Results 161-180 of 4,593 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the rule mandating that School Transport Scheme bus drivers must retire at age 70 will be revised, in view of the severe driver shortage last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16517/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Archives (16 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Irish Land Commission Archive records (details supplied) are made publicly available vis-à-vis the National Archive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16563/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Sewerage Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects works, funded by his Department, to develop sewerage schemes in the villages of Broadford and Cooraclare (both in County Clare) to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15641/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an overview of the roll-out of the ‘Housing for All’ strategy in County Clare to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15642/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have a few brief questions to put to them. Like Deputy Shortall, I would like to see a breakdown of where the funding has been spent to date. Furnishing that to our committee would be appreciated. During the Covid pandemic, we all became very aware of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC. It was the mother ship in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The European cancer strategy overall, within the bloc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I know it may not have been a question the witnesses had expected this morning, but I would like some additional information because this is a body we became very much aware of during Covid. It did some excellent work and we are affiliated to it, but an Irish cancer strategy cannot exist in isolation, particularly when we are part of a wider European bloc. We saw during the Covid pandemic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Finally, representatives of the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association are upstairs. They will meet most of our members as this day goes on. Currently, lung cancer screening is not part of the national strategy, but their concerns extend beyond that because of pulmonary fibrosis and long Covid. If there is lung cancer, people assume there is smoking or some hereditary issues there, but there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise; I was at another meeting. The other evening, I met some cancer survivors who again raised the issue of the incessant battle they face getting medical cards. Does it remain a priority for the Irish Cancer Society? As TDs, we often need to write pretty miserable letters for people who have to repeatedly prove that their situation is woeful and that their outcome may not be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will overturn a decision to refuse permission to travel to two children (details supplied) who need to sit an exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15614/24]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: You have got Jonathan Dowdall's back.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: At least the Deputy has the decency to say that.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Deputy McDonald did not say a single nice word.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Get yourself nominated.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on two foreign birth register applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment why Newmarket-on- Fergus in County Clare is not included in the National Broadband Ireland Fibre roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13951/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what his long-term plans are to ensure adequate fibre broadband connectivity for Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13952/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will award retired and former soldiers the 1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal if their service had concluded by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (9 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the board of an organisation (details supplied) to comply with the spirit of the Mulvey Report 2023 and provide a pension increase for 2024 to pensioners of the IAA, in line with the pension increase recommendations within the Mulvey Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/24]