Wicklow — week of Mon, 17 Mar

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Mar – 23 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 17 questions · 2 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 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Lesley McGuire Development and Zoning
- The request to support rezoning of land approx 1.25km outside Blessington, Co.Wicklow for residential use.

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 1 vote · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the size of the Irish delegation at COP16 in February 2025; the level of seniority of the delegates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ireland had ministerial presence at COP16 in Rome in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11372/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the completion of local authority strategies for the creation, improvement and preservation of sustainable places and communities for the functional area of the planning authority, as detailed in the Planning And Development Act 2024, including when they will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11571/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/25]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been in contact with the European Commission regarding the nitrates derogation; if so, what specifically that contact has entailed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11455/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has met with the European Commission to discuss an extension of the nitrates derogation for Ireland; if so, what was discussed at those meetings and what the outcomes of those meetings were; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11456/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the publication of the results from the survey on the national overview of the provision of allotments and community gardens across Ireland that was issued to local authorities in February 2024, including when the full results from the survey will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11570/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs exported from Ireland for commercial sale in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with their French counterparts with regard to creating a blocking minority within the European Union to the Mercosur Free Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12640/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the steps taken to address the lack of school places in Carlow for children with special educational needs, specifically referring to a five-year-old boy (details supplied) whose parents have applied to 11 different schools in Carlow, Laois and Athy and have been refused by each one due to a lack of spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11568/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the leave available to a same-sex, non-genetic-intended parent of a child, born through surrogacy in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10990/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the timeline of the roll out for oral immunotherapy services for the treatment of children living with allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11559/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the national dog breeding establishment register for 2025 will be published; if it will contain the maximum number of breeding females that a breeder is licensed for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/25]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Defence 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the procedure for former members of the Defence Forces to get access to their full military record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11443/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the plans for coastal protection works at the Murrough, Wicklow town; the timeframe for the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11441/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the person or body responsible for enforcing tree protection orders in local authorities and the process for members of the public to report infringements. [11442/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing a reimbursement scheme through the medical card and or drugs payment scheme for Ozempic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11650/25]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Landingzone Limited Public Expenditure and Reform
- Invitation to visit Dogpatch Labs