Seán Barrett — Watch Them Work

Seán Barrett Fine Gael · Dún Laoghaire

Attendance

17.6%

476 / 2706 divisions

Party line

98.7%

with Fine Gael

Dissents

broke with party

PQs asked

34th Dáil

Lobbying returns

filed targeting them

Tá 216

Níl 253

Staon 7

Who's been in their ear 2 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Top lobbyists targeting them

Dyslexia Association of Ireland2

Top policy areas

Education and Training2

Most recent lobbying returns

2026-01-20 Education and Training Dyslexia Association of Ireland — Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation to Oireachtas Members for Dyslexia Awareness Month
2025-01-13 Education and Training Dyslexia Association of Ireland — Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation for Oireachtas Members on The Need for Extra Time in State Exams

Broke with Fine Gael 6 times

Date	Them	Party	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2018-03-21	nil	ta	Question again put	Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) 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	staon	ta	Question put	Statement for Information of Voters: Motion	Carried

Date

Them

Party

Action

Bill / motion

Outcome

2018-03-21

nil

Question again put

Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗

Carried

2018-03-21

nil

Question put

Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee Stage Govt (Health) ↗

Carried

2018-03-21

nil

Question put

Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage Govt (Health) ↗

Carried

2018-03-21

nil

Question put

Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Order for Fifth Stage Govt (Health) ↗

Carried

2018-03-21

nil

Question put

Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Fifth Stage Govt (Health) ↗

Carried

2018-03-21

staon

Question put

Statement for Information of Voters: Motion

Carried

Recent divisions

Date	Pos	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2019-12-12	nil	Question put	Message to Dáil	Carried
2019-12-12	nil	Question put	Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018	Carried
2019-12-12	nil	Question put	Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗	Carried
2019-12-12	nil	Question put	Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018	Carried
2019-12-05	nil	Question put	Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Fianna Fáil PMB ↗	Carried
2019-12-03	nil	Question again put	Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-12-03	ta	Question put	Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion	Carried
2019-12-03	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2019-11-28	nil	Question put	Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗	Carried
2019-11-21	nil	Amendment put	Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-11-21	ta	Amendment put	Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-11-14	nil	Amendment put	Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2019-11-14	ta	Amendment put	Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-10-24	nil	Question put	Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2019-10-24	nil	Amendment put	Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost

Date

Pos

Action

Bill / motion

Outcome

2019-12-12

nil

Question put

Message to Dáil

Carried

2019-12-12

nil

Question put

Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018

Carried

2019-12-12

nil

Question put

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗

Carried

2019-12-12

nil

Question put

Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018

Carried

2019-12-05

nil

Question put

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Fianna Fáil PMB ↗

Carried

2019-12-03

nil

Question again put

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-12-03

Question put

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion

Carried

2019-12-03

Question put

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Carried

2019-11-28

nil

Question put

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗

Carried

2019-11-21

nil

Amendment put

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-11-21

Amendment put

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-11-14

nil

Amendment put

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Carried

2019-11-14

Amendment put

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-10-24

nil

Question put

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Carried

2019-10-24

nil

Amendment put

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

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Top departments

39	Health
8	Justice
8	Education
7	Employment
6	Finance
5	Transport
4	Public
3	Social

Most recent

2019-12-11 Employment Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when illness benefit payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51901/19]
2019-07-09 Justice Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to set up a judicial council to review levels of awards for personal injuries with a view to reforming these amounts to bring Ireland into line with international norms; if consideration will be given to setting up a dedicated central Garda resource specifically tasked with investigating fraudulent cases for potential prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29101/19]
2019-07-09 Health Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a report submitted by an organisation (details supplied) with survey findings and views of persons currently self-funding flash glucose monitoring technology when considering lifting the age restriction to make the FreeStyle Libre device available to all sufferers of type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29073/19]
2019-06-11 Justice Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to legalise premarital agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23736/19]
2019-05-28 Health Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing credits in respect of lifetime community rating for medical card holders over 34 years of age who now find themselves in the higher income bracket and are no longer eligible for a medical card and require private health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22463/19]
2019-05-08 Employment Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Tús scheme to address the recruitment difficulties due to the significant decrease in referrals for the scheme to a partnership (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19566/19]
2019-04-16 Foreign Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support a UN binding treaty on business and human rights in 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17340/19]
2019-04-16 Children Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the decision was taken to decrease enrolment opportunities for the ECCE scheme to once a year in September (details supplied) to allow for all birth dates to be taken into consideration for children to commence free preschool at 2 years and 8 months of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17685/19]
2019-04-03 Rural Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding funding for volunteer centres with particular reference to underfunded centres (details supplied); the options under consideration at present; when a decision will be reached in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15527/19]
2019-03-13 Education Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the decision was taken to decrease enrolment opportunities for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme to only once a year in September in view of the fact it used to be reopened in January and April also (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12668/19]

Seán Barrett Fine Gael · Dún Laoghaire

Who's been in their ear 2 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Declared interests

Broke with Fine Gael 6 times

Recent divisions

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