Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 24 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 45 questions · 2 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 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Voted against 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Voted against 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Abstained 1 Paul Nicholas Gogarty

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 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Abstained 1 Paul Nicholas Gogarty

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 3 Emer Higgins · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Housing 8 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the specific responsibilities delegated to each of the Ministers of State within his Department. [13420/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned lease tenancies, long term leasing, enhanced leasing etc. in place at the end of 2024, and the total cost to the exchequer arising from these leases, in 2024, in tabular form. [13421/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of second hand acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies funded by his Department in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the breakdown of these acquisitions, by scheme (details supplied); and the total expenditure by his Department on each of these schemes in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [13425/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital expenditure in 2024 for the Social Housing Investment Programme, capital advance leasing facility, capital assistance scheme, cost rental equity loan, affordable housing fund, Land Development Agency and approved housing body borrowings. [13669/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital expenditure in 2024 for the Social Housing Investment Programme, capital advance leasing facility, capital assistance scheme, cost rental equity loan, affordable housing fund, Land Development Agency and approved housing body borrowings. [13674/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how buy and renew social homes are reported by his Department, as acquisitions or as new builds; the number of buy and renew social homes delivered in each year from 2020 to 2024; and the average cost to the Exchequer each year from the delivery of these homes. [14166/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing tenant in situ purchases concluded in 2024, with a breakdown by local authority area, providing an average purchase cost for the total number of such acquisitions and an average for the acquisitions in each local authority area. [14176/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many capital assistance scheme (CAS) projects have been sanctioned by his Department since he became Minister; the number of homes likely to be delivered under CAS in 2025; and the number of CAS projects currently awaiting sanction from his Department. [14239/25]
Education 4 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the position of a school (details supplied) regarding a lack of funding; if she is aware of developments indicating the school will need to physically close as a consequence of underfunding; the urgent action her Department plans to take to avoid the closure of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13444/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of an issue presenting for a primary school and an early learning and childcare facility (details supplied); if her Department has engaged with the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14067/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the options available to an individual (details supplied) who has not been successful in obtaining a placement in fourth year in their current school for the coming year, but who wishes to undertake the transition year course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14880/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when the new transition year programme statement comes into effect; if it references and provides guidance around refusal of applications for the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14896/25]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a list of civilian infrastructure projects supported by Irish Aid in Palestine; and an update on how each project has fared under Israeli bombardment. [13639/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what position Ireland will take regarding the nomination of Annalena Baerbock for the position of president of the United Nations General Assembly, particularly given her support for Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14175/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of active rent supplement claims at the end of 2024, and the total expenditure by her Department on rent supplement in 2024. [13422/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is financial assistance available from his Department to an individual in receipt of a payment (details supplied) toward costs for an adapted vehicle in the case there is no other funding source available to the individual; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14075/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when free hormone replacement therapy will be available in Ireland; her plans to backdate payment to January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13480/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health in relation to the ADMiRE Clinic of CAMHS, the reason for delay in accessing an assessment from the service; what actions are being taken to ensure timely assessments for those who require them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14297/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children with additional needs in childcare settings where the child is too young to enrol in ECCE and cannot access AIM support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14339/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the Gas Network Ireland plans to split the station at Brighouse Bay.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14872/25]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Environment 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to each of the four Dublin local authorities for the collection and management of illegal dumping each year from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of first-time applicants disallowed for the domiciliary carers allowance; the number of appeals on this decision; the number of domiciliary carers allowance awarded on appeal, the number awarded on second application, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14211/25]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 7 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Education 10 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete transition year, but whose school either does not provide the year or holds lotteries that exclude students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education on the assumption that a child who wished to complete a place in transition year, but was denied the opportunity due to not being picked in a school lottery, to clarify that her Department will accept any application to repeat fifth year on that basis, so that students can take their Leaving Certificate exams at an appropriate age relative to their peers who got the opportunity to complete transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14077/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the reason schools, that have autonomy on enrolment but nonetheless must complete the designated curriculum, are given leeway in terms of running a transition year programme or limiting numbers and subjecting students and parents to lotteries; whether there are plans to make transition year a mandatory component of the senior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14078/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what legal mechanisms exist for parents whose children have been refused a transition year place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what advice parents should be given if their children do not get offered a desired place on a transition year programme; whether leeway would be given by education welfare officers to parents who arrange work experience and educational trips for their children in terms of missing official school days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14080/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if she will facilitate parents who have suitable arrangements in place collectively or individually and who wish to give their children a transition tear experience in the absence of a place being available in the school, by means of a home tuition grant being made available to these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14081/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for school trips, including transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14152/25]

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Children 6 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on when promised respite to a person (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter accounting for the delay in provision. [14460/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as to when an assessment for ADHD will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14461/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on when CDNT support will be provided for a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14462/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on why the service statement for a person (details supplied) contradicts the assessment of needs for that person; why that contradiction persisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14463/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify where appropriate clinical support should be provided for a person (details supplied); why ambiguity exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14464/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she expects the planned review of core funding to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14899/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the short-term and medium-term plans to improve the provision of public health nursing services in Dublin mid-west. [14467/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortage of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west. [14654/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when she expects the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be rolled out; if reimbursements will be made backdated to January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14900/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the efforts being made by her Department to support parents and communities in helping children to navigate online risks. [14658/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education to outline the work being done by her Department to promote digital literacy and online safety programmes in primary and post-primary education. [14657/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on a citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14733/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice the efforts of his Department to address backlogs in the processing of citizenship applications received prior to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14734/25]