Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 3 Mar

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 73 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 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Ciarán Ahern · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Paul Murphy

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Ciarán Ahern · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Paul Murphy

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

Voted against 3 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Did not vote 1 Paul Murphy

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Ciarán Ahern · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Paul Murphy

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Ciarán Ahern · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Paul Murphy

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy

Did not vote 1 Seán Crowe

Ciarán Ahern — Labour Party 6 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the way he will ensure that the pipeline of road transport projects he plans to fund in 2025 are individually and cumulatively assessed for their impact on the transport sectoral emissions ceiling set under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the decision by Dublin Bus not to tender for the outer Dublin metropolitan area routes on the BusConnects network in Dublin; his views on whether the tender on these routes has been awarded to a company (details supplied) notwithstanding the major service delivery problems experienced by that company on its existing routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9526/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the actions he will take to implement the recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Climate Change Advisory Council in their respective annual national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, reviews, and GHG projections to ensure that the transport sector meets its sectoral ceiling of 54MtCO2e for the budget period 2021-2025 and the 50% overall reduction in GHGs by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9527/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to consider expanding the cycle to work scheme to school children; the work being taken on such a measure; the cost such an expansion would involve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9195/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the roll out of contactless fare payments on all public transport to commence, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9196/25]
Environment 5 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the Commission for Regulation of Utilities’ (CRU) assertion that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 are insufficient to enable it to mandate explicit emissions reduction and offsetting measures for data centres; whether the decision to allow data centres to be powered by non-renewable sources is consistent with the CRUs obligations under section 15 of the Act; if he will exercise his right under section 15(3) of the Act to give a direction that it does explicitly state that data centres must be powered by renewable sources to ensure compliance with section 15(1) of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8999/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he still plans to bring a memo to Cabinet recommending an LNG facility for Ireland given that the consultancy firm which originally recommended a facility is now reviewing its findings; when he expects the latest analysis to be complete; when it will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether the importing of liquified natural gas is consistent with the Programme for Government commitment to take decisive action to radically reduce Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels; if he will ban the importation of liquified natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Gas Networks Ireland report, as commissioned by his predecessor, that outlines the challenges and risks of bringing a floating storage regasification unit into Ireland, will be released for public consultation. [9004/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how frequently the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in any proposed State-led floating storage and regasification (FSRU) unit will need to be replenished, given the inevitable boil-off of LNG over time; if he will provide clarity on the countries this gas will be sourced from; the measures taken to ensure an FSRU is compliant with section 15(1) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9005/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that should be taken by a parent in Dublin south west when no childcare places are available for children under two years-of-age; how she intends to increase the number of affordable childcare places in the constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9231/25]

Colm Brophy — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the provision of bus park-and-ride facilities serving the commuter and Dublin populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9405/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if it can be ensured that all active travel schemes being funded by the Government, via the NTA, pay equal attention to sustainable travel obligations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of any considerations being made for the provision of a new bus service to Dublin Airport from areas such as Templeogue, Rathfarnham and Tallaght, as the ‘Tallaght Hopper’ has ceased service, and these areas now have no transport connection to the airport apart from expensive taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10254/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport given that BusConnects is a major plank of Government policy, the reason the proposed F1 route, which will replace routes 49 and 65b, due to service constituents across Knocklyon, Templeogue and Firhouse, and was originally due to come in to force in Q1 2024, has been consistently pushed out; and the current estimated date is end of 2025, depending on resources and so on. [10379/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the reason residents in Dublin south west appear to be pushed to the back of the queue for the major spine upgrades, and the A spine due to replace the 15 is yet to be rolled out, and appears similarly delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10380/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the holders of degrees in athletic therapy from Dublin City University will be automatically accepted, as is the case under the Health and Care Professionals Council in the UK, to qualify for a Masters in physiotherapy in University College Dublin and University of Galway; and the reason CORU is taking so long to recognise this. [10024/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the free HRT therapy programme will be rolled out to pharmacists as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10147/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason emergency care is only provided by Children's Health Ireland to children and young people under 16 years, and not until after that while they may still be at school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/25]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason full-time online students, who receive the same education and qualifications as on-campus students and who qualify for the €1,000 fee refund, remain ineligible for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9644/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that students that study remotely are deemed ineligible for the SUSI grant even though it can have a life-changing impact on them (details supplied). [10032/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will examine the introduction of regulations that govern both crematoria and the undertaking business; and his views on the case of persons (details supplied). [9687/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is an inspection regime and agreed inspection protocols in relation to the operation of crematoria in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education when the expansion of special needs classes in a school (details supplied) will be approved; when funding will be made available; the timeline for any such project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10014/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the plans in place for the introduction of extra time in second level examinations for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10318/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice the number of EVs within the Garda fleet at present; if he will outline how the numbers have grown in the past two or three years; the number of Garda stations fitted with EV charging facilities in the time prior to his own appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10286/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice with regard to the operation of the immigrant investor programme, what the status is of those applications which had been lodged with the Department in advance of the termination of the programme. [10314/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of an individual savings account scheme in Ireland, similar to the UK model, to encourage long-term savings, promote investment, enhance financial inclusion, and support homeownership; if he will outline any analysis undertaken on its potential benefits for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9571/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the many scenarios in which citizens and registered voters are unable to exercise the right to vote due to, for example, illness (including Covid); holidays; work abroad; and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9572/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on rent supplement limits (details supplied); whether he considers these to be completely outdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/25]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 1 vote · 43 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 43 total

Health 18 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, if she has been made aware of the case in question; if not, will she examine it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9849/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who had been waiting for an ultrasound for six months only to find out that she had stage 4 cancer; how she intends to ensure that waiting times are shortened to detect issues in a more timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9928/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current understaffing in the National Ambulance Service; how she intends to solve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9998/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide appropriate funding to a charity (details supplied), which provides essential mental health services in communities and requires funds to continue operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10006/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she supports single tier universal healthcare provided to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9944/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when section 39 workers will begin receiving equal pay for work in line with their counterparts in the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9943/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when free HRT will be made available; and if people will be refunded for medicines bought since the start of the year. [9941/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to end lengthy waiting lists for CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9945/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that all cancer drugs are provided in accordance with medical need to all who need them, and not income or health insurance status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9942/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide the exact number of children on hormone blockers in Ireland currently. [10349/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Ireland who have had gender-affirming surgery. [10350/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were referred abroad for gender affirming surgery; and where exactly they are being referred to. [10351/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children being prescribed gender affirming hormones in Ireland. [10352/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of adults being prescribed gender affirming hormones in Ireland. [10353/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the Gender Service instructed GPs in Ireland to stop hormone testing for trans people. [10354/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the free HRT scheme apply to trans women; and the criteria that will be used to make the assessment. [10355/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the free contraceptive scheme to include long-term, hormone-free contraceptives for women such as the mini-TT 380 copper coil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10382/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason children over the age of 16 years are required to use adult accident and emergency services rather than the children’s hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10383/25]
Agriculture 6 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant funding an organisation (details supplied) received for their inspections each year since 2019. [9923/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profiling training since 2019. [9924/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grand funding for marketing awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2023. [9925/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the news story of five horses being put down after being found ill on an Irish transport in subpar conditions (details supplied); if he will launch an investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10344/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific timeline for making the results of his Department’s consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds available for public review, and in respect of any next steps following this consultation. [10377/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update and specific timeline as to when we can expect the publication and entry into force of the regulations banning the use on dogs and cats of electronic shock collars operated by hand-held remote controls. [10378/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to address the problem of ghost buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9403/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if will halt and reverse the privatisation of bus routes in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9404/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct his Department to provide a concrete timeline for the introduction of contactless payment on public transport; and if the introduction of digital Leap cards will be part of this rollout. [9685/25]
Environment 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the evidentiary basis being used to pursue commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Ireland, to enhance energy security, given the Government-commissioned Centre for European Policy Analysis report from 2022 stated that commercial LNG would provide “...no guarantee that stored gas volumes would be sufficient to cover a security of supply shock” as commercial “storage stocks would be driven by market fundamentals” (details supplied). [9304/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a public consultation will be conducted in relation to any shift in policy towards supporting commercial liquefied natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9305/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a high-level outline of the proposed amended functions of Gas Networks Ireland and new regulatory framework being sought in the upcoming Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9306/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) currently does not have school wardens assigned to it; if the appropriate resources will be allocated to the school to ensure they are put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10028/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if it is still planned to have 400 new special classes opened in September 2025 given that the list of special classes only lists 254 new classes; and when further new classes will be announced. [10116/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will look into the case of a child (details supplied) who has still not been offered a place in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10373/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6432/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will meet [6433/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to review the visa application case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9589/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will instruct his Department to examine the current laws surrounding concurrent sentences in order to ensure sentencing is fair, effective, and accountable to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/25]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps he will take to ensure that private companies are not over-charging his Department or agencies under its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will increase funding for the League of Ireland; his views on promoting a fan ownership model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9990/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform the DIRT tax from a flat tax to a progressive model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will allocate funds for financial assistance to radiation therapy students, who are currently under pressure and receiving no financial support, uniform allowance, travel allowance or payment for clinical placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10022/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if they will instruct his Department to reevaluate partnerships with private companies supplying food as part of the hot school meal programme to ensure that nutritional needs of the students are being met and waste kept to a minimum. [10358/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to extending the accommodation recognition payment of €800 monthly in its current state until at least the end of the year in order to continue to support households which have taken in families fleeing from war; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10381/25]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns