Donegal — week of Mon, 17 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Feb – 23 Feb 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

2025-02-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 101–55

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 1 Charles Ward

Provision of Special Education

2025-02-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 1 Charles Ward

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 1 Charles Ward

Housing Crisis

2025-02-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 1 Charles Ward

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 1 Charles Ward

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 84–67

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 3 Charles Ward · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the increased rates and cap under the defective concrete blocks scheme will be applied retrospectively to homeowners who have already completed their rebuild or remediation works before the relevant legislation is passed; if not, the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5832/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing Agency records the internal dimensions of rooms only and does not consider the areas occupied by internal partition walls under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; if the entire floor area including floor area occupied by internal walls should be calculated for grant allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6884/25]

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 12 February 2025; the total value of all invoices paid to a company (details supplied) in relation to the 24-month contract for them to operate as the Department’s independent advisor on the State’s banking assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6746/25]
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the number of tax avoidance cases that have been timed out or closed as a result of the time limit being reached, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6747/25]
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the average duration of a tax avoidance case since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if the lease has been signed for the move by a school (details supplied) to a premises in Letterkenny; if so, the duration of the lease; when lease comes into effect; the cost of the move, including start-up costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5523/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied) from County Donegal will be transferred from Sligo University Hospital to Beaumont Hospital for a second opinion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5457/25]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when funding will be provided to reinstate the Derry to Dublin airlink as committed to in the Programme for Government. [6391/25]
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to detail the grants in place to support service stations across Donegal to provide electric charging points. [6762/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staff in receipt of the advanced paramedic allowance in the National Ambulance Service, region by region, and by grade code from the National Director down. [6754/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if her Department officials will work with their counterparts in the North of Ireland to examine the potential to deliver a thrombectomy service in the north west for stroke patients on both sides of the border, similar to the radiotherapy services provided at the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. [7093/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been granted funding for a rubber surface play area but have since been directed that they must use a hard tarmacadam surface which would be less safe for the pupils, if she will permit the funding to be used for a soft surface as originally approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6220/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays in the Donegal court system; if plans have been made to address this problem; if he has considered appointing an additional judge for Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6420/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the application from the residents of Elm Park, Buncrana to be relocated from the flood plain alongside the Crana river and compensated to do so under the defective concrete block grant scheme; if he will work with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to find a solution that can give the residents peace of mind, fair compensation, and potentially saving the State a substantial amount of money. [6749/25]