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Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (10 Apr 2025)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Troy, to the Chamber and I thank his officials for their hard work in getting this Bill through. It is a welcome development and it is great that there is support across the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to raise the issue of the passenger cap in Dublin Airport. As Members are aware, the Government has outlined its commitment in the programme for Government to lifting the cap as soon as possible. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has described the situation as urgent. That is welcome. It is essential it be done as quickly as possible. There has been a slow start to the year...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Ollie Crowe: I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the sad passing last Saturday of a Galway great, Ken Bruen, one of the country's finest writers. He lived an extraordinary life, having spent 25 years travelling around the world working as an English teacher before he began writing in the nineties, with more than 50 works published since, several of which were turned into movies or television...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2025)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for joining us in the House. As he and Members will be aware, cancer affects nearly every family in Ireland, with one in every three people receiving a diagnosis at some point in their lives.When that happens, access to timely and effective treatment is critical. Radiation therapy plays a vital role in cancer care, yet students training for this essential...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2025)

Ollie Crowe: While I understand that any payments while on placement is a matter for the relevant employer, which in the public sector would be the HSE and, in other cases, private providers, regarding the HSE aspect, I believe there would be considerable benefit in the Minister for Health raising the issue with the chief executive of the HSE and agreeing on a path forward to address this. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Ollie Crowe: I raise the issue of broadband access following Storm Éowyn. As Members will be aware, tens of thousands were without broadband for weeks following the storm. Indeed, ComReg said at the end of last week that 3,500 remained without access, a month after the storm. Speaking of my county, the impact was particularly felt in Connemara and across north Galway, where thousands remained...

Seanad: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the Bill. As the Minister of State has outlined, the Bill provides the option for companies to hold general meetings partially or fully by the use of electronic communication technology. This is something we have had the technical capacity to do for some time but Covid-19 required the holding of more meetings online and we have...

Seanad: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Seanad: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Seanad: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Physical Education (24 Sep 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond. I will offer further background on the question I have raised. I have been contacted by PE instructors who have run courses in primary schools for a number of years. I have been told by the schools that in recent times they are finding it difficult to access funding for such schemes. My understanding is these courses have been very popular...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Physical Education (24 Sep 2024)

Ollie Crowe: Yes, I do. That is very welcome news. The feedback I received from instructors indicated that there was an issue and that that was not the case. I will investigate the matter further with the schools. I thank the Minister of State for his detailed response. I will leave it at that for now.

Seanad: Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State . I also welcome the legislation. As the Minister of State outlined, the Bill extends the levy-raising powers of Coimisiún na Meán and the CCPC to allow them to fund new enforcement functions under the Digital Services Act 2024 and the terrorist content online regulation. The aforementioned Act designated Coimisiún na Meán as the lead...

Seanad: Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Ollie Crowe: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 May 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister, Deputy McGrath, to the House. I am covering this issue as Senator Pat Casey could not be here this afternoon. I welcome the establishment of these funds. This is about protecting public services and living standards for current and future generations. We know today that our rising population and increased demand for services will create pressures. The future...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 May 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Cathaoirleach for choosing this matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, to the Seanad this morning. The motorised transport grant was a means-tested payment for people with disabilities who needed to buy a car in order to work. As the Minister of State and Members will be aware, in 2013, the Government closed the motorised transport grant to new applicants...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 May 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. Given the enormous impact this has had on thousands of people across the country, I believe we need urgent action. While the reply is welcome and I know significant work has been completed, it is essential that a replacement for the motorised transport grant is finally delivered more than a decade after such a commitment was made. I would be grateful if the...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate her on her ministerial appointment. I wish her well. As she noted, the Bill has been introduced in response to the programme for Government commitment to review whether the legal provisions surrounding collective redundancies and the liquidation of companies effectively protect the rights of workers. Following that commitment,...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Ollie Crowe: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Ollie Crowe: I am standing in for Senator Malcolm Byrne, who cannot be here this afternoon and who asked me to convey his apologies. I thank the Minister of State for joining us to discuss this important legislation. All Members recognise that the expansion and development of Ireland's education system in recent decades has been crucial to the country's development and growth. We all share a desire to...