Cathal Crowe

It is incongruent with what the Deputy said earlier.

It was all about getting a little TikTok clip for her social media earlier but-----

-----the Deputy has done huge damage to the housing needs of the people in Dublin West.

She has done huge damage and-----

In true wild west style-----

-----she dropped her grenade and she walked out of the Chamber.

We are not objecting to houses.

Deputy Coppinger is a serial objector.

Two beautiful villages in County Clare are Broadford and Cooraclare. They are fabulous villages but have one major problem. When one flushes a toilet in those village the sewage percolates through some gravel but will ultimately end up in drains. It will end up in Doon Lough in Broadford and in a river in Cooraclare. On 7 December 2023, almost two years ago, there was a wonderful announcement from…

11. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [65549/25]

29. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department's new disability unit for 2025-2027. [65550/25]

I note that Ireland is bound by the EU passenger name record directive so it makes full sense for us to opt in. What is at stake here is data exchange. In time, it will lead to increased police co-operation, prevention, detection, powers of investigation and, ultimately, one would hope, prosecution where terrorist offences and serious crimes are concerned. Overall, this is a very good measure and …

I am glad to have the opportunity to speak here today. At the outset, I say well done to the Minister of State. I am following his work in Europe and he has acquitted himself very well and is representing Ireland, Inc. very well while in Brussels and other locations. There is a whole national debate about the occupied territories Bill, and it is very important legislation that we must pass. Indee…

It requires a qualified majority. I beg your pardon. That is important to establish. The more assurances given to the farming community, the better. Prices at the mart last weekend were around €5.50 to €6 per kilo, which has not been seen in years. It was €3.70 or so this time last year. Without European Union grants, farming in Ireland for most people would not be viable. This is the first time t…

I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this issue. I apologise; I was gathering notes when I came into the Chamber. I want to join others by referring to poor little Harvey Morrison Sherratt and all that he endured, as well as the arduous campaign his family have waged for justice ever since his death. It is very important to recognise that there is going to be the statutory public inquiry…

6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which he plans to address delays in delivering capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59855/25]

Will the Minister outline some of his plans to address the significant delays in delivering capital projects in the country?

They say every day is a learning day. Recently, I was back in University Hospital Limerick with other politicians looking at a new ward system, a new 96-bed block, a five-storey building. Angela Coll of the Ennis hospital committee was recently in the Minister's office, where the three of us had a good discussion. When I spoke to clinicians that day, they were delighted with this five-storey build…

The whole system is very impractical. When you want to build a new 96-bed block, it is not just foundations you are building; you are digging down, tanking out a whole basement floor and then going up five or six storeys. The upper floor must be load-bearing, so it can take more units and wards if required. All the services, including sewerage, water and electricity services, are then introduced b…

I join others in expressing outright condemnation of the horrible scene we saw in Drogheda the other night. I did not realise until yesterday morning that there was actually footage of it online. How disgusting to see someone bring a flammable liquid into the hallway of that premises, pour it up along the stairway and set it on fire, putting the lives of children upstairs at risk. It is disgusting…

A few weeks ago I stood here and highlighted the fact that whilst An Coimisiún Pleanála has much expertise in the realm of planning, it has no in-house expertise when it comes to aviation. I flagged that here in the Dáil and an upshot of that in the days that followed was we were notified that Sagentia, a British company, has been taken on as an independent consultant. Why is it that the Irish Avi…

Nonsense.

That is nonsense. Go away out of that.

Total nonsense.

The Deputy is more interested in electioneering. He has one eye on the election.