What your Clare TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Apr – 19 Apr 2026 · 4 TDs · 9 bills voted on · 24 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

International Protection Bill 2026
2026-04-15 · 4 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation …
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A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast); to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967; to provide for the gathering of information from applicants for international protection; to provide for the removal from the State of certain persons; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Binse um Achomhairc i dtaobh Tearmainn agus Filleadh or, in the English language, as the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals and to provide for its functions; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Oifig an Phríomh-Chigire Nósanna Imeachta Teorann um Thearmann or, in the English language, as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures and to provide for its functions; to amend, or repeal certain provisions of, the International Protection Act 2015; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Immigration Act 1999, the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000, the Immigration Act 2004 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
A change the Seanad made to the bill · motion passed 83–61
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
A change the Seanad made to the bill · motion passed 86–64
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
A sub-amendment · motion failed 62–84
Voted against 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
The motion · motion passed 86–62
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
2026-04-15 · 1 vote
The motion · motion passed 83–64
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025
2026-04-15 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB
A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes
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A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.
The motion · motion failed 65–83
Voted against 3 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney · Timmy Dooley
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
Fuel Prices
2026-04-15 · 2 votes
An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–65
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
The motion · motion passed 84–65
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
Tackling Soaring Energy Costs
2026-04-15 · 2 votes
An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–65
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
The motion · motion passed 84–65
Did not vote 1 Donna McGettigan
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 93–74
Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan
Confidence in Government
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
The motion · motion passed 92–78
Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan
Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-04-14 · 2 votes
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–114
Voted for 1 Donna McGettigan
Voted against 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney
Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley
A budget financial resolution · motion passed 113–54
Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney
Voted against 1 Donna McGettigan
Did not vote 1 Timmy Dooley
Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
A budget financial resolution · motion passed 115–52
Voted for 2 Cathal Crowe · Joe Cooney
Did not vote 2 Donna McGettigan · Timmy Dooley
Cathal Crowe — Fianna Fáil 15 votes · 4 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 4 total

New lobbying 1 return

Donna McGettigan — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 4 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 4 total

New lobbying 1 return

Joe Cooney — Fine Gael 15 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Timmy Dooley — Fianna Fáil 12 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total