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 26 Feb 2025 · to Housing
178. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the total demolition of a property is acceptable under the vacant properties grant; if not, if it deems a property ineligible for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8307/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Housing
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in relation to the recommendations of the Housing Commission report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8418/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
214. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for visa applications; if he is satisfied with these timelines; if he is not, the actions he is taking to reduce processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8295/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
215. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice when the outcome for a visa application for the spouse of a person (details supplied) can be expected. [8296/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Finance
308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove the classification of National Ambulance Service response vehicles as a benefit-in-kind to those who drive them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7456/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
354. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works has any centralised or devolved work schemes that could potentially install rock armour and other forms of coastal erosion defence to protect a row of private dwellings in County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8122/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
421. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will support the effort of a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) to develop a school playground for the specific benefit of children in its two new autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7659/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
452. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene in a case of subject-specific classroom accommodation for a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8148/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Housing
540. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to tackle vacancy and dereliction; the measures put in place to tackle these issues since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Housing
541. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to help renters; the measures put in place in this regard since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7828/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Housing
542. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to increase social housing stock; the measures put in place in this regard since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Housing
543. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to increase the availability of affordable housing; the measures put in place in this regard since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7830/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
649. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he is considering introducing any mechanisms that might allow Ukrainian nationals who are full-time students or in full-time employment here to remain in Ireland after their current protected status, as per the European Union temporary protection directive, expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7464/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
650. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if Ukrainian nationals domiciled in Ireland, under the European Union Temporary Protection Directive, can factor time already spent living in Ireland into an eventual application for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7475/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
718. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who enrolled in the ACRES tree belts for ammonia capture from farmyards scheme; the total number of hectares planted under the initiative in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7996/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Children
730. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider devising a multi-faceted induction, educational programme for persons who arrive in Ireland seeking international protection or as beneficiaries of the European Union's Temporary Protection Directive in order that they become familiar with access to services and education in Ireland along with cul…
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
879. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been reimbursed for their insulin pump training and or its consumables through the EU treatment abroad or cross-Border healthcare scheme since 2019. [7453/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
880. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Ireland who access the omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSEs exceptional hardship scheme or have done so since 2018. [7454/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
37. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he proposes to engage with President Trump’s administration in the United States with regard to mooted tariffs on European Union produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4364/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Finance
59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider removing the VAT from building blocks being used to rebuild houses affected by defective blocks to help address rising construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6480/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
83. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each that applied for the Power Up grant in each local authority areas; the number of the applications in each local authority area that were successful; the total value of the grants approved in each local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6487/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Health
236. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if paramedics can no longer keep response cars at their home location as it is considered a benefit-in-kind; if so, if she will intervene to overhaul the new rule in recognition of the important and time sensitive role that paramedic response car drivers play in medical emergencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6663/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Foreign
133. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 27 June 2024, if he and his Department have undertaken any acts of investigation or enquiry to establish if the Holy See is in the possession of the crown of Brian Boru, former High King of Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6329/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Education
314. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the parental leave scheme to allow for it to be taken in blocks of one day a week (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5503/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Education
386. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she and her officials will urgently approve the building application made to her Department by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6422/25]