Clare — week of Mon, 29 Sept

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 29 Sept – 5 Oct 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 49 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025

2025-10-01 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse …

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A bill to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse to engage in consultation with the Labour Court prior to the appointment of representative (employers) members or representative (workers) members, as the case may be; and to provide for connected matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 61–81

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

Insurance Costs

2025-10-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 60–82

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-30 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 75–61

Voted for 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason for the omission of mandatory personal therapy from CORU's training requirements; if she is satisfied that the omission of this training requirement will not be detrimental to the care provided to CORU's clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52003/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA independent review to inform decision-making around the design and delivery of urgent and emergency healthcare services in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52183/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department, along with the national ambulance service, proposes to increase the availability of ambulances and skilled paramedics in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52184/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the policies he is implementing to support small businesses, especially in the hospitality sector; the assistance he is providing to reduce costs; the action he is taking to reduce unnecessary red tape and burdensome regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52115/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the specific measures he is taking to support the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52116/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider a request from persons who attended Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools (details supplied) to award them a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51910/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider a request from persons who attended Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools (details supplied) to award them a full contributory state pension for work done as children, similar to the scheme in place for those who were in Magdalene Laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51911/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on legislation to allow for retrospective payments under the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51271/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals made under the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks grant scheme have been processed to completion in 2025; the number of appeals which remain active; the average turn-around time of appeals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51272/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children at early intervention stage who started in a primary school ASD class in the Mid-West in September 2025; if this number can be classified by each of the Mid-West Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNT) or area; the number of the children in each CDNT or area who require speech and language support; the number of the children in each CDNT or area are pre-verbal/non-speaking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51828/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1857 of 8 September 2025, if she will clarify information provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51845/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will confirm if a person (details supplied) is eligible for Irish citizenship based on their parent's citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51251/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will report on his engagement with the retail sector in relation to the impact of criminal activity and anti-social behaviour on businesses in that sector; when the Retail Crime Strategy will be published; the plans in relation to reforming defamation laws which many retailers feel is being used vexatiously against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52117/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take to make a fresh bid for Ireland to host a stage of the iconic Tour de France cycle race; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52179/25]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 29 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 29 total

Education 7 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the teacher student ratio and average class size in primary and secondary schools, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51265/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase the primary capitation grant by €75 per pupil in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51266/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reduce the average class size by two pupils in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51267/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce a new national small schools project as outlined in the Programme for Government in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51268/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce new special educational needs coordinators as outlined in the Programme for Government in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51269/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to address the closure of small rural schools (details supplied); if she will provide details of school closures, per county since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52022/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the extension works in a school (details supplied); to confirm if a tender was issued by the end of Q1 2025 as planned; if the target of having the facility ready for the school's September 2026 intake is still achievable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52905/25]
Health 7 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and number of paramedic cars stationed in each of the LEAs in County Clare, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; her plans to increase the number of both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51263/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent admin staff in Ennis hospital, Nenagh hospital and UHL; if permanent admin positions are being filled by agency staff in Ennis and if so the reason; the reason for many agency staff in positions as secretary consultants; the plans to replace permanent staff with agency staff in Ennis hospital; if the local management have been made aware of this; if the ratio of permanent admin staff to agency staff in these locations is similar in each location or if the ratio in Ennis is different; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52695/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she has spoken formally with the UK health secretary in the past three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52801/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at Limerick Maternity Hospital; the expected timeframe for each of those vacancies being filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52802/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory, by discipline and grade, in tabular form; the required staffing necessary to fully repatriate screening services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52803/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology services via primary care systems in CHO 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52804/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients precluded from accessing CAR T-cell treatment due to the current age restriction on the treatment, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52849/25]
Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given the current student accommodation crisis, if his Department will begin the process of collating data on the numbers of students studying English language courses in the State, regardless of the fact the majority of these students are studying in privately owned providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52043/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department can provide details of the amount of funding accrued from international student fees towards third level institutes in the State for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52044/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is possible for a student who applied through the CAO system to pursue her nursing qualification using her QQI level 5 results in pre-nursing in lieu of insufficient points from the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52045/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has met formally with the CEO of Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board in the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52805/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average waiting time to receive a response from the South Africa visa office for applicants who wish to come to Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52690/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount An Garda Síochána has spent on maintenance of existing Garda CCTV camera systems in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52793/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of competitions An Garda Síochána has held for sworn gardaí to apply to join divisional armed support units in the years 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of gardaí by rank who applied for each competition in the years in question, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52794/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve the N68 in County Clare to make it fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51264/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of Bus Éireann PSO fleet that are over 12 years old, as of 22 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Kuwait in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52798/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the national territory mapping for renewable electricity being prepared under Article 15b of RED III, the direct consultation his Department has held with Shannon Airport Group and authorities (details supplied) before including East Clare as a strategic onshore wind area; how the Department intends to address flawed local designations where no strategic environmental assessment or aviation-safety assessment was undertaken, such as Clare’s designation of East Clare; whether he will commit to revising the draft national map after the public consultation to remove areas where serious public-health and aviation-safety risks have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a new contract for the replacement of both the LÉ Róisín and LÉ Niamh naval ships will be put out to tender before end of year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52792/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies at the Corporate Enforcement Authority, by job title; the timeframe for each of those vacancies being filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52795/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if all special schools are part of the schools meals programme; if not, the names of special schools that are not part of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52799/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of equipment issued under AIMS in 2024, and for the first eight months of 2025; the type of equipment issued, and time it took to for the equipment to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52796/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Marketing English in Ireland Transport
- ELE Sector Profile Briefings and general issues

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if public consultation is carried out in identifying local link routes or routes under the Connecting Ireland plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51614/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys on the western rail corridor each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51613/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress of the national broadband plan in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52212/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the capital funding programmes or grants from his Department or any body for which he has responsibility for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply; the details of funding programmes or grants currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened for which a sporting organisation is eligible to apply, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52211/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the progress on increasing the number of GPs and GP practices across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52210/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies participating in the HRT scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52209/25]

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