Clare — week of Mon, 3 Nov

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2025 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 70 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–72

Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan

Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

The motion · motion passed 93–41

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

The motion · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Health 5 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a comprehensive list of day procedures which are currently done in each of the Ennis Hospital Group- St John's Hospital, Nenagh Hospital and University Hospital Limerick; the number of each procedures which were completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by type, in tabular form; the wait time for each procedure as of 30 September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57929/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures and types of procedures which are being carried out at the Dublin surgical hub in Mount Carmel since it opened in February 2025, by procedure, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57930/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason retired nurses are required to fill out the pension allowance declaration form annually; if she will consider removing this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58589/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her plans to install a PET Scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58725/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive urgent dental treatment. [58775/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects that new rural housing guidelines, which are currently in draft format, will be officially approved and become operational in all planning authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58629/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been supported since 2020; the key achievements in that time; the additional funding which has been provided; the way in which this has expanded the service’s reach and capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58855/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department is taking to address the current inability of Tailte Éireann to access instruments which pre-date 2006 due to an issue at their filing repository (details supplied); when he expects this matter to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60276/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met; when it will meet next. [58247/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education last met; when it will meet next. [58248/25]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key achievements of Ireland's international development policy since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58864/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which services and supports for Ireland’s diaspora have been expanded since 2020; the key priorities for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58865/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which he plans to address delays in delivering capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59855/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the actions the Office of Public Works has undertaken since 2020 along the River Shannon, its tributaries and tidal trenches, in County Clare; the works planned across the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59854/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department is preparing to use robotic drones and remote control submersibles to protect undersea cables and infrastructure along the Irish coastline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60233/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the details of the historic weaponry and machinery his Department still holds; if this is held in archive; if there are plans to conserve this equipment, sell it or destroy it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60234/25]
Climate 2 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department plans to remediate former landfill sites throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60241/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the extent to which his Department is supporting innovation, research and invention in the realm of new forms of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60242/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will examine a roadway (details supplied) to establish if a reason for a recent uptick in collisions along the stretch can be determined, and measures taken to improve safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59064/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if grant funding awarded to a school (details supplied) in 2024 to develop an autism class provides for the provision of a sensory garden; if not, the funding pathway for the provision of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58180/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will widen the parental leave scheme from its current model, which allows for some of the leave to be transferred if both parents work for the same employer, to allow transfer between parents who work for different employers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58067/25]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Health 15 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients seen for consultations by consultants in the health service; the number of patients seen by those same consultants under the NPTF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57861/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure a person (details supplied) will receive a diagnostic exploration required without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57953/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure that HIQA reach out to an organisation (details supplied) in the process of forming an expert advisory group as they begin a health technology assessment on breast density reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58027/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58172/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of administration staff in the acute settings in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; the number of staff; the reason staff are not selected from the panels instead of appointing agency staff to "permanent positions", as is the practice in Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58173/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency administration staff in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58174/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason permanent administrative positions in Ennis General Hospital are being filled by agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58175/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason vacant posts in Ennis General Hospital are not being filled with WTE positions from active panels, or agency staff are not being offered to convert their status from agency to WTE as per the Pay and Numbers Strategy 2025; the annual monetary cost of the admin agency staff in Ennis and Nenagh hospitals; the number of agency staff in admin roles in Ennis and Nenagh hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58176/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58177/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health her plans to convert the three agency staff in Ennis hospital to permanent staff, since a number of agency staff in administration in Ennis hospital have been there longer than one year but have been told they will not have their positions converted or be given the option to convert to WTE; her views this is against what is in the Pay and Numbers Strategy 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58178/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the staff canteen in Nenagh hospital is subsidised for staff (details supplied); the number of staff working in the patient accounts/cash office in Nenagh hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59298/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the cost of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) roll-out to date for the HSE; if IFMS is privately owned or publicly owned; if it is privately owned, the private business also run on the system; if it is privately owned, the reason publicly paid staff are processing payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59302/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region, preferably County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59352/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the medical care they require as a matter of urgency. [59361/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) can receive an S2 letter of referral they require to access treatment in another country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60113/25]
Further and Higher Education 9 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department can provide further and detailed information based on an online investigation report (details supplied) that listed Science Foundation Ireland as funding a researcher to the amount of $649,891 following their involvement with a network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58262/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a full breakdown of costs from budget 2026 to increase 12,500 apprentice registrations as set out by the programme for Government target per annum by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58718/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new places in medicine out of the 1,100 for the budget 2026 higher education allocation; the costs for the increase of these new places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58719/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the exact number of health and social care new places out of the 1,100 for the budget 2026 higher education allocation; the costs for the increase of these new places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58720/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs under the Budget 2026 Skills Development Programme and supported by the National Training Fund; the specifics of the expansion of the construction and green talent pipeline in support of Government priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58721/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme to support fundamental research through the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; the investment towards Ireland's associate membership of CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58722/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme supporting Ireland's high-performance computing capacity to compete in future research, specifically in artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58723/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme for research infrastructure specifically for the renewing of outdated and basic equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58724/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to consider expanding the criteria for the Student Assistance Fund by redefining the priority groups to include those who come from lone parent families with low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59683/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. No. 301 of 3 July and 248 of 15 October 2025, if staffing levels in the Dublin visa office have declined since July 2025; the reason for this reduction given his replies to 86 Parliamentary Questions this year that “additional staff and resources have been assigned to the visa division’; and to reconcile this with the figures provided in Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58023/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording Devices) Act, 2023, concerning authorisation for installation and operation of CCTV for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime will be commenced; when the required statutory code of practice for public CCTV schemes will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58050/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether a strategic environmental assessment, SEA, has been, or is being, undertaken by his Department in respect of the National Territory Mapping for Renewable Electricity, being prepared under Article 15b of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2023/2413, RED III; if not, the reason his Department considers this mapping process to comply with the requirements of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC and the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 435 of 2004), given that the mapping exercise constitutes a national plan setting the framework for future renewable energy development consents; if his Department intends to carry out a full SEA, incorporating consultation with prescribed authorities including the Irish Aviation Authority, AirNav Ireland, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, before finalising or submitting the national map to the European Commission, as required under Article 15b(5) of RED III, which obliges Member States to ensure compliance with European Union environmental law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57860/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools affected by the withdrawal of hot school meal provision by county, in tabular form; the number of pupils effected in each county in tabular form; the steps the Government will take to provide meal reheating facilities to the schools which need same; the timeframe for same; the provisions the government will make in the meantime to provide for the nutritional requirements of pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59552/25]

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 4 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Health 5 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [59923/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ophthalmologist registrars based at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [59924/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the locations within Clare where HSE community specialist teams provide respiratory outreach service clinics and diabetes outreach service clinics, in tabular form. [59925/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior counselling psychologist within CHO 3 mental health services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [59926/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if, given the serious risks to patient safety identified in the recent HIQA report into urgent and emergency care in the Midwest, she will outline in detail all steps her office and her Department have taken to engage with the regional senior executive team in the Midwest to mitigate those risks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60220/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied). [59918/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized by Gardaí within Clare-Tipperary Division for having no insurance in 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [59920/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a new recruitment campaign to recruit prison officers will be launched before the end of 2025. [59921/25]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met with the Croatian Ambassador to Ireland. [59927/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department paid towards a cost-of-living allowance and local post allowance to his departmental officials posted at the Irish Embassies in Pretoria, Beijing, Buenos Aires and Brasilia in 2024, in tabular form. [59928/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living cities initiative scheme to other large towns with historic centres, such as Ennis in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57810/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the number of houses in each LPT band, in each of the years 2015 to 2025; and the income from each band by year for the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57811/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasoning behind the different levels of capitation grant for primary and post primary schools; and if she plans to equalise those grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57812/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish the list of schools in County Clare awaiting major works approval from her Department, in tabular form. [59929/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide an authorised officer in County Clare for the purposes of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60535/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010 to include an obligation for dog breeders to keep a record of to whom pups are being sold/given or otherwise distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60536/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of males and females that are fluent in Irish from the most recent HEO recruitment campaign within the civil service that are still on the panel; and the date this panel will expire. [59922/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of the IDA Ireland client companies with operations in County Clare, in tabular form. [59919/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the settlements that were submitted for funding under Measure A8, Waste Water Collection and Treatment for Villages and Settlements without access to public waste water services; the seven projects under consideration, by county, in tabular form. If the assessment of the responses received prior to 1 July 2025 by her Department, as referred to in the reply to oral PQ 35545/25 has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59917/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence given the risk to our undersea cables and other critical sub-sea infrastructure, the steps his Department is taking to increase the level of naval protection for Irelands Exclusive Economic Zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60300/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades completed to date this year in each county; the way in which this compared with the same periods of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60298/25]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.