Kildare South — week of Mon, 17 Mar

What your Kildare South TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Mar – 23 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 50 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-19 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–69

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Fiona O'Loughlin — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mark Wall — Labour Party 1 vote · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Social 8 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure and number of claims over the lifetime of the Covid-19-related lay-off payment scheme; the average lump-sum payment to compensate employees made redundant between 13 March 2020 and 31 January 2025 for a Covid-related gap in their employment record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount each weekly social protection payment should be at to maintain their value compared to pre-pandemic levels (2019) in real, inflation-adjusted terms, in tabular form; the rates these should be at if indexed against employment earnings for the same period to restore the real value of core rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11576/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to replace jobseeker’s assistance; what consultations have been held on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a new structure and employment supports for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a €50 weekly cost of disability payment to all recipients of disability-related social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of reviews carried out on carer’s allowance over the last five years, and the number per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12599/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for selecting a carer’s allowance recipient for review; if there a limit on the number of times a person can be selected for review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12600/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is correct that his Department is including a total household income review in current reviews that are being received by carer’s allowance recipients; the reason for including this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12601/25]
Children 6 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children placed in special emergency arrangements in the past four years; the number of whom are Irish citizens; and the number which are unaccompanied minors, by country, in tabular form. [10574/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of providers of special emergency arrangements for children in the past four years; and the funding provided to each provider in each year, in tabular form. [10575/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of safeguarding and child protection complaints made against providers of special emergency arrangements in the past four years, by provider, in tabular form. [10576/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the body responsible for the regulation, monitoring and inspection of providers of special emergency arrangements for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10577/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the statutory financial supports that are available to young people leaving state care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10578/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people exiting mainstream State residential care into homelessness; and the actions her Department is taking to reduce the number exiting care into homelessness. [10579/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health when a reply will be issued to correspondence from an organisation regarding a study on incidence of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDE) in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10611/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether the HSE or their funded agencies continue to apply the ‘in loco parentis’ rule to children receiving home support; if so, whether the clause applies to all home support for children with additional needs or only to children with complex medical needs; and if the clause is still applied, whether the Minister would consider the abolition of the in loco parentis rule for all families receiving home support for children in view of the well documented difficulties arising for parents, including removing the clause from home support delivered by agencies funded by the HSE. [11392/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of meals on wheels service providers and locations in Kildare south; the number of meals served per service, per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11708/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department’s plans to develop future meals on wheels services in Kildare south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11709/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if funding has been provided to a meals on wheels service in Kildare south (details supplied); if she has plans to increase funding to the service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11710/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to implement the Curragh Plains Conversation Management Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the agency responsible for the protection and management of the Curragh Plains; and the steps his Department is taking to deal with a situation (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12033/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position on a piece of infrastructure project in County Kildare (details supplied); if he will outline the meetings and correspondence he has had with the relevant local authority on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11706/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position on rail fares in Kildare South through the Dublin commuter zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11707/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the status of an Irish citizen currently incarcerated in a French prison (details supplied); and the status of transferring the prisoner to serve out their time in an Irish prison. [11704/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the way a person in County Kildare (details supplied) can qualify for a passport given their current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11729/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on a project (details supplied) in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11705/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on a project (details supplied) in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11705/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Finance if the exemptions for capital gains tax apply to a family carer who moved out of their principle primary residence into the home of the cared-for person for a number of years in order to provide full-time care. [10852/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has concerns that local authorities are preventing genuine farmers from building on their own lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to discrepancies in pay for apprentices completing the off-the-job college phases of their apprenticeship at a company (details supplied) compared to other apprentices completing the same course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11960/25]

Martin Heydon — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Seán Ó Fearghaíl — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Defence 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that illegal encampments on the Curragh Plains have resumed; the measures that his Department is taking to bring this situation to a halt; the steps that have been taken to implement the Programme for Government commitment to provide for a new management system for the Curragh Plains; when he intends this management system / body to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12505/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of habitable residential units under the control of his Department; the location of these units; if they are occupied or unoccupied, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and location of residential units under the control of his Department that are considered to be currently uninhabitable; the location of these units, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12507/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will indicate, notwithstanding Department policy, the number of residential units under the control of his Department which have the potential to be refurbished and brought back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU leaders' informal retreat on 3 February. [4524/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the commemoration for the liberation of Auschwitz. [12018/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding core funding financial reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11198/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to enact key commitments outlined in the Programme for Government (details supplied) in relation to childcare provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12306/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot continue to get buscopan on prescription, taking into consideration the significant health issues he has; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10984/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of certain medicines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11508/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he intends to promote modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12906/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which modular housing will be utilised to meet housing targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12905/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice when the EU asylum and migration pact will take effect in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12885/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice the actions being taken to decrease the processing time for international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12884/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding tax credit certificates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education to examine the case of a child in need of an ASD place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11344/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a young farmer (details supplied) who applied for TAMS 3 young farmers in 2024, following a successful application for national reserve and complementary income for young farmers in 2023, and who has a 33% shareholding in the family farm, has now been refused due to the share type and denied young farmer funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding disparity in pay for apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12246/25]

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a course of action is currently being considered on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11699/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 27 February 2025, if she is aware of an issue with the advertisement of posts for speech and language therapists (details supplied). [12483/25]