Clare — week of Mon, 24 Feb

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Feb – 2 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-25 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–62

Voted for 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 32 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 32 total

Housing 8 questions
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-26 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]
- 2025-02-26 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]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the funding that can be provided to Clare County Council to help offset costs incurred during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8809/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has examined Waterways Ireland’s proposed bylaws (namely the draft Shannon Navigation Bye Laws 2024; Draft Canals Act 1986 and 2018 (Bye-Laws); and the houseboat mooring investment programme); if these proposed bylaws will appear before committee for examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8812/25]
Education 4 questions
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8152/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a new status for special education schools to recognise the fact that whilst they are currently classed as primary schools, they cater for an age range that includes adolescents and teenagers and many offer Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8151/25]
Justice 4 questions
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-26 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]
- 2025-02-26 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]
Environment 3 questions
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare that have applied for the warmer homes scheme, broken down by year; and the number that have been deemed ineligible. [8727/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if houses older than 1940 can be considered under the warmer homes scheme; and if not, what the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland recommends for the property owners; and the number of houses that have been deemed ineligible due to being older than 1940. [8728/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline of the warmer homes scheme (WHS), from application stage to delivery stage; the number of contracting companies currently contracted to carry out works under the WHS; and if there are short-term plans to increase this number. [8729/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide funding for essential repair works at Bunratty Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8802/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will strengthen the enforcement of existing animal protection laws to ensure real consequences for neglect and abuse; if he will introduce stricter regulations on animal ownership, including mandatory microchipping and licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8681/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 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]
- 2025-02-25 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]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-02-25 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]
Children 1 question
- 2025-02-25 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 cultural customs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8118/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider front-loading the promised removal of the means test for carers in order that the means test is entirely abolished in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8264/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the Ennis town bus service to start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8803/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts that are being made by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to find new business or industrial investment for the former Roche site in Clarecastle, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department can provide funding to support Clare County Council and an organisation (details supplied) in their pursuit to develop a safe clifftop walk at the Cliffs of Moher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8799/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department can provide funding to support Clare County Council and an organisation (details supplied) in their pursuit to develop a safe clifftop walk at the Cliffs of Moher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8801/25]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option despite the qualified staff required to initiate pump therapy and the administration support all being in place to commence the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7164/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals that have been reimbursed for their insulin pump training and/or consumables through the EU treatment abroad or cross-Border healthcare scheme since 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7418/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland that access to the omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSEs exceptional hardship scheme or have done so since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7419/25]

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Timmy Dooley — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns