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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: The Chair talking there allowed me to catch my breath - I am after running down the street. I have been following this debate. I am not usually a member of this committee but I have an interest. This is a national story that the whole country is concerned about but also it matters in my locality because we have Lyric FM headquartered down the road from us in Limerick city. Many Clare and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Mr. Lynch, please.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: In the past week, Mr. Lynch caught his own breath and I am sure he had meetings to see how to prepare for today. Did he at any time chat with Mr. Tubridy in the past week?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Were there any contract talks ongoing in the past week while the fiasco was unfolding?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I refer to the Lyric FM issue, and there are many more examples. RTÉ staff are speaking to us. It is a pretty broad organisation. We are repeatedly told of the projects that could not happen and were axed, or people who had other pay claims and felt they were being underpaid and their claims were also axed. Would Mr. Lynch be able to quantify today or in writing to this committee, in...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Productions, equipment and capital works that might have been cut back on - even the shedding of staff. That has not come out yet but I am sure there have been workforce losses and people retired and were not replaced. I want to see a quantification of that. That is really what galls your workers and your colleagues. At a time of opulence for some, it was sauce for the few and crumbs for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Is he finished with RTÉ?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: To conclude, I was a schoolteacher for many years. Kids, when they were in trouble, would often come to us at the classroom door quite upset. However, when you stop and think about it, they were upset at being caught and in trouble; they were not really upset for what they had done. When I hear of cars being returned yesterday and things like that, it does not smack of sincerity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I have read the opening statements and my questions are largely for Bus Éireann, if that is okay. I do not represent Dublin. I am in County Clare, so my interest is generally transport in Limerick and Clare but also national transport. Are there any routes at the moment that Bus Éireann cannot fulfil or routes that it has agreed with the NTA that it cannot introduce or where it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Does Bus Éireann have plans to address that, given that it is quite a congested route?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: That is good to know. Could I just ask more generally on a nationwide basis, approximately how many Bus Éireann vehicles are contracted to the Department of Education to fulfil school runs in the mornings and afternoons? Is there an approximate figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I have had chats with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, on this. It is not such a big deal in a city environment, but in a rural area it is fantastic to see a Bus Éireann coach pull up and drop off 50 children at a school, but it is devastating to see the coach leave the rural area and return empty to the depot. I do not know if it is feasible, but I have been asking the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: That is positive. There is a bit of political work going on, but what Mr. Kent has said is quite positive. If Bus Éireann could be as engaging as that with the Departments of Transport and Education it would be great because it is kind of sinful to see this perfect vehicle going 20 minutes back into town with nobody on it and plenty of people in the community who would love to be on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: My last question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I will be very quick, Chair. This question is for Mr. Martin from the CTTC, who gets the mid-west because he is a Limerick man. There are a lot of coach operators on the tourism route. This is more of a criticism of the NTA rather than of his members. The latest thing, certainly in the west, is that people board a coach on Aston Quay or Burgh Quay in Dublin and they come all the way down....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (4 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD will be adopted by Ireland; what is the reason for the delay in acceding to the Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve access to personal assistant hours this year; if there are plans to improve national standards for allocation, provision and data collection for a full evaluation of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32322/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (4 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 126. To ask the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020. [31872/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Priorities (4 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would consider establishing a national compensatory fund for people who have been financially frauded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32053/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (4 Jul 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give positive consideration to introducing tax relief measures for parents who have to take extended leave from work to care for young babies who, owing to an acute shortage of places for those under 12 months of age, cannot avail of childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32441/23]