Clare — week of Mon, 6 Oct

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Oct – 12 Oct 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 112–46

Voted for 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 95–65

Voted for 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Developer Profits Transparency Bill 2023

2025-10-07 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to introduce a requirement for property developers who are in receipt of State subsidies to publish annual financial statements

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 69–88

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will issue new guidelines on the way in which onshore wind farms should be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49381/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of pilot sewage schemes in small villages that is being led by his Department; if his Department is open to the possibility of new developments using package sewerage treatment plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53443/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking to curb the extent to which people are tracked by apps on their smart phones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52180/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the fact that Lisdoonvarna, County Clare has taken in more IPAS applicants and Ukrainian war refugees than any other town; if, on this basis, he will review ongoing accommodation arrangements in this town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54030/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of businesses that have received support under the business energy upgrades scheme; the value of that support, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53217/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment for hip surgery in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52926/25]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Further and Higher Education 5 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to confirm that permission is required to use the words “campus” or “college” in the name of a business; the cost to apply for such permission; the information required to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52945/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from the Twenty-six Counties who applied to universities and colleges in the North of Ireland, by county, per year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53054/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on plans to align CAO and UCAS results dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53055/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students in 2024/2025 from the 26 counties that have applied to universities in the North, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on plans to address grade equivalencies between North and South; the efforts to make all-Ireland student mobility more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure access for a person (details supplied) to occupational therapy without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52977/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54474/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of transporting children to and from school by taxi, by county, for each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52932/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2071 of 29 July 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Authorities to answer this Parliamentary Question. [53147/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the overseas recruitment campaigns, by location, children's disability network teams have carried out to attract qualified staff to work within CDNTs, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53152/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) are provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54475/25]

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 3 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given the significant challenge that coastal community members face in competing for housing within their own communities due to national and international demand for second and/or holiday homes, if he will consider developing a scheme to provide affordable long-term State owned rental properties for coastal community members who are above the threshold for social housing support and cannot afford to purchase homes in their own community due to the competition for those houses as second or holiday homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53421/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline when the new wind energy development guidelines will be published; and if the inclusion of ISO, or equivalent, standards for community engagement practices will form part of those guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53422/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the progress on the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, and specifically, the legislation to allow increased use of video link by members of An Garda Síochána in court proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54047/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to conduct a full review of the judicial review process and its effects on the delivery of major infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54046/25]

Timmy Dooley — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns