Cork East — week of Mon, 24 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Cork East TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 36 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Voted against 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Voted against 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–109

Voted for 1 Pat Buckley

Voted against 3 James O'Connor · Liam Quaide · Noel McCarthy

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 3 James O'Connor · Liam Quaide · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

James O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason section 39 workers in some institutions (details supplied) were advised they lie outside the scope of the agreement and therefore not afforded the improved work and pay conditions that many of their section 39 colleagues have had confirmed; the steps she will take to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13291/25]

Liam Quaide — Social Democrats 7 votes · 14 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 14 total

Rural 4 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the visit of the Minister of State with special responsibility for community development, charities, the Gaeltacht and the islands to New Zealand for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a dedicated grant scheme for the maintenance and upgrading of community playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14526/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being examined by his Department to address loneliness and social isolation in rural areas and communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14528/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a community ownership fund to help community groups and social enterprises to buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost, to be run as community-owned businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14529/25]
Social 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on his visit to Atlanta and Savannah in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are in receipt of the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 and introduce a certificate formally recognising a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14358/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on her visit to London for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13401/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability to Japan for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13402/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to develop a national policy on the rights of children living in informal kinship care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13882/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the US-Jewish community during his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day and the reports from the American Jewish Committee that he indicated that the occupied territories Bill was no longer on the legislative agenda. [13395/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to instigate a child protection review of the recently published ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations Guidelines for Schools in Supporting Students’; her plans for a review of the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, prior to their taking full effect in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13409/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for establishing town councils; the population size needed to qualify for the establishment of a town council; the role town councils will play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health to Denmark and Sweden for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13403/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Polio Survivors Ireland Social Protection
- PQ to extend cost of disability payment to those on the state pension with disabilities

Noel McCarthy — Fine Gael 7 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the progress of flood prevention measures for an area (details supplied); if the diversion of the local river around the town is still being considered as part of such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13794/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 74 of 23 April 2024 and 448 of 19 March 2025, if Mogeely is included in flood relief plans for the Castlemartyr area or if it is being reviewed separately for flood relief measures; if his Department is considering the full hydrological and hydrogeological analysis of the Mogeely area as part of minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme measures, ahead of any full flood scheme commencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the criteria, both medical and social, used in determining patient access to step-down or transitional beds in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health her plans for the proposed development of a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13784/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made by his Department to mitigate against the potential threat of tariffs and their impact on Irish farmers and agri-food producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13811/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 5 February 2025, the number of prosecutions that were taken at both district and circuit court level in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the number of these prosecutions that resulted in a summary conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13295/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1750 of 22 January 2025, to provide an update on structural and demolition works on a project (details supplied); the amount expended to date on works at the site; the next envisaged phase in the development of the project; when it is expected to be put out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13783/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport to outline his Department's plans for facilities at a location (details supplied) to service the erection of offshore wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14790/25]

Pat Buckley — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the development at the Glass Bottle site in Ringsend; to outline the number of social or affordable homes that he expects will be delivered; and to provide a timeline in which he anticipates they will be available for tenants. [13606/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time to be allocated a council property from Cork County Council. [14295/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the current wait time for an appointment with a Dublin City Council housing advisor is seven weeks; whether he believes this wait time is acceptable; and if he will outline steps he is taking to decrease these wait times. [14750/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the staffing levels in the Housing and Community Department of Dublin City Council, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; whether he believes the current staffing level is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14751/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider opening a driving test centre in Fermoy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13527/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the reason pensioners (details supplied) have not received an increase in their pension since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm that Mogeely, County Cork, will be included under tranche two of the OPW flood protection scheme. [14187/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason a specific non-Governmental organisation (details supplied) has an office in the National Concert Hall; to outline how long this organisation has had this office; and if the state is financially responsible for the upkeep of this office. [14753/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for an update on the introduction of a certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14105/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if targeted funding can be introduced for rural home care delivery for and area of Cork and Kerry, CHO 4, given that this region has the highest number of people on the waiting list for home care and that the waiting lists for home care, on average, are more than five times higher outside of Dublin. [14286/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to publish the heads of the Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Bill; for an outline of the issues he intends to address in the Bill; the consultations he intends to hold; and if he will provide for pre-legislative scrutiny. [13608/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if work has begun on the control of dogs and dog breeding establishment miscellaneous Bill; how he intends to amend the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Acts; the consultations he intends to hold; and if he will provide for pre-legislative scrutiny. [13607/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in Pearse Street and Kevin Street Garda stations at the end of each of the past five years, in tabular form; the number of community Gardaí at these stations at the end of each of the past five years; whether he believes these numbers to be sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14752/25]