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 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
537. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider the way staff are counted in special schools from a management point of view (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29405/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
538. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects SNA staffing allocations for the 2025-2026 primary school year to be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29410/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
539. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will assign a new roll number regime to special schools in order to differentiate them from primary and secondary schools, since the current model classifies them as primary schools, even though many of them offer a secondary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29411/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
744. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects legislation to underpin remediation schemes to come before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29031/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
745. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he expects the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill to have completed the legislative process by the Easter Recess in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29032/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1033. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the citizenship application made by a resident of County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30035/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1040. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an overview of his Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Children
1208. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she and her Departmental officials are aware of the shortage of creche and child-minding facilities in County Clare that cater for babies under 12 months-of-age; the measures her Department is taking to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30241/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1278. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis to the long-term illness scheme to assist with the cost of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29025/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1570. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30240/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Rural
1676. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Rural
1677. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 May 2025 · to Finance
24. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the near-term outlook for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 May 2025 · to Finance
38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s expectations for consumer spending this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/25]
Cathal Crowe Oral 29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the National Development Plan Review. [27720/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
157. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a report on his attendance at the informal General Affairs Council (Cohesion) in Warsaw; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27719/25]
Cathal Crowe Oral 29 May 2025 · to Foreign
172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26984/25]
Cathal Crowe Oral 29 May 2025 · to Foreign
173. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any further sanctions will be imposed on Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
675. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when senior management at Ennis Hospital were notified that the finance department within the hospital would cease to exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28850/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
683. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €1,000 reduction relating specifically to the student contribution payable by students eligible for free tuition in publicly funded third level colleges will be available for the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 28 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
150. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and Reform if he will report on the measures he is taking to provide flood relief and to guard against future threats in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28322/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 28 May 2025 · to Housing
236. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to change the regulations for small dwellings, such a portacabins to be built in people’s gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 28 May 2025 · to Justice
308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will intervene to expedite an urgent visa appeal for a person (details supplied). [28327/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 28 May 2025 · to Health
391. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a patient (details supplied) who is in need of an urgent bed in a nursing home in Ennis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27970/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 27 May 2025 · to Environment
143. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will reverse plans to close the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC); his Department’s plans to support early-stage digital enterprises and start-ups here if the NDRC ceases operations in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/25]