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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I want to squeeze in a few questions about the rail network. I missed the 10.50 a.m. train from Limerick to Dublin earlier. I was on time but the car park was chock-a-block. I know the Minister believes people using bikes. I do too. I brought the bike in the boot, I got the train and I cycled off, but you have to park the car somewhere. I come from rural County Clare to a train station....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to conclude with a final question. The bike to work scheme is not strictly under the Minister's Department; it is more the Department of Finance and Revenue. I found out recently that a lot of people are locked out of the scheme. It works in a lot of employment centres but, for example, Members of the Oireachtas cannot avail of the scheme, as far as I know. People who are...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Cathal Crowe: ...Fáil welcomes the Bill. I am confident it will enhance and strengthen the protections for whistleblowers in this country. Ireland has had a legislative framework on whistleblowers dating back to 2014 and we have learned a lot more since that Act came into force. Ireland is one of a small number of EU countries that continues to have such a regime in place before the EU directive....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will respond to that, if I may. Mr. Gerry Murphy is the treatment manager in Bushypark. He is a very kind and compassionate man and he is not going to tell somebody who is in floods of tears that while he is qualified to talk to them, he will not talk to them today because he is tied up with other work. That is not how he works or how anyone in the sector works. With the greatest of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1094. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he in conjunction with the relevant Departments will consider developing a scheme for bicycles for those on disability allowance similar to the bike to work scheme to make the purchase of a bicycle viable for those in receipt of this benefit. [1182/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I love greenways. I love putting the bikes into the boot of the car, taking off on a Saturday and getting fresh air in my lungs with my wife and kids. I love that. I love travelling by train. Greenways are fine for weekends. They are recreational. They do not get someone to work, school or college. We need roads. We are still in the era where we depend on roads. We cannot have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to conclude my remarks. The greenway is for the weekend and getting out on bikes with one's children and family. There is no greenway that can take me or anyone around me to work on a Monday morning. We can talk about it but we need baseline infrastructure such as roads. We do need them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We will support each one of them. They are great but baseline roads infrastructure is still needed to get to work and school. I am someone who uses the bike and the train. I have bought into the Minister's way of thinking and it is a good way of thinking. We are all green and the whole country is becoming green but some baseline infrastructure is still required in Ireland. The Limerick...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to speak in support of this legislation. It is very positive. I was someone who up to ten months ago took off every day from Clare in my diesel Honda car and drove to the gates of Dáil Éireann but in recent months I have embraced multimodal transport. This morning I took the car to the train station, from which I took the train to Heuston Station and then I took a bike. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Spratt and the Department for being here today. There are a number of points I would like to make. With regard to electric vehicles, there has been a very good discussion so far but a number of members have mentioned some of the hesitancy about buying an electric vehicle, putting it on the road and everything involved. I will be very frank. One of the things that puts me off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Cathal Crowe: 3098. To ask the Minister for Health if he in conjunction with the other relevant Departments will consider a scheme whereby those in receipt of the disability allowance can access electric bicycles similar to the bike to work scheme in cases in which they have been medically advised to engage in light exercise. [40286/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Cathal Crowe: I want to tell the Minister of State at the outset that his colleague, Deputy Matthews, who is a major railway advocate, has challenged me to try out the train. I have done so a few times, including today, and will do so again tomorrow. I am glad to admit that it works. I still travel to Dublin by car some days but it takes ten or 15 minutes to cycle to the train station and an hour and 50...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Cathal Crowe: We might come in on a tandem bike next week or, maybe, e-scooters. This is a good discussion. We spent many months talking about road haulage but the reality is that over the past 18 months, e-scooters have become an increasing feature on our roads. The first time I saw one was probably about two years ago in Dublin. It was a head-turner and a novelty factor but suddenly they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome both Liz O'Donnell and Jerry Grant to our committee. I speak for myself but I am sure they will get unanimous ratification. We would be delighted to see them take on these new roles. I will home in on one or two small issues. I am delighted to hear that Ms O'Donnell is pushing for the appointment of 80 new driving testers because there is a very significant backlog. Families are...