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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: This weekend, raw sewage was again being discharged into the wild Atlantic from the coast at Kilkee beach. The HSE and Clare County Council prohibited bathing in the area. Raw sewage flowing through the pipes and out into bathing water has now occurred for three consecutive years, and this has now been in contravention of the EU wastewater directive for 16 years. We had been hearing that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chairman. I confirm that I am in the precincts of Leinster House. I had another meeting that meant I missed a large part of this discussion, but I have followed as much of it as I can. Some of the points that were raised draw parallels with the response to the cyberattack some days ago. We are being told repeatedly that there is information and knowledge in other countries but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: One of the take-home points from yesterday was that it could take five to ten years for Ireland to have indigenous domestic capacity to fully fight off cybercrime and yet, in that timescale the whole world will change entirely and there will be new forms of attack and software. We will set ourselves a goal but by the time we get to that goal, it may have passed us out again. A point I made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This gives him a mandate to seek significant funding. In years heretofore, there has been a bit of a Craggy Island approach to computers, including passwords taped onto the covers of laptops, etc. We are at a crossroads from which we either go whole hog, invest heavily and show the world we are cyber safe or we go the other way and say we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome all of the witnesses. I have engaged with many of them recently and in the past months. Many factors have got us to this point with Covid being number one. There is also mandatory hotel quarantine, which was necessary during very high levels of Covid but it certainly has not helped in recent weeks. Lastly, there is the decision by Aer Lingus. The Aer Lingus decision to close its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is a long-established principle of last in, first out in any company.

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: On the way into the Dáil, I met with a group of airline pilots from Recover Irish Aviation, all from Aer Lingus. They do not belong on a street corner protesting, but back in our skies. The announcements scheduled to be made this week, and especially on Friday, will be key in giving those pilots and the whole sector the hope desperately yearned for. We must see several developments...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in a superannuation dispute (details supplied). [28162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the employment wage subsidy scheme and temporary wage subsidy scheme supports given to a company (details supplied) since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28344/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 321. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of contracts for certain Defence Force workers to allay concerns regarding their contracts post-2022 (details supplied) [27666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing appeal for the 2021-2022 academic year for a school (details supplied) will be considered on the basis that a loss of a staff member would result in the overcrowding of 12 pupils in a 25.08 metre sq. classroom making social distancing very challenging to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing appeal for the 2021-2022 academic year for a school (details supplied) will be considered on the basis that a loss of a staff member would result in the overcrowding of 20 pupils in a 63 metre sq. classroom and 19 pupils into a classroom of similar size, both scenarios making social distancing very challenging to implement; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing appeal for the 2021-2022 academic year for a school (details supplied) will be considered on the basis that a loss of a staff member would result in the overcrowding of 26 pupils in a 45 metre sq. classroom making social distancing very challenging to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced extended summer provision scheme will make it possible as in previous years for children with autism to avail of two weeks in-school provision followed by an additional two weeks provision in their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of measures taken at a centre (details supplied) to mitigate against the risk of Covid-19 transmission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28318/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses. I have been following the debate. I have had IT problems today. Do not worry, they are not virus or malware-related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Not yet, anyway. One of the take-home points I took from the presentation this morning was that cybercrime has now overtaken the illicit drugs trade worldwide. I thought that was very alarming. It gives some context to where everything is at. This is a form of attack. Our country has been under attack for the last week and a half. It is a new form of warfare, where a country is laid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Could there be just one contributor? I would like to come in with another question, if the Chair does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.