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 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
477. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the cost of recent restoration works at Quin Garda station, County Clare; the plans for the newly renovated building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
494. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he, along with the Office of Public Works, will detail the extent to which the town of Shannon, County Clare, has flooded since the 1960s; the future flooding events predicted to happen in this town as global sea levels rise; the mitigating measures that have been and will be put in place to protect th…
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
552. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite an application made by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10616/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
634. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene to fund a school (details supplied) in County Clare that is constantly struggling to make ends meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11377/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
695. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of an additional special classroom for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11903/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
905. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is renting elsewhere while reconstruction works are ongoing on their house, covered by the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, to release funding at an earlier stage to assist this person in paying for rent while the works are ongoing. [11716/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
912. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Waterways Ireland will bring their proposals to change the Shannon River bye-laws and canal bye-laws before an Oireachtas committee; when stakeholders, in particular boat owners, will be advised of the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Justice
1088. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will, on the grounds of the age of the applicant, the fact that they have lived in Ireland continuously for 51 years, and all of their children are Irish citizens, intervene in order that a citizenship application (details supplied) can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10585/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
1247. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current TAMS scheme, or TAMS schemes offered heretofore, provides for stock-proof barbed wire fencing for cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1475. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the proposed review of physician associates as promised in the HSE 2025 Service Plan has commenced; the terms of reference of the review; the timeline for the conducting of the review; if there will be public input into the review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10597/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1620. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of grade 3 and grade 4 clerical support staff appointed in the hospitals of the University of Limerick Hospital Group; the number of these are HSE directly employed personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11359/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1621. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of grade 3 and grade 4 clerical support staff positions that have been vacant in University Hospital Limerick, Ennis General Hospital and Nenagh General Hospital since the start of the HSE recruitment embargo; the number of these positions have been temporarily filled with agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11360/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1622. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if panels formed to fill clerical support staff positions in the University of Limerick Hospital Group will have their operational dates extended to reflect the impact of the imposition of the HSE recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11361/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1623. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the University of Limerick Hospital Group has transferred clerical support staff from community roles to acute roles in order to mitigate against the impact of the HSE recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11362/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1624. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the way the University of Limerick Hospital Group manages the replacement of personnel when clerical support staff at grade 3 and grade 4 retire or pass away; if roles are split in such scenarios; if agency staff are used to fill these roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11363/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1753. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); her views on the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11894/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1858. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure those with prostate cancer and who have private health insurance, such as in the case of a person (details suppled), can avail of a high intensity focal ultrasound as part of their coverage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12501/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1859. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure those with prostate cancer and who have private health insurance, such as a person (details suppled), can avail of a high intensity focal ultrasound as part of their coverage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12503/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1910. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the rules for the SUSI grant scheme could take into account the transience of the rental market and in particular have cognisance of the fact that families availing of the defective concrete blocks scheme may have to relocate whilst construction works are ongoing at their home and this may temporarily ch…
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Rural
1944. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update regarding the opening of the town and village renewal scheme for 2025. [10827/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
38. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an overview of ways in which his Department supports and promotes tourism activity through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
91. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when she expects HIQA to report on its review into access to accident and emergency care in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9831/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
123. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of planned capital investment in public healthcare facilities in County Clare for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9832/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Education
280. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application before her Department for new autism classes at a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10488/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
318. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the more than 400,000 households that received a €300 fuel allowance lump sum payment in Budget 2025, in tabular form. [10476/25]