Dublin Fingal West — week of Mon, 3 Mar

What your Dublin Fingal West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 19 questions · 4 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 Grace Boland

Voted against 2 Louise O'Reilly · Robert O'Donoghue

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 1 Grace Boland

Voted against 2 Louise O'Reilly · Robert O'Donoghue

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 1 Louise O'Reilly

Voted against 2 Grace Boland · Robert O'Donoghue

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 1 Grace Boland

Voted against 2 Louise O'Reilly · Robert O'Donoghue

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 1 Grace Boland

Voted against 2 Louise O'Reilly · Robert O'Donoghue

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Grace Boland

Voted against 2 Louise O'Reilly · Robert O'Donoghue

Grace Boland — Fine Gael 6 votes · 4 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 4 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the NTA to review the expansion of the Local Link bus service to the northern part of the Dublin Fingal west constituency to service Skerries, Rush and Lusk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the progress of Dart + for the Northern Commuter Line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when women will be able to avail of HRT products and medications through the previously announced free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9987/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work she and her Department have undertaken to fill the professional vacancies in the CAMHS team in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9988/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Polio Survivors Ireland Health
- Invitation to NAI AV Room Presentation on the 5th of March

Louise O'Reilly — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 1 question · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 1 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the rise in overcrowding on the commuter trains on the northern line serving the towns of Balbriggan, Skerries and Rush and Lusk; if he has plans to address this serious issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9762/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Polio Survivors Ireland Health
- Invitation to NAI AV Room Presentation on the 5th of March

Robert O'Donoghue — Labour Party 6 votes · 14 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied), nationally and locally, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; if audited accounts were provided for inspection in advance in each of these years; the total breakdown of the chief executive's compensation package; if any conditions were attached to grants and funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10007/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason by August of 2024 that an organisation (details supplied) needed an emergency grant advance to prevent an overdraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any conditions were attached to a payment to an organisation (details supplied) regarding bonuses or pay rises; if he pre-approved it; if all criteria approving the early payment were met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2020-2025 was used for the purposes of paying of staff on administrative leave, settling claims by staff in relation to workplace disputes, making payments in respect of non-disclosure agreements with staff, board members, volunteers or contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10010/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to promote the consumption of hogget; if the Teagasc research centre has carried out any research in this regard; if such sources could be developed for the provision of emergency food resources for Irish Aid food and nutrition interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10012/25]
Tourism 4 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will commit to engaging with stakeholders within the music industry to produce a national music strategy for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10141/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to invest in grassroots and academy football (details supplied); if he will prioritise increased funding and infrastructure development to nurture young talent, improve facilities, and support clubs at all levels to ensure Irish football reaches its full potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10143/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will commit to addressing the shortfall in Arts Council funding to ensure artists receive the support they need and that communities across the country continue to have access to artistic and creative experiences (details supplied). [10192/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there will be no freeze on the Arts Council’s operations during any review (details supplied). [10191/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the current approach to data centre development is delivering sufficient benefits to justify the costs given the significant environmental impact of data centres, their relatively low contribution to local and national employment compared to other forms of investment, and their role in reinforcing Ireland’s reliance on foreign multinational enterprises for tax revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9926/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) after the announcement of its intention to lay off its global employee base of 8.5% (1,750 people), of which more than 300 staff in Ireland have been notified that their roles are now “at risk”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9946/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to ensure that there are enough early childhood education and care and school age childcare spaces made available to parents of children in Fingal west given the rising demand caused by rapid population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9330/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with colleagues and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to review and potentially revise the existing policy framework to ensure that any future data centre developments provide clear and proportional benefits to the country. [9927/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reasons for the long stoppage in works on the Round Tower, at Kells Monastic Site, Kells, County Meath; the current cost of the project; the costs incurred during the stoppage of works; the projected final timeline and cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10003/25]

New lobbying 2 returns

Polio Survivors Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Invitation to NAI AV Room Presentation on the 5th of March
- To secure meetings to TDs