Results 81-100 of 6,182 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I join others in expressing outright condemnation of the horrible scene we saw in Drogheda the other night. I did not realise until yesterday morning that there was actually footage of it online. How disgusting to see someone bring a flammable liquid into the hallway of that premises, pour it up along the stairway and set it on fire, putting the lives of children upstairs at risk. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The whole system is very impractical. When you want to build a new 96-bed block, it is not just foundations you are building; you are digging down, tanking out a whole basement floor and then going up five or six storeys. The upper floor must be load-bearing, so it can take more units and wards if required. All the services, including sewerage, water and electricity services, are then...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he plans to address delays in delivering capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59855/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Will the Minister outline some of his plans to address the significant delays in delivering capital projects in the country?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: They say every day is a learning day. Recently, I was back in University Hospital Limerick with other politicians looking at a new ward system, a new 96-bed block, a five-storey building. Angela Coll of the Ennis hospital committee was recently in the Minister's office, where the three of us had a good discussion. When I spoke to clinicians that day, they were delighted with this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: MeDeMAP Research Project: Engagement with the National Citizens' Parliament for Media and Democracy (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I am not a member of this committee and am not ordinarily here so I thank the Chair for allowing me to contribute. Dr. Day is from my alma mater and is very welcome. Deputy Willie O'Dea sends an apology as he planned to be here. The witnesses have done a huge body of important work. I want their opinions on a few issues. One is citizen journalists. It is a term I scoff at as I think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: MeDeMAP Research Project: Engagement with the National Citizens' Parliament for Media and Democracy (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: It was about the likes of these Wikipedia pages where content stays there.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions the Office of Public Works has undertaken since 2020 along the River Shannon, its tributaries and tidal trenches, in County Clare; the works planned across the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (5 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to address the current inability of Tailte Éireann to access instruments which pre-date 2006 due to an issue at their filing repository (details supplied); when he expects this matter to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60276/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: A few weeks ago I stood here and highlighted the fact that whilst An Coimisiún Pleanála has much expertise in the realm of planning, it has no in-house expertise when it comes to aviation. I flagged that here in the Dáil and an upshot of that in the days that followed was we were notified that Sagentia, a British company, has been taken on as an independent consultant. Why is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 100. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met; when it will meet next. [58247/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 101. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education last met; when it will meet next. [58248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key achievements of Ireland's international development policy since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58864/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which services and supports for Ireland’s diaspora have been expanded since 2020; the key priorities for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58865/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will examine a roadway (details supplied) to establish if a reason for a recent uptick in collisions along the stretch can be determined, and measures taken to improve safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59064/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant funding awarded to a school (details supplied) in 2024 to develop an autism class provides for the provision of a sensory garden; if not, the funding pathway for the provision of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58180/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1044. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects that new rural housing guidelines, which are currently in draft format, will be officially approved and become operational in all planning authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1057. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been supported since 2020; the key achievements in that time; the additional funding which has been provided; the way in which this has expanded the service’s reach and capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will widen the parental leave scheme from its current model, which allows for some of the leave to be transferred if both parents work for the same employer, to allow transfer between parents who work for different employers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58067/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Nov 2025)

Cathal Crowe: 1655. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a comprehensive list of day procedures which are currently done in each of the Ennis Hospital Group- St John's Hospital, Nenagh Hospital and University Hospital Limerick; the number of each procedures which were completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by type, in tabular form; the wait time for each procedure as of 30 September 2025; and if she...