Clare — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-06-25 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 64–82

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

2025-06-25 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided…

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A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–67

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery

2025-06-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–69

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 87–66

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans to reinstate the temporary development contribution waiver scheme; if there are other financial incentives coming available for those who intend to commence building within the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33762/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for clarification on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34066/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; when he expects the Bill to go before the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35152/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for clarification on a matter regarding the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025, and short term lettings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35006/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers who are unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the HIQA review into access to emergency care in the midwest region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34749/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new capital investments and major new equipment purposes and new healthcare initiatives that will be rolled out in County Clare across 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34750/25]
Culture 3 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the basic income for the arts will be considered in Budget 2026; if the pilot scheme will be extended beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34668/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider making an application for a future stage of the Tour de France to be held in Ireland, some of which can be held along the Wild Atlantic Way, particularly taking in part of County Clare. [34739/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider initiating a programme akin to Talent Search, operated by the Australian government, whereby children and adolescents are tested for their sporting prowess and given an introduction to sports they may never have experienced before with a view to making the country more competitive across a wider field of sports at the Summer Olympic Games. [34738/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that the National Cyber Security Bill 2024 makes reference, on page 11, to “a university within the meaning of the University Act, 1997” and that this does not reflect the fact that Ireland now has several technological universities and that the Cyber Security Bill may, as a result, need to be accordingly amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35085/25]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the further education options available for a person who already possesses a degree or master's qualification and wishes to completely change direction in their career by choosing an area that is lower than their existing qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34543/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 19 June 2025, if he will provide supplementary information in relation to highlighted matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how full-time students living in privately rented accommodation on leases of less than six years will be protected from having to pay exorbitant rent increases from 1 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34937/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to introduce legally enforceable standards for works carried out by builders, to protect the public from so-called cowboy builders; to establish a register of builders against whom legal actions have been taken successfully allowing the public to review the standing of builders before contracting work from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35142/25]

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 8 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary Garda division each year since 2020; the number of non-civilian Garda staff based in Clare at the end of each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34422/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to the drugs unit of the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary division; the ranks of each of those Gardaí; if any are appointed detectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34423/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of simple possession searches for drugs undertaken in Clare for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of drugs sale and supply searches undertaken in Clare for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34424/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to roads policing in the Clare-Tipperary division for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form, broken down by numbers assigned in County Clare and County Tipperary; the number of positions in roads policing vacant in the division, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34425/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the roads in Clare that will be covered by phase 3 of the LDV grant scheme; the timelines for the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the progress made on the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33943/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to report on the changes to the organ donation framework; the number of those opting out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34323/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA report on Mid-West Emergency Health Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34324/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of foreign direct investment (FDI) jobs in counties Clare, Galway and Limerick in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of FDI jobs created and lost respectively in counties Clare, Galway and Limerick in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34426/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and names of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the current teacher/pupil ratio in 2025 in these schools in County Clare; her plans to close any of them; if so, the location of the schools and number of pupils in them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34427/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers currently working within the Tusla 'children in care' team in County Clare; the numbers of children placed with each of those social workers; if any of the three current social worker vacancies, details from Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 17 June 2025, are from within the children-in-care team in Tusla in County Clare; the total numbers of social workers who have been employed in the Tusla children-in-care team in County Clare since 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34421/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number and location of Clare library branches actively engaged with the My Open Library initiative; to outline all Clare library branches approved for funding to proceed with the initiative to date; to provide details on applications for funding from Clare County Library since the commencement of the Government scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34420/25]

Timmy Dooley — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.