Clare — week of Mon, 2 Feb

What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 34 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2026-02-04 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 79–63

Voted for 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley

Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan

Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 3 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the health capital projects completed in each county during 2025, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail, for each public and voluntary hospital, the total number of staff in each, on a whole time equivalent basis at the end of December 2025; the number of medical/dental staff on a whole time equivalent basis in each public/voluntary hospital at the end of December 2025; the number of nursing & midwifery staff on a whole time equivalent basis in each public/voluntary hospital at the end of December 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8975/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of dermatologists working in the HSE; the increase in the numbers hired since 2020; the efforts that are being made to secure more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/26]
Rural 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will urgently increase funding allocations to local authorities for the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied that public signage is adequately translated and displayed in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the Garda fleet (details supplied) in each Garda station at the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/26]
Foreign 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider broadening the criteria for appointing high level diplomats, including ambassadors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8245/26]
Education 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects that have been completed, by county (details supplied) since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by county since 2020; to provide a breakdown the total number of projects currently under construction, per county; to provide a breakdown of the total number of projects currently in planning and design, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8847/26]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, given the urgent need to increase the number of qualified medical doctors in Ireland, he will strategically direct SUSI to consider graduate medical courses not to be an additional QQI level 8 qualification, for the purposes of assessing grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8824/26]

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 6 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health whether it will be a hiring requirement for the HSE that graduate counsellors/psychotherapists have completed non-mandatory personal therapy hours, which were previously mandatory but have been changed under CORU guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7402/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health whether existing counsellors/psychotherapist will be subject to the same CORU standards as newly qualified counterparts; if existing counsellors/psychotherapist will have special qualification provisions put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7406/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the background checks of current counsellors/ psychotherapists registered with various representative bodies which have no legal or statutory basis which will be undertaken when these individuals are accredited under CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7408/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the provisions in current or pending legislation around the use of AI in counselling/psychotherapy sessions, namely for recording sessions and notetaking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7749/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to enhance early-intervention protocols within youth mental health services, specifically regarding the identification of individuals exhibiting early signs of severe psychiatric distress; the supports for families to navigate these critical periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8055/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the guidance or training which has been provided to primary care and mental health professionals concerning the assessment and management of patients whose psychotic symptoms may be interwoven with extremist ideological content online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8056/26]
Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given that 3rd level institutions produce lists of counsellors/psychotherapists for their students who wish to engage in personal therapy, his views on the way in which these institutions choose these counsellors/psychotherapists, given that there is no existing set of professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7403/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given that 3rd level institutions produce lists of counsellors/psychotherapists for their students who have to engage in supervision, his views on the way in which these institutions choose these counsellors/psychotherapists, given that there is no existing set of professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7404/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which he plans to ensure that people in lower socioeconomic backgrounds can train to become counsellors/therapists given that the cost of these courses are several thousand euro, before the added expense of textbooks, personal therapy, supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7405/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Government is funding interdisciplinary research into the intersection of digital technology, mental health, and societal violence to inform evidence-based policy across the departments of Health, Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and Culture, Communications and Sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/26]
Culture 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the National Security Analysis Centre has conducted an assessment of the way in which hostile actors might utilise digital profiling and micro-targeting techniques to identify and influence psychologically vulnerable individuals within the State; the inter-departmental plans which exist to counter such hybrid threats. [8062/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the Government plans to introduce legislative measures to increase transparency and auditability of recommendation algorithms used by major online platforms operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the national counter-radicalisation strategy is being adapted to address the evolving nature of ideological extremism, which can be rapidly propagated through digital algorithms and may exploit vulnerable individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/26]
Children 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the resources being dedicated to digital media literacy programmes that specifically aim to build resilience among young people against manipulation and coercive ideologies online, particularly for those who may be experiencing social isolation or mental health difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8061/26]

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Agriculture 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider, in the interests of public safety, undertaking a coordinated scheme on a pilot basis, through local authorities, to undertake the removal of ash trees with ash die back along public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8501/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products and plant products that were seized by his Departmental officials from both cargo and passenger terminals at Shannon Airport in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [8503/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have an agricultural attaché posted to the Irish Embassy in Canada. [8504/26]
Health 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of instances that the National Ambulance Service has provided an ambulance to Shannon Airport for medical cover from January 2024 to January 2025, inclusive; the number of hours those resources were onsite for those instances for the same dates by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8499/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation for County Clare palliative care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative care; the staffing allocation, including current vacancies [8505/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE infection prevention and control clinical nurse specialist posts that have been filled for the County Clare area as of 23 January 2026, in tabular form. [8506/26]
Children 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of historic sexual abuse cases that have been opened with Tusla for each of the years, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the numbers of those that were determined as ‘founded’ or ‘unfounded’ for each of those years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8509/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline all financial supports currently available to the private sector from her Department for the development of after school, creche and day care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8498/26]
Foreign 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on activities on the Irish Consulate General based in Munich including staffing resources. [8502/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of property seizure holding facilities currently available in each Garda division, in tabular form. [8508/26]
Rural 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Departmental strategy to expand connected hubs and remote working infrastructure, including the potential for new hubs in County Clare. [8507/26]

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