Dublin Bay North — week of Mon, 3 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay North TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 55 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 3 Barry Heneghan · Naoise Ó Muirí · Tom Brabazon

Voted against 2 Cian O'Callaghan · Denise Mitchell

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 3 Barry Heneghan · Naoise Ó Muirí · Tom Brabazon

Voted against 2 Cian O'Callaghan · Denise Mitchell

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 2 Cian O'Callaghan · Denise Mitchell

Voted against 3 Barry Heneghan · Naoise Ó Muirí · Tom Brabazon

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Barry Heneghan · Naoise Ó Muirí · Tom Brabazon

Voted against 2 Cian O'Callaghan · Denise Mitchell

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Barry Heneghan · Naoise Ó Muirí · Tom Brabazon

Voted against 2 Cian O'Callaghan · Denise Mitchell

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 3 Barry Heneghan · Naoise Ó Muirí · Tom Brabazon

Voted against 2 Cian O'Callaghan · Denise Mitchell

Barry Heneghan — Independent 6 votes · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Children 10 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Individualised Personal Budget Pilot Programme currently being trialed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9280/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons at the various stages of the Individualised Personal Budget Pilot Programme; the total amount of funding provided in each of the years since the commencement of the pilot; the breakdown of the costs to date of running the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9281/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for when the evaluation of the Individualized Personal Budget Pilot Programme will commence and report back on its outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9282/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide assurances that her Department’s exclusion of the only disabled persons’ representative organisations (DPRO) specific to visual and physical impairment, respectively (details supplied), will not be reflected in its advice on DPRO participation to other public bodies; and if she will provide a timeline on when both of these key DPROs will no longer be excluded from their rights as equal DPROs by her Department. [10505/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she accepts that General Comments of UN Conventions are “legally persuasive” documents as per citations in the Irish Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights, and that as such, their definitions and clarifications are of utmost importance to the implementation of the UNCRPD in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10506/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has any concerns over the credibility of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy due to the exclusion of an organisation (details supplied), from the DPO Consultative Framework, these are the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specifically representing the key constituencies of visual impairment and physical impairment. [10507/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will explain to the UN Committee why the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specifically representing visual impairment and physical impairment (details supplied), have been excluded from the DPO Consultative Framework since its inception in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10508/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she considers the exclusion of two organisations (details supplied), the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specifically representing visual and physical impairments, from her Department’s disabled persons’ representative organisations-specific consultations to be case of indirect discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10509/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the ongoing exclusion by her Department of the only specialised disabled persons’ representative organisations in visual impairment and physical impairment, respectively (details supplied), is compatible with her Department’s obligations under Article 29 (b (ii)) of the UNCRPD to incentivise disabled people to join DPROs and to create conditions favourable to the flourishing of DPROs; and if those DPROs specific to such major constituencies are not at the table, what is the guarantee that they will be consulted about the measures to strengthen DPROs going forward. [10510/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the disabled persons’ organisations/disabled persons’ representative organisations her Department is currently closely consulting with on strengthening DPOs/DPROs meet the criteria for being DPROs considering General Comment No. 7, paras. 10-4; and if she acknowledges that failure to ensure that her Department is dealing with genuine DPROs in such sensitive dealings would mean that such consultations are not fit for purpose and even counterproductive. [10511/25]
Transport 4 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate issues with the designs of bus-stop bypasses and the consistency of basic layout designs (details supplied); if he will treat this issue as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9444/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine whether people with disabilities are being adequately represented on the board of management of State transport companies, disability advocates are still concerned that these regulations are still not being enforced and therefore many companies are breaking the rules which clearly state that people with disabilities must be fairly represented. [10169/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine the representation of people with disabilities on the boards of management of State transport companies; to provide a list of what companies are following the Department of Transport’s own regulations on this specific issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10167/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to enforce regulations which aims to have adequate representation for people with disabilities on the boards of management of State transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10168/25]
Housing 4 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initiatives his Department will take to address the supply side constraints which would help to expedite housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department will introduce to incentivise local authorities to achieve their housing delivery targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9806/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work in coordination with Dublin City Council to urgently address living conditions for residents of a building (details supplied). [9807/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department will take to push local authorities including Dublin City Council to employ a full-time accessibility officer who would be responsible for assessing the requirements of people with disabilities when planning infrastructure including local housing developments, cycleways, and so on. [9808/25]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach to provide more information on the role of the new unit focused on disability that will be established in his Department. [6435/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the main priorities for the new disability unit within his Department. [7739/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disabilities will meet next. [7738/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 has not been commenced; the timeline for its expected progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10189/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on ongoing projects at Beaumont Hospital, extension to radiation oncology, the 100-bed ward block, the 64-bed ICU block and the new emergency department; and if all these projects could be expedited for rapid construction. [4520/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the retirement policies for various professions, specifically regarding the recent extension of retirement ages for guards, prison officers, firefighters, and in the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are plans to address the retirement age policies for other professions or provide any guidance on how those affected by these rules might be accommodated. [9810/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the Government has chosen to reduce funding for Foras na Gaeilge, given its crucial role in promoting and sustaining the Irish language and culture, particularly at a time when engagement with Irish is growing through education, music, literature, and film; and whether he will commit to reversing these cuts and expanding State support for the Irish language, ensuring that it has a sustainable future beyond the classroom. [6032/25]

Cian O'Callaghan — Social Democrats 6 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6307/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will meet [7945/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will meet. [9488/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [7946/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies currently in CNDT teams throughout the country, broken down by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9530/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new staff hired in CNDT teams throughout the country in 2024, broken down by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9531/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if An Garda Síochána has the legal powers to pursue motorbikes and scramblers being driven dangerously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10487/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider reviewing the ten-year requirement for special-purpose vehicles where older vehicles are roadworthy as per the NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10385/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the provision of a new Garda station at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9631/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that local authorities that have not received their 2025 social acquisition from his Department cannot proceed with the tenant-in-situ scheme; when the 2025 acquisition will be provided to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate additional funding to the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9817/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will open a reading school in the Killester, Raheny, Clontarf school planning area, given there is currently no provision for children who have dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10049/25]

Denise Mitchell — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if a review into the restriction on drivers aged over 70 from operating school transport is planned; if he has engaged with Bus Éireann in relation to easing this restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure a student (details supplied) can secure a place in a local special school; the alternative provisions that can be made temporarily for this child who has to date been unable to secure a place in any local special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9347/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any exemptions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides were issued in 2024; what measures the Department are taking to ensure the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is complied with across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; what secondary legislation or amending legislation is required for the Act to take effect in its fullest form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9536/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice the number of Community Gardaí assigned to the DMR north district, per year from 2015 to date in 2025; and the breakdown of these Gardaí by station within the DMR north area, in tabular form. [10305/25]

Naoise Ó Muirí — Fine Gael 6 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the progress to fully reopen Holyhead port to facilitate the movement of freight. [7637/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for removing the passenger cap at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the way her Department intends to include chronic kidney disease to the Chronic Disease Management Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9834/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to a review of the drugs reimbursement process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9833/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department has examined the economic benefit that will arise from the NFL fixture being hosted in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9835/25]

Tom Brabazon — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 6 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the relocation of mental health nurses. [9081/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the average number of psychiatrists on call for each day of the week within the hospital, in tabular form. [9736/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty on each day of the week in each treatment centre of the D-Doc service in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of HSE D-Doc vehicles based in each of those treatment centres, in tabular form; and if there are plans to increase the number of those doctors on duty in each of the treatment centres this year. [9737/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed environmental health inspectors within CHO9, by location, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9738/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that Beaumont Hospital secures investment for much-needed capital developments such as a new 95-bed ward block and a new emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9879/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health when the provisions of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9878/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [9245/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will list the schools within Dublin 5, 13 and 17 currently benefitting from the free school hot meals scheme. [9739/25]