight and into this morning in looking at ways to alleviate the burden of costs on people with...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I fully support the motion for Ireland to opt-in to the EU measure on extending EU crimes under Article 83 to include hate crime and hate speech. When I was a primary school teacher, kids would come in from the yard and an elbow, punch or trip would have hurt them, but words hurt them far more. It should come as no surprise to us as adults that hate speech and all that it encompasses is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have the same love of the Irish language as the Taoiseach but the fact is that every day many kids in classrooms are struggling to speak and learn the language. The exemption criteria were set out in a circular in 2019. A two-year review was promised. A lot of it is still unworkable. A child has to score below the tenth percentile in an area such as comprehension, word meaning or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I extend my apologies as I have been following the meeting remotely. I have read the opening statements and have been listening to the debate so far this morning. I join others in thanking all personnel in the front-line health service for what they have been doing. I am the son of a nurse. My mother is now retired but she has said many times over the past two years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: By a small extension to that, I was a teacher before I entered the Dáil, and we would often hear from special needs assistants, SNAs. I understand that they are in a different world but they are also nonetheless involved in the caring profession. Many people who work in that career have come to us to say that it is very demoralising. Many of them cannot get mortgages. Have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Our committee would like to hear more on that after the INMO conference. There is a high-profile case that I will not get into today of a healthcare professional, a front-line worker, who, owing to tiredness, would have had a road traffic accident coming home from work. Ms Hetherington wants to come in on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I have such limited time, if Ms Hetherington does not mind coming in at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. I apologise for cutting across Ms Hetherington. We have very limited time when we get to speak here. I want to discuss my local hospital group, the University of Limerick Hospitals Group. Perhaps Ms Hetherington can come in on that also. First I want to ask Ms Ní Sheaghdha and Ms McGowan if it concerns them that the management of this hospital group have upped...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I agree fully. Can I go back to that question a small bit in terms of how the hospital is managed? Is it effective or ineffective to be remote from the hospital site in terms of having oversight? Does it matter to nurses? I really want to get to this. I have another follow-up question in a moment. Does it matter? Can a hospital be managed remotely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Would an elective-only hospital alleviate the burden of pressure that the mid-west is feeling at the moment? Incredibly, while Sláintecare recommended elective-only hospitals for Dublin, Cork and Galway, the mid-west and UHL, with 700,000 people funnelling through it under huge pressure, have no such recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha. I am done with my questions but some witnesses are indicating. That is in your control, Chairman. If others want to respond I am more than happy to hear their responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: My apologies, Chairman. The time is so restrictive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome our guests and thank them for attending and for their very informative opening statements. In particular, I welcome Dr. Leva, whom I have known for a long time. I am great buddies with her husband from my college days. It is great to see her here on screen in the Houses of the Oireachtas. In reference to public transport, she stated "many will reject it, as we have seen more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The doctor, of course, brings an Italian perspective, which is interesting. I have travelled around Europe and seen people providing security on trains. They are robustly clothed in stab-proof vests. They have a real authority and the trains feels safer as a result. Does Ms Cahill have an opinion on these matters? Should alcohol be served on trains? Is the day of the bag of cans being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate the reply. There is a lot in the report and I will finish with a question about design because I know that is important but I want to home in on the safety aspects. I love the train. I take it three or four times a week to get from Clare to Dublin. I love it, but I have also seen some hairy episodes, examples of illegal, criminal and thuggish behaviour. People who should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Ms Fox for her reply. She has been very honest. I hope she will change her position on that. TII carries a fair degree of clout. National policy trickles down from the organisation all the way to local authorities. The days of the Ford Fiesta or Renault Clio reversing into a space and a family of five getting out of it are, unfortunately, gone. Because of stipulations from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current and planned apprenticeships; the take-up in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned apprenticeship training to meet the targets of the new national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12770/22]