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

What your Dublin North-West TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 16 questions · 0 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 1 Rory Hearne

Voted against 1 Paul McAuliffe

Did not vote 1 Dessie Ellis

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 1 Rory Hearne

Voted against 1 Paul McAuliffe

Did not vote 1 Dessie Ellis

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Voted against 1 Rory Hearne

Did not vote 1 Dessie Ellis

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Did not vote 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Did not vote 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

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 1 Paul McAuliffe

Did not vote 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Did not vote 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

Dessie Ellis — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul McAuliffe — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Education 4 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education if it is planned to provide further supports to schools experiencing difficulties with funding and increased costs of utilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14300/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education the plans to increase the capitation grant for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14301/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Dublin 11 that expressed an interest in opening a special education class in the past two years; and the number of applications that were refused. [14340/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Dublin 11 approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a special education class; and the number of schools that declined to do so if appropriate. [14341/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is aware of the funding difficulties being experienced by the Fingal Centre in Finglas, and his predecessor’s visit to the centre; and if the Community Services Programme will be opened for applications to allow centres such as this to apply. [14363/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has plans to ensure that more funding can be targeted at areas experiencing very high levels of deprivation. [14364/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her plans to fulfil the Programme for Government committee to explore further ways to reduce hospital car parking charges. [14005/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied). [14551/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the extension of the ten year rule for 2015 SPVS following the closing of the public consultation by the National Transport Authority on the 12 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14299/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on assessment of needs in CHO9, and the estimated wait time. [14354/25]

Rory Hearne — Social Democrats 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme; if his Department will advise on the best course of action for the family to take in this case; if his Department will liaise with Dublin City Council regarding this matter in order to clarify the scheme’s rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant housing officers, per local authority, in terms of full-time equivalent posts, in tabular form; the expenditure per local authority on addressing housing vacancy in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14142/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in receipt of HAP, by local authority, broken down by household dwelling type and type of HAP payment (including discretionary HAP payment), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the current status of the tenant-in-situ scheme; if the scheme is still in operation; the funding allocated to the scheme in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of housing units purchased via the scheme in 2023 and 2024, by local authority, in tabular form; if he will provide the guidelines issued to local authorities and the Housing Agency in respect of the scheme’s operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14156/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 5 February 2025, for a status update on her Department’s efforts to secure the necessary statutory approvals for the development of the permanent buildings for a school (details supplied); if she will provide further updates relating to the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13879/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 5 February 2025, the measures he refers to that were introduced in 2023 to support borrowers who wish, and are in a position, to switch their mortgage; to provide any data his Department might have on how those measures are functioning; to outline any specifics in those measures that relate primarily to people whose mortgages are with credit servicing firms and who find themselves paying high interest rates (relative to the ECB rate or the market); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14779/25]