TDs / Cathal Crowe

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Cathal Crowe

Fianna Fáil Clare TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,151
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
50,384
words spoken in the chamber
Across 201 contributions. Plus 78 contributions from the chair, not counted
398
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
275
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,151 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 201 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 12 1
February 2025 78 12
March 2025 44 4
April 2025 59 18
May 2025 71 16
June 2025 42 3
July 2025 77 14
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 62 7
October 2025 27 20
November 2025 86 13
December 2025 80 22
January 2026 99 11
February 2026 67 12
March 2026 76 7
April 2026 38 11
May 2026 54 16
June 2026 44 2
July 2026 51 1
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 57 4
October 2026 27 7

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 99 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Clare 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Cathal Crowe Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
45. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on plans to remediate the defective concrete blocks in the structure of Shannon Garda, Station, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74787/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
79. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on plans to develop flood mitigating measures in the vicinity of Shannon town and Shannon Airport in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74786/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Education
123. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the progression of various school building projects in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74789/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Education
151. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects to make a determination on applications made by several English-medium primary schools to become Gaelscoileanna; if she will specifically provide an update relating to the application made be one of these schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74788/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Education
62. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene in the case of a constituent (details supplied) facing an unfair duplicate €440 registration fee from the Teaching Council due to protracted administrative delays; if the council has the power to issue manual fee waivers in such instances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74828/26]
Cathal Crowe Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
44. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [64282/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Finance
365. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for the help-to-buy incentive scheme to accommodate returning Irish citizens who do not meet the full four-year tax look-back window; and if he will consider expanding the window to account for a broader historical Irish tax record or, alternatively, factoring in verified future Irish income tax commitments…
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
505. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will clarify the eligibility and timeline for access to the next primary supplementary redeployment panel for a teacher (details supplied) whose contract concluded at the end of August; the review mechanisms available when panel options exceed reasonable commuting distances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74013/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
704. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the execution of the formal transfer of functions order to move responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 from his Department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, following the enactment of enabling provisions in the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026; …
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
762. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when responsibility for Multi-Unit Developments will transfer from his department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, especially given concerns about the urgent need for this (details supplied). [74099/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
809. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department, or Pobal, will engage with a school-age childcare service in County Clare (details supplied) regarding capital support to transition from a prefab into a modern modular facility that incorporates new preschool places to meet growing local demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73596/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Children
810. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will review the eligibility criteria for the building blocks capital scheme to accommodate independent, school-age childcare providers operating out of leased school prefabs who are not currently enrolled in the Core Funding scheme but provide an essential service to prevent rural school depopulation; and if she will m…
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
862. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of palliative care beds paid for by the HSE in each county, in tabular form. [73366/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
888. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE Mid-West Hospital Group to conduct an immediate investigation into a severe breakdown in open disclosure protocols regarding a vulnerable dementia patient (details supplied) who sustained an unexplained hip fracture during a recent hospital admission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73610/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Culture
401. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider expanding the regional tier 1 pilot initiative under the Community Sport Facilities Fund to allow sports clubs from County Clare who are similarly affected by defective concrete blocks to apply for the pilot funding stream. [71746/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Culture
408. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if groups applying for the Arts Capital Investment Fund must strictly furnish audited accounts, even if the groups are exempt from requiring same on an annual basis. [72265/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Justice
572. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the transition and relocation protocols put in place for families currently residing at a facility (details supplied), ahead of the scheduled contract conclusion on 31 October 2026; the measures being taken by his Department to co-ordinate with the Department of Education and Youth to minimise schooling and educational disruption for …
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Children
650. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the establishment of a solicitors’ portal to facilitate enduring power of attorney applications to the Decision Support Service. [71750/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Finance
97. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the policy of introducing a personal tax credit for people with a disability in employment. [69849/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
164. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the investment or policy support planned for Irish and European cloud, cybersecurity, open-source and digital public infrastructure providers, to ensure Ireland is not only a consumer of digital infrastructure but also contributes to European capability. [70044/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
165. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Government is classifying sensitive workloads and datasets that may require EU-based hosting, customer-controlled encryption, private cloud, on-premise capability or enhanced exit provisions. [70041/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
166. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if future ICT procurement frameworks will include explicit evaluation criteria covering European providers, open-source solutions, interoperability, vendor lock-in and cloud sovereignty where appropriate. [70040/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
167. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department plans to publish a national sovereign cloud strategy for the public sector and critical national infrastructure; and the way in which it will address strategic dependence on non-EU cloud providers. [70038/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which Ireland is engaging with the European Commission's Sovereign Cloud Framework, and the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act. [70043/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Education
222. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 65715/26, the estimated timeline for when the integrated project team will be selected and commence their work. [70106/26]