Meath West — week of Mon, 3 Feb

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Feb – 9 Feb 2025 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 27 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 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

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 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Education 2 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education her plans, if any, to consider a school (details supplied) for the DEIS programme, similar to the national school in the same area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3179/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools in County Meath; and the location and name of these schools, in tabular format. [3180/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict properties in Meath in the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3181/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any new programmes planned, or being implemented, in Meath to address the current level of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3182/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a start date has been agreed for the commencement of remedial works on Cairn T at the Loughcrew heritage site near Oldcastle, County Meath; if he can confirm the plan and schedule for the re-opening of Cairn T to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3185/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in Meath as of January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3162/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to indicate her intentions and outline her plans to retain and upgrade services at Navan Hospital accident and emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3173/25]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 2 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Public Expenditure 11 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail all of the construction projects currently tendered by the OPW throughout the State and to break down the cost and quantities involved in each. [3111/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how long the wall on the Hill of Tara has been under construction, the quantities involved and the cost to date. [3112/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down the individual costs contained in the €82,200 quoted for ancillary costs on the wall that was built around the WRC office. [3113/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down all the individual costs detailed in the initial quote for the €213,000 cost for the construction of the wall at the WRC office in Ballsbridge; if this figure included any car parking facilities for staff discommoded by the construction project. [3114/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform was the high-voltage live electricity cable, which delayed the works at the wall at the WRC office in Ballsbridge, contained in any ESB or other utility maps in the area. [3115/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down the €61,500 Dublin City Council costs. [3116/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the construction of the wall at the offices of the WRC was tendered for directly by the OPW, or whether the service provider (details supplied) tendered for the job; the name of the company that won the tender and that delivered the job; the quantity surveyor that signed off on the job; whether that quantity surveyor was an OPW staff member or was a member of the service provider or another private firm. [3117/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to give a detailed breakdown of the services provided by the ESB for the €54,000 charged to the OPW. [3118/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the accountability that will be imposed on the processes and individuals involved in the project to build a wall at the offices of the WRC in Ballsbridge. [3119/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail all construction jobs delivered through the OPW for the past ten years, the costs, length of time to deliver and quantities of each. [3121/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail the size in square metres of the new Mayo Coast Guard station being built in Westport; the details of the bill of quantities for the project; the way he can stand over a cost of €6.8 million for the Westport Coast Guard station given a similar building was built by the RNLI on the island of Árainn Mhór in Donegal for €1.4 million. [3187/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of reports of adverse effects, including suicidality, that the HPRA has received for doxcycline over the past 20 years; and the number of reports of deaths associated with doxcycline received by the HPRA over the past 20 years. [2193/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of reports of adverse effects, including suicidality, that the EMA has received for Doxcycline over the past 20 years; and the number of reports of deaths associated with Doxcycline received by the EMA over the past 20 years. [2194/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to detail the investigation, if any, that was carried out by the HPRA into the death of a person (details supplied) following the taking of doxycycline. [2195/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how the HPRA is funded. [2196/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to meet with persons (details supplied) concerning the death of a person. [2197/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation for roads nationwide for the past five years; and the allocation for 2025. [2442/25]
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport whether a safety audit has been conducted of the blanket lowering of speed limits across the country, given that lower speeds will in certain areas lead to more overtaking by frustrated drivers; and if an analysis has been conducted of how this measure will affect road safety. [3188/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to meet with representatives of a school bus campaign (details supplied). [2908/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if he will meet with citizens who are the target of strategic lawsuits against public participation on environmental issues. [3226/25]