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 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
408. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport for an update on progress made in terms of introducing free public transport for children under the age of nine, as announced in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47039/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
608. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will detail the flood protection works that have been carried out by the Office of Public Works in the lower Meelick area of County Clare (details supplied) in the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44576/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
609. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a property (details supplied) which has not flooded for at least 30 years has been classified as being in a flood risk area by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44577/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
960. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for additional school accommodation made by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46505/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1257. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide full details on his Department's response to eliminate Asian hornets which a threat to all native Irish pollinators, including honeybees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46506/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1465. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accommodation centres with addresses in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare that are being used to house those under temporary protection or international protection in Ireland; the number of those accommodated in those centres between 2022 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44681/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1466. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budget allocated and spent on support staff and services, specifically for those seeking temporary protection or international protection, in the Lisdoonvarna area of County Clare between 2022 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44682/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1467. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when current leases with centres used to accommodate those seeking temporary protection or international protection in the Lisdoonvarna area were signed; when each contract is due to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44683/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1473. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider introducing a mandatory minimum sentence for those convicted of assault on frontline workers that is, Gardaí, prison officers, healthcare staff, Fire Services personnel, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44761/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1590. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of garda members, by rank, assigned to a location (details supplied) as of August 2025. [45591/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1591. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of operational garda vehicles attached to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45592/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1592. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statistics on average garda response times to incidents within a location (details supplied) between August 2024 and July 2025. [45594/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1793. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider broadening the qualifying terms of the forgotten farmers scheme in Budget 2026, including changing the date of birth eligibility to 1 January 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1794. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review his Department’s plans to introduce two-step verification to login to the AgFood portal, given that two-step verification will prevent agricultural consultants from logging in on behalf of their client farmers and this will be of major disadvantage to farmers who have little or no IT skills; and if he will mak…
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1859. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide information (details supplied) in relation to children's disability network teams in CHO3, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47164/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2072. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason a timeline of 125 days is given to families when a systems analysis review commences; the number of reviews carried out nationwide in 2024 and the percentage of which were completed within the 125 day timeline given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44590/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2073. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the details of responsibility for overseeing system analysis reviews to ensure they are done effectively, efficiently and within the timeline given to families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44591/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2320. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts funded by the Health Service Executive; the number of posts which are filled and unfilled per hospital (details supplied), by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45590/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
686. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, broken down by county, along with the number of applicants associated with these claims; the number of claims by homebuyers (excluding self-builds), broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42691/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
687. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42692/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
688. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the commitments the upcoming Action Plan for Insurance Reform will contain to explore new solutions for sectors who still cannot get insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
790. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on works to treat pyrite affecting Shannon Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40961/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1070. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to sanction a home school liaison officer for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) which has an exceptionally high number of students deemed at risk of experiencing disadvantage in their schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41655/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1146. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action taken to reduce class sizes and the pupil teacher ratio at primary school level since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42715/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1147. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action taken to improve financial supports for primary schools since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42716/25]