Results 721-740 of 5,575 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The carriages should be going west and south in the night-time. That is certainly how the airline industry works. The capacity goes a certain way in the morning. Next, I want to ask about an issue that I raised as a parliamentary question. It was responded to yesterday evening, and I thank the NTA for that. Licences are granted by the NTA for day trip coach tour operators. I will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I think at a minimum they should elongate their schedules because they drive around like shuttles. They go around Doolin, the Cliffs of Moher and west Kerry where there are no roads that can take these vehicles. They are under this insane pressure to make it to the location where they get to the ferry to the Aran Islands, which I think is at Ros a Mhíl. They are under this insane...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The NTA should reject some of the licence applications on the basis that the timings are not working. They are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. Next, I want to ask a question about school transport. Do not worry because this has an NTA angle to it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, I am just wrapping up with my final question. There is a whole different debate about school transport, but the point I wish to make is that much of the Bus Éireann fleet in rural areas throughout the country is tied up in the mornings and afternoons with bringing children to and from school. My home village of Parteen is an example because there is no bus service that goes in and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, gladly. I thank Ms Graham.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I know I have contributed already but there are a few matters I would like to put to the witnesses before they depart. The M20 motorway was perhaps already discussed. It is not clear based on the announcements last week if it will be tolled or untolled. Can the witnesses shed any light on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: That is grand. The next question is definitely within the NTA's remit. It relates to bus transport. Dublin Airport is in discourse because of the passenger cap, all the constraints it has trying to get people in and out of Ireland, and the cap on flights. There was an announcement yesterday about trying to incentivise airlines to move flights to Cork. We feel disadvantaged in Clare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: My next question relates to multimodal transport. Our rail and bus stations are quite well configured for transport at the moment but there are still certain inadequacies relating to car parking, e-bikes and short-term rental bikes. Much more could be done. For example, when you arrive at Heuston Station in Dublin city, there is not always a fleet of bikes at the nearby station. I came on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Ms Graham might write it on her hand going out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for all their engagement today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the committee. I welcome the Minister of State, whom we were glad to see back in the Chamber. I was interested in the earlier discussion on the hot school meals scheme. Prior to my election in 2020, I was a primary school teacher. My school successfully participated in the Food Dudes programme, which was reward-based. Children were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: And the whole idea of a second dinner in the day? What about the preparation of the foods and those cherry tomatoes being passed around in classrooms of junior infant children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: As the Minister of State said, there are overlapping Departments here but I think there should also be some concerns about the length of the school lunch break. Small break is typically ten minutes in the morning and big break is half an hour in the afternoon. In that half an hour, it is typically ten minutes in the classroom to eat and 20 minutes to play in the playground. Part of eating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I want to ask the Minister of State about how, three years ago across the water, Marcus Rashford, who is known to most of us as a famous footballer, led a very impressive campaign that was in fact misunderstood by the British Government at the time. He was seeking that during the off-school period, there would also be meals provided to children. The idea was superb but I would say as a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison in Ireland, the length of their sentence, their age, and reason for their incarceration, in tabular form. [30240/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 9. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the shared island initiative. [27952/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Export Controls (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 71. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department maintains a register of companies based in Ireland that export to Germany. [29310/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will update legislation in terms of vulture fund repossession of homes and, more immediately, order a complete cessation of any possession proceedings in the interim period given recent High Court rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (9 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding to the Office of Public Works in order that specific works can be undertaken to restore and conserve the Scully Cross at the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/24]