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

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Feb – 23 Feb 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 18 questions · 1 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 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Provision of Special Education

2025-02-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Housing Crisis

2025-02-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 84–67

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Community Creations Limited t/a SpunOut.ie Health
- Email to TDs advocating for youth mental health policies to be included in the Programme for Government

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 6 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact number of persons on the social housing list in the electoral area in Mayo; the way the waiting list is devised, specifically the way an applicant is assigned their position on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses set to come on stream within the next five years in each electoral area in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the position on the provision of affordable housing in each electoral area in Mayo; the number of affordable houses proposed for each electoral area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline and proposed plans or amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 concerning the differing entitlements to homeowners under the pyrite remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6947/25]

Paul Lawless — Aontú 5 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Environment 2 questions
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of home retrofits carried out in Mayo in each of the past five years (details supplied); and if he will reverse this policy considering how exposed it leaves people who rely solely on electricity. [6364/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with the CEO of ESB since he took office; and if so, how often and how recently they met. [6363/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether SMEs should be given more favourable treatment in terms of lower taxation and less regulation in comparison to multinational companies, considering respective contributions to the domestic economy and the fact the SMEs are penalised far greater. [6362/25]

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Enterprise 5 questions
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will put financial support in place for businesses affected by Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6593/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been made aware of potential job losses in the software sector; if he has asked the IDA to intervene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6594/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the programme for Government commitment to develop strategic development zones; and how this will relate to additional supports for the strategic development zone at Knock Airport. [6595/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop an all-island innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6599/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expand on the Programme for Government commitment to support SMEs and reduce the cost of business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6597/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the shared island unit. [6038/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been approved for the SEAI warmer homes scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport when road signage will be amended to show the current speed limits on rural roads; the reason this was not done in advance of speed limits changing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5952/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the development contribution waiver in situations of SME developers, serving the owner occupier market, with viability and affordability challenges or on inner urban higher density schemes that face similar challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5736/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the outcome of an application for a further education and training centre based in Ballyhaunis, which was submitted in June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5942/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism, such as the individual funding request process used in the North of Ireland, to allow the HSE consider requests from clinical consultants for treatments for individual patients that fall outside the range of services routinely commissioned such as in the case of dual therapy medication for arthritis and ulcerative colitis; if such a process will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6904/25]