Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 24 Feb

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Feb – 2 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 60 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-25 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–62

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 2 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Did not vote 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Environment 5 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in light of the substantial pressure that data centres are placing on grid systems, and given that they are the largest driver of energy demand in the State, if he is considering any plans to direct the Regulator to increase the network charge of large energy users in order to finance repairs and ensure households do not bear the brunt of costs. [7129/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much data centre demand is currently contracted to connect to the electricity networks operated by ESB Networks and Eirgrid above what is already connected. [8104/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown, by county of the details for each Mandatory Demand Curtailment which occurred to date in 2025 as instructed by Eirgrid, in tabular form. [8106/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby grid constraints from the excessive data centre demand are negatively impacting the connection of housing to the electricity network. [8350/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to bring forward legislation to ban connections of islanded data centres to the gas grid. [8352/25]
Housing 5 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social and affordable delivery streams that will receive the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; and the years in which this capital funding will be provided, in tabular form. [7701/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 3,000 social and affordable homes to be funded through the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025 are to deliver homes within the existing Housing For All targets as set out in the 2021 Housing For All plan. [7702/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will list the 3,000 social and affordable homes to be delivered through the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025, broken down by the number of units in each local authority area and the social housing landlord associated with each scheme that is, named AHB or the relevant local authority, in tabular form. [7703/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposed allocations schemes for cost rental housing including an update on whether any regulations have been issued by him and any scheme specific cost rental allocations schemes approved; and if so, where and for which category of worker/tenant. [7711/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all submissions received by his Department during the review of Part B of the Building Control Regulations and to publish the submissions on the Department's website or to provide copies of the submissions to the incoming members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [7712/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason a graduate diploma course (details supplied) is not recognised by the Teaching Council; if any engagements are ongoing in relation to the course’s recognition for credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7371/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on progress in fulfilling the obligations in Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 regarding a database for data centres. [8107/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by which they would have to leave the direct provision centre or be moved to another centre; the number of such letters issued to date; the criteria for issuing such letters; the rationale for this policy; the number of people who have been moved on foot of these letters; and a breakdown of these moves, including information on, from where; and the location to which they have been moved. [7298/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to recognise medical alert dogs to afford them the same status as other assistance dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8081/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what screening measures were taken to ensure that Irish taxpayers money contributed to the Act in Support of Ammunition Production did not contribute to violations of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8008/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found a blind spot in the Climate Action Plan resulting from a failure to include direct demand for natural gas from connections to data centres; the engagement he has had with the EPA and SEAI on the matter; and the actions he proposes to address the blind spot. [7460/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the position of sports facilities (details supplied) under new alcohol licence laws, and if he intends to amend the draft legislation to include these stadiums. [7351/25]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Justice 12 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the Garda numbers for each year from 2014 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7592/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí to be recruited over the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in each region, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda stations, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7595/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice for a report on the number of Gardaí assigned to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of minors arrested for each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7597/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of youth diversion initiatives per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7598/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the annual Government spend on youth diversion from 2014 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7599/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice to outline the Government’s youth justice strategy; if the age limit will be extended to 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7600/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the numbers of people who engaged in restorative justice initiatives from 2014 to date in 2025; the number of minors who engaged in these initiatives over the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7601/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the funding for community prison links workers for each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7602/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if communication has been given to South Dublin County Council to commence local community safety partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7604/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education regarding the bus service operated by a school (details supplied) for students while the school is in a temporary location, if her Department will ensure the service can be maintained for the same students when the school moves to its new temporary location in Newcastle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8322/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the reason for the move of school building for children in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6634/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to increase the number of secondary school places in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6635/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that will be allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; when this funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7605/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that was allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7606/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person currently receiving carer’s allowance and a child increase for two children will now be dropped down to half-rate carer’s allowance and their child increase taken away once they become in receipt of maternity benefit; if his Department can justify a reported net loss of €230 a week and €8,050 over the 35-week period while the individual is receiving the maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7250/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an individual who is currently receiving carer’s allowance and a child increase for two children will now be dropped down to the half-rate carer’s allowance and their child increase taken away once they go on the maternity benefit; if he can justify a reported net loss of €230 a week and €8,050 over the 35-week period while the individual is receiving the maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8466/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on panels of recruitment for occupation therapy and speech and language positions in the Dublin mid-west area; the vacancies for both occupational therapy and speech and language positions in the Dublin mid-west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7603/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence regarding the new proposed legislation to scrap the triple lock system, if this will undermine Ireland's military neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/25]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Social 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to revise the existing application guidelines for the domiciliary care allowance, especially in relation to children who are right below the threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7589/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to parents of autistic children where they do not qualify for the domiciliary care allowance. [7590/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists and CAMHS therapy services waiting list, as of February 2025; the total number in each CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7698/25]

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Education 6 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the school building programme with respect to two schools (details supplied); to provide a projected date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7780/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when residents in Newcastle, County Dublin, will be in a position to avail of the free school transport scheme, given the lack of a secondary school in the immediate vicinity. [7781/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education what plans have been made for the delivery of a secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin, given the growing population in the area which is exceeding the population projections for the 2022-2028 South Dublin County Development Plan. [7782/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education what engagement has taken place with the community of a school (details supplied) especially with regard to facilitating its move to a new building, including road safety measures. [7783/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress on school building projects and the projected completion dates for schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [8473/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education if she has had any discussion on the need for a secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin, given the enrolment pressure in the surrounding areas, as well as the need for continued expansion of the school transport scheme to residents in Newcastle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8472/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Adamstown primary care centre. [7786/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to develop a primary care centre for Lucan. [7787/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when a treatment in CAMHS will be made available to a child (details supplied). [7794/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the current status of Southdoc in Blackpool, as a number of users in the northside of Cork city have stated that the service appears to be wound down, that when they call to make an appointment that they are referred to a Southdoc service on the southside of the city, that this is particularly difficult for people who have limited transport options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7794/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [7943/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [7942/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an overview of the procurement of additional assets for the Air Corps and the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for the position with regard to the proposed changes to the Defence Forces' structures, in particular the reform of high-level command and control of the Defence Forces, as set out in the Commission for Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5667/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the further extension of hot school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8385/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the situation whereby a carer claiming maternity leave can no longer claim carer’s payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8384/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport when it will be possible to provide daily summary information for bus routes on the NTA app, similar to line summary information provided for the London Underground. [7785/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital grants will be open for applications. [7795/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what initiatives are being taken to focus on areas of high disadvantage (such as Balgaddy in Dublin), including leading inter-departmental and inter-agency approaches. [7784/25]