Eamon Scanlon — Watch Them Work

Rental / letting

(1) Flats 1-4, Keash Road, Ballymote, Co. Sligo: letting; (2) Wolfe Tone Street & Keash Road, Ballymote, Co. Sligo F56 R282: letting, (Ballymote Family Resource Centre); (3) Apartment 29, The Fairways, Tubbercurry, Co. S… (5 items)

6 related bills:

Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 Govt (Housing) ↗ — ta ×2 nil ×2 (4 stages, latest 2026-02-11)
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018 Govt (Housing) ↗ — nil ×2 (2 stages, latest 2019-05-08)
Anti-Evictions Bill 2018 People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ — staon (2018-12-13)
Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016 People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ — ta ×2 (2 stages, latest 2017-05-25)
Anti-Evictions Bill 2016 People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ — staon ×2 (2 stages, latest 2017-01-19)
Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad] — staon ×2 ta (3 stages, latest 2016-12-16)

Farming

(1) Flats 1-4, Keash Road, Ballymote, Co. Sligo: letting; (2) Wolfe Tone Street & Keash Road, Ballymote, Co. Sligo F56 R282: letting, (Ballymote Family Resource Centre); (3) Apartment 29, The Fairways, Tubbercurry, Co. S… (5 items)

5 related bills:

Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024 Sinn Féin PMB ↗ — ta ×2 (2 stages, latest 2026-02-25)
Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn — ta (2025-04-02)
Forestry Sector — nil ×2 ta (3 stages, latest 2019-10-17)
Agriculture — nil (2019-09-26)
Tillage Farming — nil (2017-01-19)

Who's been in their ear 115 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Most recent lobbying returns

2026-03-04 Health Vape Business Ireland — Legislation on vaping
2026-01-21 Finance Car Rental Council of Ireland — Budget Submission
2026-01-21 Health Irish Kidney Association — Looking for support for a new Dialysis Unit at Sligo University Hospital
2026-01-21 Energy and Natural Resources ESB — Engagement continues with Principal Officers in the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Climate, Energy and the Environment on proposed amendments to Section 98 of the Electricity Supply Act to support the safe and resilient management of forestry corridors around electricity overhead lines. Support from TDs is being sought to advance the required legislative changes
2026-01-21 Economic Development and Industry Ibec — Business and investment priorities for the North West Region
2026-01-21 Economic Development and Industry Ibec — Ibec North-West priorities 2026
2026-01-21 Children and Youth Affairs Ibec — CSI's policy priorities
2026-01-21 Finance Community Platform — Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.

Other declared interests 2 · dail-2025

Committees 4

Broke with Fianna Fáil 11 times

Recent divisions

Date	Them	Party	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2018-12-05	ta	nil	Amendment put	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗	Lost
2018-12-05	staon	ta	Question put	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Health) ↗	Carried
2018-12-04	ta	nil	Amendment put	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗	Lost
2018-11-29	ta	nil	Amendment put	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗	Lost
2018-11-28	nil	ta	Amendment put	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗	Lost
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question put	Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee Stage Govt (Health) ↗	Carried
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question put	Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee Stage Govt (Health) ↗	Carried
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question put	Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage Govt (Health) ↗	Carried
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question put	Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Order for Fifth Stage Govt (Health) ↗	Carried
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question put	Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Fifth Stage Govt (Health) ↗	Carried
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question put	Statement for Information of Voters: Motion	Carried

Date	Pos	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	Tackling Soaring Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Amendment put	Tackling Soaring Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	Fuel Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Amendment put	Fuel Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2026-04-15	nil	Question put	Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Labour Party PMB ↗	Lost
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages Govt (Foreign Affairs) ↗	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Question put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Carried
2026-04-15	nil	Amendment to amendment put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Lost
2026-04-15	ta	Seanad amendment put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Carried
2026-04-15	ta	Seanad amendment put	International Protection Bill 2026: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗	Carried
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax	Carried
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax	Carried
2026-04-14	nil	Amendment put	Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax	Lost
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	Confidence in Government: Motion	Carried
2026-04-14	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried

Parliamentary questions 1,388 in loaded window

Top departments

424	Health
170	Agriculture
145	Education
107	Transport
78	Employment
77	Housing
66	Justice
35	Finance

Most recent

2026-04-14 Education Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to support a person (details supplied) who has significant communication needs and unique academic abilities; if funding for a bespoke education or learning support package can be accessed through the fund for students with disabilities or any other scheme; the process by which such supports may be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24555/26]
2026-04-14 Justice Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the consideration by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions of Petition P00041/25, "Fair Citizenship: 3 Years for Ukrainians under Temporary Protection in Ireland", which proposes that years spent in Ireland under temporary protection should count towards the residency requirement for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25416/26]
2026-04-14 Children Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason several therapist vacancies remain unadvertised in CHO1 children’s disability network teams (details supplied); when these posts will be advertised and filled; the reason a senior physiotherapist post, vacated in July 2025, has not yet been advertised or filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25021/26]
2026-03-25 Agriculture Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) requests received in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the total number of AIE requests received; the total number of internal reviews sought; the total number of appeals to the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI); the outcomes of those appeals, including the number upheld, annulled and remitted; the same information specifically in respect of forestry related AIE requests for the same period, including the number of individuals submitting forestry related requests each year; and where available the number of requests submitted per requester. [23036/26]
2026-03-25 Children Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reopen the building blocks extension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23062/26]
2026-03-25 Children Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to support a person (details supplied) who has significant communication needs and unique academic abilities; if funding for a bespoke education or learning support package can be accessed through the fund for students with disabilities or any other scheme; the process by which such supports may be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23063/26]
2026-03-25 Health Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if a specific timeframe can be provided for the release of a subject access request for medical records (details supplied); if any partial disclosure can be issued in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23048/26]
2026-03-24 Education Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to include Irish Sign Language, ISL, as an examinable subject at leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21795/26]
2026-03-24 Children Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend paid paternity leave from the current entitlement of two weeks to eight weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21797/26]
2026-03-24 Health Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the protocol and clinical criteria used for assessing a patient’s eligibility for a continuous glucose monitoring device; the specific procedures in place for evaluating individuals who receive a late diagnosis of type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21670/26]