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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progression of a new school build (details supplied); if the said build can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4238/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration can be given to having a broad ‘personalised budget’ scheme for individuals with disability, on the basis that many service providers are over-stretched and cannot give many individuals with disabilities the type of support in the community that they so badly need and want; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (25 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority and Airnav Ireland have any concerns in relation to large scale wind turbines, such as the potential they have to affect flight paths and the safety of aircraft in relation to terrain clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/24]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I, like many in the Chamber today, want to speak on the continued situation in Gaza and the horrendous war we are seeing unfold. Many Members have spoken about this since the October attacks by Hamas, which were atrocious and have rightly been condemned. Yet, the response from the Israel Defense Forces has been disproportionate. It has been an attack on civilians, including the vulnerable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for his continuing engagement and I also thank his officials. I am a member of the Oireachtas transport committee. This afternoon Mr. Jim Meade, the chief executive of Irish Rail, came before the committee. I do not know whether the Minister is familiar with his CV but he began as an apprentice mechanic. He went in at 18 years of age and worked his whole way up from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Would the Leas-Chathaoirleach take a vote in the Seanad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Mr. Meade, Mr. Hendrick and Mr Kenny. Mr. Meade began his presentation by mentioning his staff. I find them to be outstanding. I take the train regularly and they are the friendly face of the organisation. I left Colbert Station in Limerick at 6.40 this morning. There were a lot of bleary-eyed people who are not used to getting up too early, but staff are always there with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I just think that if the last trains out of Heuston Station at night time brought an extra carriage to Ceannt Station or Colbert station, it would mean that the morning trains could bring them back up to headquarters. I think it could work. I have quite a number of other small points I want to mention. There is fabulous work going on in Colbert Station in Limerick. The old cargo crane...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: That is good

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Regarding the Shannon rail spur, there is really positive news happening in the suburban Limerick area and that Foynes line is very good. However, many people in Clare are wondering about this rail spur, not just to Shannon Airport, but also to Shannon town and the industrial zone. How realistic does Mr. Meade think that is and what kind of safeguarding is being done in terms of keeping the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Is it five years or ten years away, or is it in dreamland at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Could I next ask about Crusheen Station? I was a councillor at the time, but I remember TDs scrambling to announce money, funding and a station to be built that would be a stop going up to Galway. Where exactly is that at? We have one in Clare, Councillor Pat Hayes, who constantly advocates this, as do I. There is a real lobby group. Crusheen is one of those communities that would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: If I can finish, living in that community is viable if you are going to college in UL. You can nip into Limerick and up to Galway. You can live there and work or study elsewhere. I would love to hear where that stands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The Leas-Chathaoirleach might add some time because I have more to get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for extending me some latitude. I understand there has been a budgetary overrun on the national train control centre. Where is it at and who is picking up the tab? All of us here have a rudimentary knowledge of what is going on. The old points levers are well and truly gone. We have an automated system. For the laypeople, and we are laypeople, - I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Has it cost more than was intended?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, it is my final question. I find trains to be a safe, efficient and fabulous way to travel. More people should be on them. On a very rare occasion - once - I had to make a 999 call from the train because of the actions of another passenger. Occasionally, you see someone losing the rag or someone who is possibly under the influence of drugs, but it is tricky to go down to the bathroom...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Yes. It would be great if there was a text facility on board so you could say there was trouble in carriage D or if An Garda Síochána need to intervene at the next station, that there would be a more discreet way of doing it. It is pretty difficult to make a call or to get a message out of a train when you are shuttling along down the track.