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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Cathal Crowe: With legislative improvements, where would MIBI see that 8.3%? Where would it expect it to land? What would be a comparable percentage in another country where there are similar-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: There has to be a way around this. When we, as elected representatives, fight for funding for Shannon Airport and the other airports, we hope that it will be spent solely on what goes into, and lands out of, the sky and the revenue that generates. It is frustrating to see money being channelled towards other projects, albeit necessary ones. The Copenhagen Economics report spelled out a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 912. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on a proposed indemnity scheme for farmers with land that is accessible to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6787/23]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...for the airport and for all who depend on and use it. As the Minister has said, drones passing over the airfield and apron at Dublin Airport pose a very grave safety risk for aircraft taking off, landing or taxiing. It is very worrying. There is drone jammer technology, which I believe the Minister was probably alluding to. While this is not yet mainstream, it is used over some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (2 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It is very important in projecting Ireland to the world but also getting Irish people back home safely when required. It is a sensible decision and I am glad the Government is moving on it. I will ask one question in my final few seconds. Now that we are in the decade of centenaries and the Civil War is being commemorated, I am seeing photographs pop up every weekend. There was one of...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Cathal Crowe: .... A light comes on. The individual is very much aware that the incident is being recorded. It is a no-brainer. It is about empowering our gardaí to once again become strong enforcers of the laws of our land, not to be pushed about by thugs on our street. We have seen far too much of that. I hope that during the Minister's tenure in the Department of Justice, as the helmsman of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...happening on site, car parking, school drop-off zones - a bane of every school - and physical education facilities need to be looked at. During the boom years of development in the 2000s, plots of land were zoned throughout the country and nobody had the foresight to speak to the school community. Huge tracts of land were zoned, houses sprung up and schools were playing catch-up by...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: .... The other point I wish to join colleagues in addressing is the Gresham House deal and the €1.3 billion, I think, to increase afforestation more quickly. It is a very bad deal for rural Ireland. In fact, it sells it out. There are so many people who still depend on farming. There are 8,000 farm families in Clare, which is hard to believe, out of a population of 120,000....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...airport in particular, where they have embraced the whole realm of sustainability. Along the entire runway there was a network of solar panels with anti-glare effect, which worked perfectly with landing and taking off aircraft. They also had a number of hangars in a development zone down the back of the airport where they were trialling everything from battery-powered aircraft,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...I will put a scenario to the representatives. My understanding is that since July of last year, non-commercial passenger traffic, including Alliance Aviation, is directed to the west apron when it lands at Dublin Airport. Passengers then disembark and are transported by car or bus around the airport perimeter to get to the platinum lounge, which is a circuitous journey that takes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...bill. I would like to see this matter analysed better by the Committee of Public Accounts. Has Aer Lingus looked at the realm of new aviation such as drones and electric vertical take-off and landing, eVTOL, aircraft? United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Iberojet, Japan Airlines and GOL have all gone into this realm. There is a huge opportunity for Aer Lingus, particularly in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to green light it. If it is not to happen, given that Schiphol Airport faces a similar reality with environmental restrictions on how many flights can land there, a plan B needs to be formulated and worked on quickly. The real element we want to see in the new national aviation policy is some degree of support and protection for the other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...The fields in the Burren are scored on a one to ten grade. Farmers are paid by the environmental inputs. The project has been recognised by UNESCO. I do not know of any farm, field or tract of land that has been recognised in Europe apart from the Burren. It is now a geopark. Will the Taoiseach comment on the mass resignation of board members from Horse Sport Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...came in this year related to baggage handling and the capacity that Schiphol Airport was struggling to meet. Now it looks very much like being a permanent fixture and that more aircraft will be landing in the regional airports of the Netherlands. That model enthuses a lot of us here because we feel there is a huge volume of air traffic in and out of Dublin, with far less going to...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome this legislation. It is imperative that we secure energy supplies in Ireland this winter and beyond. We all want to see Ireland transition to renewables. It cannot happen quickly enough but it takes time to build the infrastructure we so desperately want to see, be it on land or offshore in the form of the wind-generating facilities. I want to speak for a moment about...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Would the Taoiseach give positive consideration to moving all matters relating to forestry applications to the realm of planning and development, thereby treating forestry as a land use? This would allow local authorities to deal with applications within an eight-week window no different from any other form of development or land use in Ireland. At the moment, the delays in forestry are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...Aer Lingus were sold, there was a major fear that the Heathrow slots from Shannon would be lost. A last-minute deal was cobbled together by the Government at the time to protect that all-important landing slot for flights from Shannon into Heathrow until the end of September 2022, which was just last week. That deal has expired. Aer Lingus is still selling flights to Heathrow and...

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

Cathal Crowe: ...through the courts system at all levels every day of the week. It concerns me that, while we are right as a body politic to extract the truth and deliver transparency on behalf of the taxpayers and citizens of our land, it takes an inordinate amount of time for these tribunals, inquiries and investigations to conclude their work. All of these tribunals have, I hope, cleaned up the...

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

Cathal Crowe: ...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...