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
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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 13 Jan 2026 · to Finance
856. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, noting annual inflation for the 12 months to December 2025, State Savings will introduce a new savings product that will at least match, if not surpass, inflation in a similar manner to the UK's equivalent NS&I Index Linked Savings Certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1617/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Public Expenditure
904. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74901/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
973. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74894/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1033. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive additional pay owed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73974/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an overview of the total provision of autism classes in secondary schools in County Clare at this time; her plans to address the current acute deficiency of autism classes in secondary schools in West Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74640/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1207. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will establish procedures within her Department so that special needs assistants, going forward, will only require to be Garda vetted on one occasion and that this vetting would be acceptable in all schools for a period of fixed duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1437/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Housing
1362. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Tenants-in-Situ scheme will continue or has it been subsumed into the Second Hand Social Housing Acquisitions Programme; if it is to continue whether funding has been allocated to Councils; the funding which will be allocated for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74090/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Housing
1363. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the stipulation in the Tenants-in-Situ scheme that a residence must be in HAP for two years remain in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74091/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Housing
1364. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Council has the authority to buy a property under 6.12 of the Second Hand Social Housing Acquisitions Programme, if the tenants-in-situ are at risk of becoming homeless, even if the property has not been in HAP for 2 years, in order to address 'tenancy sustainment'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74092/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Housing
1407. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has submitted an appeal on the defective concrete block scheme, will receive a response given that the appeal was submitted at the end of August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74725/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Social
1509. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the rules of the back to education allowance, as it applies to further education and training, FET, courses so that individuals who were unable to complete their original FET course are given a second chance to receive an allowance payment if they start a new course of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
2002. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an overview of the capacity of creches in County Clare (most especially the Shannon / Newmarket-on-Fergus / Bunratty / Sixmilebridge locality) to meet the needs of local families; her plans to increase creche places in the aforementioned areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1855/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
2015. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there have been any private forensic reports undertaken at a site (details supplied); if she will provide this Deputy with reports relating to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2183/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2034. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the extent to which hospitals in the mid-west have in-hospital counselling services available to patients who may be enduring mental health problems; the associated staffing levels in each hospital in the mid-west region; the days and hours the service is available in each hospital in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73854/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2086. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people on dialysis for more than five years in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74144/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2087. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the percentage of people on dialysis who have had a kidney transplant that has subsequently failed in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74145/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2088. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the percentage of people on dialysis who were active on the kidney transplant waiting list, as of 31 December in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74146/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2089. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of people on dialysis who have, or have had an organ transplant, other than a functioning kidney transplant, in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74147/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2090. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on dialysis in each of the age profiles (details supplied) as of 31 December in 2022, 2023 and 2024 by age cohorts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74148/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2091. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths amongst dialysis patients in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74149/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2092. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish resident patients that have been able to avail of out of area dialysis, in Ireland, in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74150/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2093. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of visitors from outside of the State who were able to avail of dialysis whilst visiting Ireland in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74151/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2094. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approved posts and available full-time equivalent staffing by healthcare professional type in each dialysis unit, by HSE run and third party units (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74153/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2095. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approved number of vascular surgeon posts and available full-time equivalent staffing in each dialysis unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74154/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2096. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approved number of academic professional posts and available full-time equivalent staffing by hospital for each of kidney and cancer disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74155/25]