Results 721-740 of 4,627 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking, in consultation with the National Transport Authority, to improve public transport connectivity to and from Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47123/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the embargo on recruitment in the HSE, existing staff who have been approved for transfers from one area to another will still be accommodated with their transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47045/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I will offer a short comment on the commentary given over the weekend by Dana Erlich, the Israeli ambassador to Ireland. It was out of order for her to criticise our President while at the same time rejecting outright any criticisms or questioning of how her state has conducted itself over the past fortnight. I am fully in agreement with anyone who has spoken this week and last week to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: In 2009, 24-hour accident and emergency departments were closed in Ennis and Nenagh. At the time it was said this would lead to centres of excellence. Fourteen years on, that simply has never been the case, and it is a falsehood for some to say that it led to any centre of excellence. It was quite the opposite. The problem has been funding, with so many people through one 24-hour accident...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State. I will make a few general points and then move on to some more specific issues. First, a homogeneous approach to speed limit reduction will not work. We can all think of examples of roads in our constituencies and home communities that have a speed limit that is too low and many more roads that have a speed limit that is too high. The Department will have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: As one travels from Galway to Dublin there is a stretch of the motorway around Athlone town-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Okay. One goes down from 120 km/h. One gets slowed down at that section-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ---- and then one reverts back to motorway speed again. In the main, our motorway network is really well designed and it lends itself to driving at 120 km/h. Generally, that speed is safe. However, I want to give the Minister of State an example of a place where it is not safe, namely, junction 13 on the M18 from Limerick to Galway. This is the Tulla exit on the motorway. In 2018 a 57...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for that. The next issue I want to raise is scramblers. I know there is legislation coming through on this but we have seen a development in my area that may also be happening in other towns and cities. Down home something has been happening over the past 12 months which is worrying. When I was growing up, scrambler bikes were used off road. People brought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: If I may interject, the law is very robust and the Minister of State is to be commended on it. The Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has his interpretation, some of which harps back to an incident during the summer - I will not go into all of the details - in which a garda was sanctioned for pursuing a stolen vehicle. Rank and file gardaí are being told not to pursue someone not wearing a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the Disability Green Paper proposals in relation to extending the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [46398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that under the proposals in the Green Paper on Reform of Disability Payments, no person who is currently in receipt of long-term disability payments will be moved off a disability payment. [46399/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (24 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the appointment of a new Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, given that there is no appeal function for decisions on primary medical certificates. [46174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Transport Costs (24 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the resumption of the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes, which were suspended in 2013. [46175/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. One third of tourism accommodation is pretty much tied in providing refuge at this time for people who are fleeing the war in Ukraine and other humanitarian crises. It is felt in County Clare more than anywhere. There is a larger cohort of accommodation in Clare committed to these schemes than anywhere else in the country. There are,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. When I submitted this parliamentary question I was thinking of Lisdoonvarna in County Clare, made famous of course by the Christy Moore song. Almost every September, the town hosts an incredible festival to which people from all over Ireland flock, certainly the single people of Ireland. Ordinarily there are 300 or 400 people in the town but that figure has increased...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for giving me a few moments to speak. I will speak briefly about those who play our Gaelic games. Yesterday, I hosted a group from the Gaelic Players Association, GPA, here in Leinster House. The money GPA members get trickles down to their pockets. The male players get €1,490, on average, while the female players are getting a take-home...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will elaborate on the "targeted measures to support downstream business impacted as a resulted of the war in Ukraine" announced on budget day. [45069/23]