Results 61-80 of 4,510 for speaker:Cathal Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland (details supplied). [16878/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise for being late. I also sit on the transport committee, and it had an engagement this morning. I followed some of this debate, but not all of it. I apologise if I ask questions that have been asked. Like others, I know of some people with long Covid. One is a man in my local community who is involved in GAA coaching and plays golf the whole time. He came to one of my clinics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I have no doubt that the occupational health people in the HSE believe this to be genuine and that the witnesses are offering a supporting role. HSE staff interface daily with many different relevant people, including managers. There is a vertical structure of management and there is local HR. Staff repeatedly tell me that even among more senior colleagues in the hospital system, it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise if my next question was already covered. Where will this end up? Will it eventually be recognised as a lifelong disability? The people who contact our offices by phone or email or who come to our clinics say there was the immediate phase where they were unable to work. Now, they are at home trying to live normal lives but find themselves to be breathless, tired and suffering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I do not want to comment too much about the agreement that was reached between the Department and the unions. There is a three-month rollover backdated to 1 April, which is good. However, rollover after rollover will eventually run out. Dialogue needs to happen. Some people have, as Dr. Jeffrey stated, had long Covid for three and a half or four years. It is important that we start to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I apologise for being a little late. A few committee meetings coincide on Wednesday afternoons. I have read the opening statement, and I thank the witnesses for their service. I mean that sincerely. Thanks to Irish Rail, I am able to commute from the bottom of County Clare. I have to get an early morning train at 7.45 a.m. to get up for my day's work. I will go back down at 9 p.m....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: This question relates to Dublin Bus in particular and the Luas to a certain extent. There is a large amount of driver training, but is any training offered to new entrants with regard to what they may face in terms of antisocial behaviour? They should not have to de-escalate, but what do they do if something breaks out on a bus or Luas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I have seen incidents kicking off on buses. The buses are fantastic and get people around, but they seem a little flimsy. When a bus goes over a speed ramp, the whole vehicle rattles. The driver's cab seems to be made of perspex or flexiglass. Has the union or have front-line drivers ever said they have had this for between ten and 15 years and they need something more? Going beyond...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Murphy for that perspective. Under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003, if someone is before the court for causing bedlam in a certain shop or giving hassle outside Penneys, Dunnes Stores or wherever, the judge can order that person not to go back to the shop in question for a 12-month period or longer. I am sure many employees have had to sit in the dock of a court on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Would Mr. Murphy be open to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, it is very worrying. My final question is to Mr. Wynne to build on that. I get the train an awful lot and it is comfortable and a lovely way to travel. It is so efficient, actually. People who do not travel on the train think it does not run on time, but it runs to the second; it is unbelievable. Very rarely something kicks off on the train and I have seen on Dublin Bus, the Luas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Wynne. If the Leas-Chathaoirleach will allow me one tiny last question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: All credit to Dublin Bus, the service runs very late and it allows people to get home safely from a bar, nightclub or restaurant late at night. The issue with the inter-city buses and Irish Rail is you cannot really leave the capital after 9 p.m. at night, which is a pity when there is a big concert, match or whatever in Dublin. Not everyone can get a hotel. Jim Meade tells us it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Wynne and thank the witnesses for everything they are doing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I congratulate the Taoiseach and wish him the very best in his new position.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I raise the inability of thousands of people in County Clare to get flood insurance for their homes and businesses. I recall when, in 2009, the lower River Shannon spilled its banks and flooded streets, pitches and many areas. However, only two homes in the whole county of Clare actually took water inside the front door that winter. Yet, the response of the insurance industry has been risk...

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]