Clare — week of Mon, 10 Nov

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 10 Nov – 16 Nov 2025 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 50 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-11-12 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 80–61

Voted for 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Health 7 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a very urgent appointment at UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60930/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department already have in place, and the additional measures planned, to ensure adequate physical and mental health supports for members of the National Ambulance Service, in recognition of the toll that their vital work can take on members (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61796/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a procedure (details supplied) comes under the remit of the HSE in public hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61875/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the engagements she has had with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Ireland (FASD) regarding their work in supporting children, young adults and families living with FASD; the future plans she has for supporting FASD Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62102/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the engagements the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People has had with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Ireland (FASD) regarding their work in supporting children, young adults and families living with FASD; the future plan for supporting FASD Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62103/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the engagements the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Disability has had with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Ireland (FASD) regarding their work in supporting children, young adults and families living with FASD; the future plan for supporting FASD Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62104/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to roll out primary care services in Clare to assess children for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62434/25]
Social 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the exact credits and entitlements for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61276/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance does not allow for a second Erasmus year (details supplied); if he will consider changing the scheme to allow for a second year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61631/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received their disability allowance payment for the past two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62031/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the EU Regulation he was referring to in an interview he gave to a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61459/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the anticipated timelines in which vehicle registration books will move from hardcopy to digital format; the role staff in his Department who currently work in the printing & mailing unit of the Vehicle Registration Office will fulfil after records go ‘paperless’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62006/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department can assist with a family reunification (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61293/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address issues relating to an accommodation centre contracted to IPAS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61422/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason stock-proof fencing, required by goat farmers, has been omitted from targeted agriculture modernisation schemes to date; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61955/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing grant funding to enable goat farmers to purchase electronic ‘no-fence’ collars so as to better manage their goat herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61956/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the issues raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61507/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagements she has had with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Ireland (FASD) regarding their work in supporting children, young adults and families living with FASD; the future plans she has for supporting FASD Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62101/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the [email protected] email address in his Department is operational and regularly monitored; if incoming emails are responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61605/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of concerns raised by members of the Dublin Fire Brigade regarding the proposed implementation of the NMACS system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61058/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the range of countries in which his Department are currently running a public relations campaign to attract Irish tradespeople to return home; the incentives which will be in place for these persons if they return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62414/25]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Further and Higher Education 12 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students which are enrolled in Dublin City University for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61439/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students which are enrolled in University of Galway for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61440/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year students enrolled in Trinity College Dublin for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61441/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the form of support his Department is giving to the Higher Education Authority who stated that the Technical University Dublin is in a deteriorating financial position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61728/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the HEA financial recovery plan for TU Dublin from July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61729/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a detailed and up-to-date report on TU Dublin regarding the provision of a monthly cash flow statement to the HEA; to outline what the agreed deliverables are up to December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61730/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to address TU Dublin deficits, which are reported to be because of a decrease in student numbers because of associated tuition fee income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61731/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will provide information about TU Dublin and payments in 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61732/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will provide detailed information about TU Dublin’s payroll matters identified in HEA recovery plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61733/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has investigated the reason TU Dublin’s legal spend increased in 2024 more than threefold from €204,228 to €658,821; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61734/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is aware that a recent Speak Out report states only one in eight third-level students who anonymously disclosed experiences of bullying, assault or sexual violence over a two-year period felt comfortable making a formal report to their higher education institution; the steps he will urgently take on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62097/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department plans to expand the criteria for the SUSI grant to include persons who have become estranged from their family, and therefore cannot be supported by their family's income, and do not have the paperwork to prove this estrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62098/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies by job title within Clare Older Persons Services as of 31 October 2025; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61429/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Ennis Primary Care Centre in the years 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61430/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to deliver a new primary care centre in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62531/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current provision of staffing in the HSE substance misuse service in south Tipperary; the towns in which clinics or drop-in services operate, and their frequency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62532/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to outline the expected impact on the local community of the removal of diabetic clinics from Carrick primary care centre; if the HSE has any further plans to remove other services from the Carrick primary care centre campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62533/25]
Justice 4 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 on 2 October 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Authorities in order for this PQ to be answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61433/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time it takes for new horses joining Garda Mounted Unit to be fully trained for policing events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61434/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to each divisional search teams as of 31 October 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61435/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time it takes for new dogs joining the Garda Dog Unit to be fully trained for policing events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61436/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies by job title at Enterprise Ireland as of 31 October 2025; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61431/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies by job title at IDA Ireland as of 31 October 2025; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61432/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the process that local community voluntary groups must meet in order to have Defence Forces School of Music play at a community event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61442/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of housing maintenance funding provided to each county council from 2020 to date in 2025; the average waiting time for completion of work in each county in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61199/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children currently engaged with Clare CDNTs; the number that have an individual family support plan and or key contacts in place, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61437/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the projects that were funded under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme within County Clare in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61438/25]

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to place an autism innovation strategy on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61512/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the roadmap to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61511/25]

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