Dublin Central — week of Mon, 3 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 38 questions · 3 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 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 2 Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 6 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expand access to PREP by increasing capacity at clinics and removing unnecessary barriers to obtaining appointments, in order to meet the growing demand (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9621/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider streamlining the process for accessing PREP, potentially adopting models used in countries like the UK and Australia, where PREP services are more efficient and patient-friendly. [9622/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to ensure that delays in the provision of insulin pumps do not result in long-term health complications for children with type 1 diabetes due to poor glucose control. [9646/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if, given that there has been a delay to the rollout of the free hormone replacement therapy scheme, payments made since January 2025 will be reimbursed to the women affected by the delay when the scheme is rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10389/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide clarification on the decision to replace the full bus schedule at the bus stop at the top of Strandville Avenue with only the 130 service. [9500/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the National Transport Authority to engage with Dublin central politicians to address the various concerns and inquiries raised by residents following the introduction of several new bus routes in the area. [9499/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a full list of bus routes under consideration for transfer to management by an operator (details supplied). [9501/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education regarding circular 0032/2017, if she has issued any further advice to boards of management in respect of mitigating costs associated with iPads and or Android tablets for students. [9931/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she has assisted any boards of management exit supply contracts for electronic hardware, laptops and or iPads and or Android tablets in the context of vendor lock-in, in the past five years to date in 2025. [9932/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of suppliers of iPads and or Android tablets to schools, to include the top five suppliers and the totality of the value of iPads supplied, by vendor, in each year since 2017 to date in 2025. [9933/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers who to date have applied to have their flat-rate expense allowance reinstated for 2025; the breakdown of same, by category of worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10025/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the total number of PAYE workers who claimed the flat-rate expense allowance in 2024; the breakdown of same, by category of worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10026/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust (IRGT) for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of individuals who provide foster spaces for non-coursing greyhounds awaiting homes; the cost per week for each individual non-coursing greyhound kept in foster care and the total cost to Rásaíocht Con Éireann of funding the IRGT service, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10386/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that betting shops in Ireland no longer take bets on greyhound races in which the participating dogs have been graded by officials from Rásaíocht Con Éireann (details supplied); if he is concerned about the implications of this for the integrity of greyhound racing in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10387/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the recent legal action threatened by the Design and Crafts Council Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9672/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a situation regarding a vacant property refurbishment grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8987/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10027/25]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 6 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 12 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to HSE ADHD services in HSE Dublin north city and west, and HSE Dublin north county, in 2023 and 2024, separated by adults and children, in tabular form. [10150/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time to receive an appointment for an initial ADHD assessment for children in HSE Dublin north city and west and HSE Dublin north county areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10159/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time to receive an appointment for an initial ADHD assessment for adults in the HSE Dublin north city and west and HSE Dublin north county areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10160/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an adult to receive an appointment for an initial ADHD assessment in all IHA areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10161/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of time between an initial assessment for ADHD and access to an appointment for therapies and services in all IHA areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10162/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by her Department to ensure the continued existence of a practice (details supplied) in Dublin 1 which is currently facing closure due to provisions introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2003 amending section 1008A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; her plans to support the existence of medical charities operating GP practices in socially disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10130/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to deliver on the previous Government commitment from 2018 to increase the number of specialist public eating disorder adult in-patient beds to 23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10127/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to investigate the incidence and health impact of hexahydrocannabinol, a synthetic cannabinoid which is widely available for purchase in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10125/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is specialist training for all staff in in-patient psychiatric services in this country on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10128/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to recommend the regulation and restriction of hexahydrocannabinol, a synthetic cannabinoid which is widely available for purchase in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10126/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date she will end the practice of child admissions to adult psychiatric services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10129/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason the existence and tax treatment of medical charities operating GP practices is currently not under consideration as part of the primary care review is being undertaken by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10131/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued for overpayment of half-rate of pay and for overpayment of the temporary rehabilitation payment when none of the fault for the overpayments lies with the member of staff and all the blame for these overpayments arises from a “delay in processing” and internal failures by her Department to update its own systems. [9428/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9659/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the early years inspectorate has issued a direction to end, with immediate effect, access by school aged children to school aged care but are not yet enrolled in primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9044/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff working in the children’s disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [9465/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9316/25]

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 4 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 4 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach how the new disability unit within his Department will function. [7554/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [6074/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [6075/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if she intends to review the terms of the drugs payment scheme; if she will extend the long-term illness scheme in order to include rheumatoid arthritis as a long-term chronic illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee Children and Youth Affairs
- Young people and youth workers visited Leinster House

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish SME Association Economic Development and Industry
- Making known the ISME policy priorities for the program for government
Foróige, National Youth Development Organisation Children and Youth Affairs
- Letter highlighting importance of including a section dedicated to youth work in the Programme for Government