Cork East — week of Mon, 3 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Cork East TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 32 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]

2025-03-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–70

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

Did not vote 1 Liam Quaide

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

Did not vote 1 Liam Quaide

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 1 Pat Buckley

Voted against 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Did not vote 1 Liam Quaide

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

Did not vote 1 Liam Quaide

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

Did not vote 1 Liam Quaide

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 93–66

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

Did not vote 1 Liam Quaide

James O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the funding available for the national roads in 2025; if there will be funding for a project (details supplied) to take it through the next gateway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9325/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the details of the multi-annual funding model to fund future national roads projects from 2026 onwards as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9326/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding free public transport for children under eight years of age as outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9655/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the findings of the establishment of the pilot scheme from the school transport scheme review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9378/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider the abolishment of the ‘nearest school’ rule ahead of the 2025/26 school year; if her Department will consider the ‘central/closed school’ rule which allows busses to pick up children within their parish boundary rather than ‘nearest school’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9379/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 6 February 2025, for an update on a project (details supplied); where the interim facility might be placed; the timeline on this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10218/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a detailed breakdown of costings for the way in which the Defence Forces can get from level of ambition 2 to level of ambition 3, which he referred to in a Dáil debate on 26 February 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9874/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the unit in his Department which he has tasked with providing a detailed breakdown of costings for the way in which the Defence Forces can get from LOA2 to LOA3 which he referred to in a Dáil debate on 26 February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9875/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance to review a case in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10250/25]

Liam Quaide — Social Democrats 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health how a €64 million centralised residential mental health service on the grounds of Saint Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire can be in accordance with the ethos of community integration that is core to national mental health policy and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Person with a Disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10158/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the construction of a ten-bed community mental health residence on the grounds of the Owenacurra centre Midleton and on the referral destinations of east Cork service users requiring residential placement since the Owenacurra centre stopped taking referrals in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10157/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the criteria of the help-to-buy scheme to extend the period taken into consideration when calculating the amount of income tax paid by the applicant beyond four years for those who may have taken maternity leave from work during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9716/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grants and funding opportunities available to local communities to help maintain and/or acquire local wetland areas in order to protect their habitat and ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10106/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to increase funding for international food and nutrition programmes given the United States administration’s recent spending cuts to its humanitarian programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10493/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will release funding for the completion of the trailhead at the MacCurtainstown car park in Youghal, along the Midleton to Youghal greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10289/25]

Noel McCarthy — Fine Gael 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on plans for the further development of the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9479/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on plans for the further development of the N72 road in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9478/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on works at an OPW site (details supplied); if it is envisaged that the site will be reopened to the public in time for the 2025 tourist season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9889/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the full amount expended on the upgrade of a Garda station (details supplied); the works undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10302/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider making Department land available for the development of recreational facilities for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9680/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the next round of urban regeneration and development fund funding for public realm works in County Cork to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9681/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures being taken by his Department to encourage the installation of information signage on approach to towns and villages to notify the public of the historical, cultural and artistic amenities available locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn the public of the possible dangers of contracting Lyme disease on publicly accessible grasslands and forests, and to inform of its prevention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10190/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 697 and 698 of 25 February 2025, if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with a company (details supplied) with regard to its applications for pesticides products; when he expects a decision to be made on these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10390/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the current situation with respect to the payment of non-EU third level fees for Irish citizens educated outside of the EU and returning to study at third level in Ireland; if his Department has any engagement with Irish third level institutions in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10307/25]

Pat Buckley — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in 2025 that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses reinstated; and if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers in each category. [9787/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers in each staff category that were in receipt of flat-rate expenses in 2024. [9788/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) to arrange for him to be granted a school place. [9671/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) is granted an appointment for an autism assessment. [10133/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a list of all branches of an organisation (details supplied) in the east Cork constituency. [9885/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing a 2024 ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/25]