Wicklow-Wexford — week of Mon, 17 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Wicklow-Wexford TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Feb – 23 Feb 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 23 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 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Provision of Special Education

2025-02-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Housing Crisis

2025-02-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 84–67

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Brian Brennan — Fine Gael 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Environment 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans in place to allow access to SEAI PV grant funding for those building new houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6131/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education whether she intends to expand the national energy efficiency upgrade pilot for schools; what other measures are available for schools to assist with the cost of installing energy upgrades, such as insulation, solar panels, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5813/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will consider increasing the threshold of the housing aid for older people grant to cover the cost of installation of non-fossil fuel heat sources, further to the changes in the criteria of the grant which prohibit funding of installation fossil fuel boilers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5922/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the options available to a private patient who cannot get access to a GP service in their local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5820/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-02-19 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding the qualified adult allowance on a contributory pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6656/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position on the single application procedure for a combined employment and residence permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7094/25]

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will seek emergency funding for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and meet with them to address the urgent and ongoing problem of coastal erosion that is damaging walking trails in Courtown Woods, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5526/25]
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider reviewing the government criteria for the local authority affordable housing schemes, which stipulates that just 30% of new homes in such schemes are ring-fenced for local applicants, with a view to substantially increasing this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5530/25]
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a referendum on the public ownership of water services will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5531/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan to re-instate respite care in Cheshire Homes, Shillelagh, County Wicklow, following its closure in 2024, and which impacted local service users (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5525/25]
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in terms of a developing a new ambulance base in Gorey, County Wexford; its projected timeline for development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5528/25]
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Wexford and Wicklow, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans to address the crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5532/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made to date regarding the procurement of a new site to construct a fit-for-purpose Coastguard station in Courtown, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5527/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [5533/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans his Department has to address the problem of dog attacks on sheep farms in south Wicklow, including expansion and resourcing of the dog warden system; if consideration has been given to the request from farm organisations that his Department take control of the entire dog control system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5524/25]

Malcolm Byrne — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to proceed with Ireland’s membership of the European Unified Patent Court System and the holding of a referendum on the subject. [6358/25]
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline progress on the recommendations of the Government’s response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2024 with regard to artificial intelligence, in particular the commissioning of research on the impact of artificial intelligence on the Irish economy and on the campaign to outline the possibilities of artificial intelligence adoption by SMEs. [6365/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy of his Department toward the use of 3D printing for home construction; if he envisions widescale usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5730/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-02-18 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the national student accommodation strategy; the measures currently being undertaken by his Department to improve supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5731/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions in which he engaged at the Munich Security Conference. [6888/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his approach to the use of artificial intelligence by the Defence Forces and its use generally in international conflicts. [6889/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Finance for an update on incentives for unscripted production in the film and television industry. [6919/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-20 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abandoned healthcare building in Camolin, County Wexford. [6920/25]