Kildare South — week of Mon, 3 Feb

What your Kildare South TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Feb – 9 Feb 2025 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 97–72

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Waiver of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny

2025-02-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 93–69

Voted for 1 Martin Heydon

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 2 Fiona O'Loughlin · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fiona O'Loughlin — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mark Wall — Labour Party 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Social 3 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024; the current position of the Bill; the estimated time to enact the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2494/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers per county; the number for the past three years per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3132/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of functions previously carried out by community welfare officers which now have been centralised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with a construction project in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2488/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with a construction project in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2489/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport his plans to encourage and provide dedicated parking at motor way junctions along the M9 and M7 in County Kildare to allow commuters park their cars in safety, share a lift to work and reduce the amount of cars on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2492/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Finance the changes that have been brought in that use the tax-free allowance of a pensioner on their State pension first, rather than any private pension they may have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3134/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits the IDA has carried out to Kildare towns and locations over the past five years; the locations and dates of these visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2490/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí attached to each Garda station in south Kildare, by rank; the opening hours of each of those stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2491/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size and location of Coillte-owned lands in Kildare South; the plans to provide public walks in these locations; the access provided for the public at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2493/25]

Martin Heydon — Fine Gael 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Seán Ó Fearghaíl — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current situation in relation to the purchase of local authority houses by tenants; if he plans to review this situation; if he will consider a tenant purchase scheme for approved housing bodies tenants whose operators were amenable to the provision of such a sale and in circumstances in which income accruing would be ringfenced for further housing provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2650/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proliferation of log cabin/wooden residential structures for on sites, in back yards and gardens throughout the country arising from the housing crisis demand; if he will introduce whatever legislation is necessary to provide a reprieve for these dwellings and their occupiers from a requirement for planning permission only in situations where the unauthorised developments are not for commercial or rental purposes until such time as it can be reasonably concluded that the housing crisis has been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2707/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education if her Department has approved an extension to an existing school (details supplied), which is to meet the needs of children on the autism spectrum; why provision has not been made in this extension for changing or toilet facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3128/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-02-06 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3674/25]

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns