Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 24 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 19 questions · 3 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 against 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Did not vote 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted against 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Did not vote 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

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 against 4 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Richard Boyd Barrett

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 4 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Richard Boyd Barrett

Barry Ward — Fine Gael 7 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of the national rollout of HSE community neuro-rehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13647/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the increase in regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13653/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the long Covid scheme for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if she is conscious of the need to ensure long term support for these front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14714/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any research or legal advice provided to him regarding proposals to amend existing inspection procedures at Shannon Airport for any planes that may be carrying military goods, destined for Israel as outlined in an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13343/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to concerns of SMEs in the transport sector in relation to overburdensome licencing regulations and related administrative requirements as set out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14344/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding any review or research being carried out by his Department into inheritance tax parameters; if the existing relationship category thresholds can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13310/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of travel insurance for people over 70 years of age (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with this sector to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14130/25]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the need to further incentivise teaching through Irish; if additional grants or scholarships could be considered for any prospective teacher pursuing that career; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14511/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of places in a trade sector (details supplied); the actions he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14505/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the application by an organisation (details supplied) to the community recognition fund 2024; if an appeals mechanism is in place for cases like this that were not successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14619/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the launch of the urban communities initiative to revitalise disadvantaged city areas, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14515/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the implementation of community-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation services in every regional health area, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13654/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 19 March 2025, the position regarding a timeline for the completion of the Departmental review of the administration of the Power Up grant scheme; the basis for the missed deadline in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14659/25]

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 7 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Endometriosis Association of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Email Invitation to Annual Conference
- Status of National Framework

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 5 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science following the reduction to higher education student fees, if he will provide assurance that student fees will not rise again in the future; if he is considering fully abolishing further and higher education student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science following the recommendations in the National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers, the plans to ensure that all PhD researchers, regardless of their funding source, receive at least €25,000 per annum stipend; his views on the issue of giving PhD researchers a worker status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14502/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional measures he is planning to introduce to make apprenticeship programmes more attractive given the urgent need to increase the number of people qualified in the trades to address capacity issues; the plans to remove financial barriers to increase take-up of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14501/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of policy initiatives, funding schemes and interventions intended to improve the economic and social development of rural and urban communities funded or administered by his Department. [13969/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of projects funded by his Department in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area. [13970/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education for details of her engagements with a school (details supplied) regarding their proposal to temporarily house a proposed special school in “Phase 2” of their new premises, rather than in prefabricated units on land designated for use as the school’s outdoor space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13598/25]