Results 61-80 of 109 for cork speaker:Cathal Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...'s way of thinking and it is a good way of thinking. We are all green and the whole country is becoming green but some baseline infrastructure is still required in Ireland. The Limerick to Cork motorway is one. Another project is a half completed road in County Clare. These projects need to happen and progress. We need to know that within this term of governance and the term that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. I am delighted to hear that Shannon Airport and Cork Airport can continue to avail of supports under the regional airports programme. For too long they were excluded or found it difficult to come under it given the annual passenger thresholds. There will need to be multi-annual investment. The Minister mentioned public service obligation routes. We have to think in...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...The town is kitted out for it. A building has been identified and the project has been costed. There is a demand within the industry for another centre of excellence. It cannot all be down in Haulbowline in Cork Harbour. There are other places in the country where we need to have a capacity to train and equip people in all sorts of seafaring skills. County Clare can offer that. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I sincerely wish the DAA, encompassing both Dublin and Cork airports, every success. We want to the see aviation recover nationally. We have all taken parochial positions over the years when it came to our local airports because a huge loyalty to them has built up over the years. I have said in the past that there was a kind of predatorial relationship as between the DAA versus the Shannon...

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ..., the reality is that the dominance of Dublin Airport in the years running up to Covid has been to the detriment of Shannon Airport in my own constituency and, to a lesser extent, the airports in Cork and Knock. There is now an opportunity to do as other countries such as Holland, Finland and Denmark have done and to grasp the nettle once and for all, overhaul Irish aviation policy and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...economic activity in the region. Our heart and soul is invested in Shannon. We support our local hurling and football clubs and the province in rugby. There is real support for the airport. My wife is from Cork and like many families, we browse the air fares that are available. I am always loyal to Shannon and would rather pay the extra buck to fly out of the airport. That is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ..., just slightly larger than County Clare, and yet it has a dominant global position in international air capacity. Shannon Airport is well positioned in that regard. We have heard many things mentioned in the last week, including motorways to Cork, talks in the Government about a rail cargo facility at Limerick Junction, rail spurs to Shannon, motorways to Foynes and estuary capacity....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...the Minister visited just a few weeks ago, Carrigaholt, Doolin, Cooraclare, and O'Brien's Bridge, have no sewerage infrastructure. There is a need for a mindset that extends far beyond Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and the other major cities and towns. We need to deal with this. I have been speaking extensively on this issue to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister for...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...along the coast. It is, of course, much bigger in the Minister's constituency and even bigger again, when one goes down along the coast towards Castletownbere and some of those harbours in County Cork. What I have been hearing time and time again and what I saw first hand only a few months ago when I had an hour or so free time, boarded trawlers docked outside the convention centre in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Sep 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to raise a pertinent issue regarding air traffic controllers. Many Members have received emails over the past week from air traffic controllers in Shannon, Cork and Dublin in which they outline a litany of industrial relations disputes they are having with the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA. There is an internal mechanism in the Irish Aviation Authority for handling disputes but most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...an opportunity. It has taken the taxpayer for a ride in some ways. I have to hand a redacted contract for one of Aer Lingus's employees. That employee's contract is with Aer Lingus, not to the Shannon, Cork or Dublin bases but to Aer Lingus. If you have been 30-plus years with Aer Lingus, based out of Shannon, you are gone. There is huge uncertainty facing your job and future. Many...

Regional Airports and Aviation: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...will be opportunities with north America and Europe, but they can only be delivered with the right policies. We submitted our policy document yesterday. I sincerely ask the Minister of State to consider the proposals. Shannon, Cork, Dublin and Knock and all of our airports, airlines and the employees that we have spoken about today can have a viable future if we put the right policies...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: When the Minister of State tabled this amendment dealing with a higher borrowing threshold, did she and the Department do it on the understanding that the DAA currently constitutes Dublin and Cork airports or is there any thinking to the effect that this may also encompass Shannon Airport at some point in future? The number of political voices commenting on this matter has increased so is...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...reply to the comments of Deputy Carey and the Minister of State. I do not believe that has been fully been the case over the past 15 months. Shannon is quite unique when compared with Dublin and Cork airports because, as the Minister of State knows well, it encompasses several entities. There are heritage sites and Shannon Commercial Properties, etc. One of the big problems in the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...come in the door ten or 11 weeks before the onset of Covid-19 pandemic but laid off staff members who had been in Shannon for 30 or 35 years. They showed loyalty on each occasion to Dublin and Cork over Shannon and this needs to be stated. We are supportive of Aer Lingus and I will do everything as a Deputy in County Clare and in my position as my party’s aviation spokesperson....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...of the initiative would be to invite the Tour de France to come to Ireland, as we did very successfully in 1998. It passed through Dublin and into counties Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford and Cork. It was a huge success. The tour has a global audience each year of 1 billion people. It would be an obvious extension of the EuroVelo 1 initiative. When I was Mayor of Clare, 18 months ago,...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...of State consider the Wild Atlantic Way? Better still, we have EuroVelo 1, the international cycle route going down the whole west of Ireland, looping down through Clare, Limerick and down into Cork and Kerry. There are some fabulous routes there. Would the Department look at restarting that? The UK Prime Minister, Mr. Johnson, has made comments over the last 48 hours - and I am not...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...the country politically. There is a real need for a multi-annual capital expenditure programme for regional airports. What happened last autumn was very welcome, in terms of support for Shannon, Cork and other airports, but it could take five or six years for there to be a recovery in aviation to 2019 levels. Has the Department examined further funding for 2021 and a continuation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan: Department of Transport (23 Feb 2021)

Cathal Crowe: ...that. It is a road to nowhere without phase 2. Does Mr. Spratt's Department have any plans to progress phase 2 from Meelick, Parteen, Clonlara and on to Limerick and the motorway from Limerick to Cork, which is seen as essential to the west of Ireland? Does the Department have plans for advancing those projects?