Sligo-Leitrim — week of Mon, 3 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Sligo-Leitrim TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 28 questions · 1 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 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 1 Martin Kenny

Voted against 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Eamon Scanlon — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 5 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reconfiguration and refurbishment of a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9890/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she will review the medical card scheme beyond its current remit to provide an automatic entitlement for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9891/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide urgent funding for a new bus for cancer patients travelling for treatments in the northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9755/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9756/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason CAMHS referrals have been suspended in an area (details supplied); when it is expected referrals will resume; the current number of referrals for support services to Sligo and Leitrim CAMHS service currently awaiting assessment; the current number of HSE vacancies in the Sligo and Leitrim CAMHS service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10288/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if he will include the N15 in the revised National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9327/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport whether staff employed in a semi-State body (details supplied) have the option to work until the age of 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9892/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support grants or programmes available to community sports teams (details supplied) travelling abroad for training camps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9561/25]

Frankie Feighan — Fine Gael 6 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider sanctioning the appointment of a part-time psychologist attached to the diabetes unit at University College Hospital, Sligo. [9074/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health her plans to advance the women’s health action plan; and if consideration has been given to improvements in treatment for endometriosis in view of the fact that women have to travel abroad for surgery.. [9742/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health for clarification regarding the recent cancellation of CAMHS services in Team 1 for under 18s in Leitrim/East Sligo/West Cavan; the refusal of new referrals from GPs to this service; the impact of services to current patients, due to the lack of a clinical lead consultant for Team 1; the recruitment efforts and timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10255/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will reconsider the recent directive to local authorities around housing aid grants for the elderly whereby funding will not be provided for the replacement of an old oil boiler (heating system) with a new model boiler; if funding will only be provided for second-hand boilers; and if he will accept that this proposal presents difficulties for elderly citizens, who in many cases cannot source a reliable second-hand oil boiler easily and the fact that the design of their older homes presents challenges in moving from oil-fired boiler systems to air to water. [9252/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the hedge cutting timeframe considering the recent storm damage and the requirement to deal with damaged roadside trees and hedgerow. [9842/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice the further options or advice available to an applicant for a tourist visa (details supplied) who has been refused on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9321/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice if a designated immigration officer could be requested to contact an applicant (details supplied) setting out in detail the requirements to obtain a work permit in the State. [10369/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to further roll out the school meals programme; if so, the way the programme will expand and develop in terms of school numbers; and if the roll out will be countrywide or regional. [10124/25]

Marian Harkin — Independent 6 votes · 2 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 2 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline for the rollout of free hormone replacement therapy for women, as announced in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9640/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the discontinuation of the Heartwatch scheme will be reviewed as soon as possible (details supplied). [9641/25]

New lobbying 1 return

EPIC Empowering People in Care Children and Youth Affairs
- Seeking action on the Alternative Care System

Martin Kenny — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Agriculture 6 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the sheep welfare scheme; when it will be open for applications in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the points in the European Commission’s vision for agriculture and food that he is seeking clarification on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9507/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse his decision to apply GAEC2 (good agricultural and environmental conditions) rules in 2025 until he has engaged with farmers and stakeholders on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9508/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TB reactor cattle on Irish farms from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9509/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms with TB reactor cattle from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 located in an area that is neighbouring land belonging to a controlled finishing unit or feedlot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9510/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department's IT issues which are affecting ACRES payments to thousands of farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9511/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours left unfilled in counties Sligo and Leitrim from the 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9513/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home care workers that need to be recruited in order to fill all the home care hours allocated to patients in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9514/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she or her Department are aware that the CAMHS clinical lead post for CHO1 covering Leitrim, west Cavan and east Sligo is vacant; the reason this post is not filled; when there will be a clinical lead appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9991/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a mental health information database CAMHS consultant has been recruited to the children's disability network team for Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan; if there are adequate supports for this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9505/25]