Cathal Crowe
Oral
21. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [74523/25]
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Cathal Crowe
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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
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275
topics asked about
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| 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 |
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| May 2026 | 54 | 16 |
| June 2026 | 44 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 51 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 57 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 27 | 7 |
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Cathal Crowe
Oral
167. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any engagement has occurred with the insurance sector following recent severe weather events, including Storm Bram and Storm Chandra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9545/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
405. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) are in receipt of monies from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF); if the company is allowed to use said monies to fund expenses (including legal representation, engineering reports and expert consultant opinions) they are incurring as part of their quest to obtain planning permission from An Coimisiún Pleaná…
Cathal Crowe
Written
703. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress being made by the Government taking landmark legal cases against companies who manufactured and sold defective concrete blocks to the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
1111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have carried out an internal review or investigation into the impact of the three-day waiting period provision within the existing abortion legislation, including input from women who continued their pregnancies after an initial consultation about abortion with a GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9897/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
49. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will urgently increase funding allocations to local authorities for the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
50. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied that public signage is adequately translated and displayed in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
98. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider broadening the criteria for appointing high level diplomats, including ambassadors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8245/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
231. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects that have been completed, by county (details supplied) since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by county since 2020; to provide a breakdown the total number of projects currently under construction, per county; to provide a breakdown of the total number of projects currently in planning and design, per count…
Cathal Crowe
Written
412. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the health capital projects completed in each county during 2025, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
413. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail, for each public and voluntary hospital, the total number of staff in each, on a whole time equivalent basis at the end of December 2025; the number of medical/dental staff on a whole time equivalent basis in each public/voluntary hospital at the end of December 2025; the number of nursing & midwifery staff on a whole time equivalent basis …
Cathal Crowe
Written
414. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of dermatologists working in the HSE; the increase in the numbers hired since 2020; the efforts that are being made to secure more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
439. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, given the urgent need to increase the number of qualified medical doctors in Ireland, he will strategically direct SUSI to consider graduate medical courses not to be an additional QQI level 8 qualification, for the purposes of assessing grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Cathal Crowe
Written
772. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the Garda fleet (details supplied) in each Garda station at the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
212. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the personal exemption on capital gains tax from the existing €1,270 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
436. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when those who have children through surrogacy will have legal standing as parents under Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7122/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
469. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if local authorities have the legal powers to either remove or direct the removal of memorials in burial grounds which are deemed to be in breach of the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7076/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
40. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs in each county at the end of 2025, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6755/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
371. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider requests (details supplied) regarding Revenue's guidelines for determining employment status for taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6392/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
454. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects that have been completed, on a local authority basis since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by county; the breakdown of the total number of projects currently under construction, per county; the breakdown of the total number of projects currently in planning and design, per county, since 2020, in tabular fo…
Cathal Crowe
Written
455. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5446/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level; the number enrolled at post-primary level, by county as of 1 January 2026, or latest date available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5447/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
1133. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the standard crew models for Type A, Type B and Type C NAS ambulances; in which situations, crew numbers below this model are acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6479/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
115. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of medical card contracts her Department has with general practitioners in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4958/26]
Cathal Crowe
Written
131. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new services that will be provided by the Health Service Executive in County Clare in 2026, in particular at Ennis General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4959/26]