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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to clarify that this committee has written to the DAA which, in turn, has been in contact with AirNav.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It is my turn now and next will be Deputy Martin Kenny. I congratulate Mr. Bourke on his new role. I think I heard him say he has had ten meetings already and I hope he is well bedded in at this stage. We wish him every success. We always want people to succeed in new roles and in this one because Mr. Bourke is leading a very important instrument of the State. New business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Business is important too because there are opportunities beyond Shanwick and we are getting into other spaces, which is welcome. I wish to mention a concern that is often expressed by the rank and file air controllers. The fear is that as we go down this market that there is a risk of it becoming slightly yellowpack but not in terms of safety, which has never been compromised. I mean...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: On a similar vein, and I do not plan on going into this because it has been well documented, but employee grievances have featured in all the national press over the last year. The one heading all that could come under is a shortcoming in communications. I will not go over old ground but I want to say that the more the chairperson can invest in good communications-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: -----with the board and the wider pyramid of the organisation, the better. The best thing we could hear from Mr. Bourke is that he is a communicator, he listens and that the internal dispute mechanism that the IAA has introduced is a well oiled machine. AirNav Ireland has a beautiful office on D'Olier Street, which the committee should visit as it is only five minutes' walk from here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I was struck by the thought that the office is far removed from where the real action takes place. I believe that communication is the only way to bridge any differences and ensure there is a happy crew of air traffic controllers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: A chairperson is not omnipresent in the organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: A chairperson does not see everything and that is a good thing. I was a teacher for a long time and the chairperson of the board of management used to visit every now and again. The chair did not have knowledge of all the day-to-day stuff but had a sufficient level of oversight and that is positive. One should not have to know. I am going back on some of the questions levelled at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Bourke and I would appreciate if a note could be supplied to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: There are two major conflicts taking place and Irish airspace has been exploited. When world conflicts take off different superpowers think-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: -----they can flex muscle in our skies when they cannot. I would love to see a briefing note on whether anything has happened in the past six or seven months and whether there have been any communiqués to the Department of Foreign Affairs, which has to be notified when it happens. The drones issue has been correctly taken in hand by the DAA, with the support of the IAA. I commend them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: It is only down the street. For anyone who has not been, I remember going into the board room and that the photographs are incredible. The history of Irish aviation is laid bare in those corridors. It is wonderful to see.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give consideration to bringing in age restrictions on the sale of mobile phone devices (i.e., aged 15 and under - phones with calling and texting functions only; age 15 and over - phones with full multimedia functionality); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a long-term, all-estuary vision for environmental monitoring of the Shannon Estuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48812/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will factor overall household income, including all earners in a family unit, for the purposes of calculating lower and higher rates of taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the Industrial Relations (Provisions in relation to Pension Entitlements of retired persons) Bill 2021 to proceed to its next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the solar panel programme for schools will be rolled out; if she can give an indication to a timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if some leeway will be given for a school (details supplied) in danger of losing a teacher, in view of extenuating circumstances. [47493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for capital works made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47574/23]