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Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome the announcement that HIQA will examine the possibility of a model 3 hospital in the mid-west region. It is so essential and we have had many private conversations on this. I thank the Minister, over the past 18 months, for meeting with Deputy Willie O'Dea and myself one evening in his office. he came down to Ennis and met with the Friends of Ennis Hospital Committee and he met...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: In the aftermath of the Dublin riots, the Commissioner moved very quickly to clarify that An Garda Síochána representatives were allowed to use reasonable force when carrying out their duties. In respect of road policing, can similar reassurances be given to rank-and-file guards that go in behind the wheel and put on the siren and the beacon? Can they too use reasonable action...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Commissioner. When people turn on Channel 4, Sky One at night time, there are police shows from other countries and other jurisdictions where they seem to be able to exercise an awful lot of force to bring a vehicle to a stop to keep the public safe. While I will not comment on any case because we are not the justice committee here nor would it be right to comment on cases, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: In the absence of this policy, the law that the Commissioner refers to supersedes everything at the moment. It is about keeping the public safe. Blue beacon course or not, a garda can pursue someone if it is in the interests of public safety.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I have seen the shot of the textbook and it is a very short paragraph. It lacks an awful lot of definition. A paragraph does not say everything but it looked to be quite open-ended. That is what I would always have seen discretion to be. Discretion is open-ended. A referee on a sports field has a degree of discretion. He or she has a rule book and then there is a little bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I will leave it at that. Finally, we had a national debate on the airwaves this morning about e-scooters. Given that many youngsters now have e-bikes and faster ways of getting around, will An Garda Síochána be seeking an update of the Garda bike fleet to include e-bikes, e-scooters and more modern ways of moving around? When one goes to the US, one sees police officers on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: ...few points to make. I listened with interest to the responses given by Mr. Harris and Ms Hilman to Deputy Kenny. They were very much going down the avenue of discretion. In the context of a situation where a person is pulled over on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs, the witnesses started to elaborate on how gardaí have discretion. To build on a point from earlier,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: That is reassuring, but it is at odds with what is often said in the organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Commissioner. My next question concerns age-old laws that allow horses to be on the roads in Ireland. It is probably a throwback to yesteryear, when many families did not have cars but did have a pony and trap, a donkey or whatever they could afford. It is still nice to see a horse being brought around when appropriately tethered to a cart. It is a nice traditional thing....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for her engagement and for her answer. I have looked at the funding for last year and this year. Many counties have gained. Clare could be unique - I accept that there may be more counties involved - because it has seen a diminution in funding. I am a Government backbencher. Across nearly all funding streams I can think of - including sports capital funding, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue matter this evening. Tubber is a very small village situated right on the Clare-Galway border. It is a few kilometres south of Gort and a few kilometres north of Crusheen. It is a beautiful village. I am sure that as a Mayo man, the Minister of State can almost imagine how rural, scenic and beautiful Tubber is. In 1852, like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank our witnesses for their opening statements. We now proceed to members' questions. We normally give some latitude with regard to speaking time. As there may be a vote on the Order Of Business in the Dáil at 3 p.m., I propose that we try to get everyone in. If members can stick to ten minutes, we will get everyone in, and if there is no vote, members can come in for a second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: ...for their children and teenagers. There was much over and back for us in the political sphere trying to sort out local bus routes. For many weeks I wrongly believed and explained to parents that there was a Department of Education rule that a bus driver cannot be over 70 years of age. I kept on explaining that only to find out it was not a Department of Education rule but a Bus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: No one in this room professes to be a bus expert; that is the witnesses. Surely, it belongs in the realm of medical fitness, as mentioned. That must be paramount. Perhaps a lower tachometer for someone over a certain age could be used so they can fulfil certain tasks. It seems totally illogical that someone can pull up at the school gate at 11 a.m., take a full class to swimming and bring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Deputy Lawless is also joining us. Like Deputy Cronin, he is not a member of the committee but he is very welcome. Deich nóiméad, Deputy Lawless, le do thoil. There will be that additional round, if members want a recap question at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: ...to do an additional round, with two minutes per member. I am going to go first in the roster again. I want to ask Mr. Kent about Bus Éireann's Expressway service from Dublin to Limerick. That serves an awful lot of people in Clare, where I live. At the moment, there are five services per day from Dublin Busáras down to Limerick. On good old Google, I was able to go back and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Homes (2 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. That meeting sounds very positive. Long ago I used to believe the budget was set each autumn but I know work on the new budget has already begun. It is positive the Minister of State has had those negotiations and talks. Even though we are talking about our country's older population, a comparison could be drawn with childcare at the other end of the age...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Homes (2 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe: ...had a very positive meeting last week with the Oireachtas Members from Clare. We met Marie O'Malley, representing Carrigoran House, and Michael Harty, formerly of this House, representing the home at Cahercalla. Both of those community hospitals provide fabulous care. These are outstanding facilities in our county providing healthcare to those at an advanced stage of life who have...