Dublin Rathdown — week of Mon, 24 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Rathdown TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 15 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 Sinéad Gibney

Voted against 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 1 Sinéad Gibney

Voted against 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

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 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan · Sinéad Gibney

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 4 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan · Sinéad Gibney

Maeve O'Connell — Fine Gael 7 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Rural 6 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the criteria under which dormant accounts funding may be disbursed could be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14366/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied that Departments with smaller annual budgets can access funding from the dormant accounts fund given the method of spending and subsequent recoupment that is in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14367/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress of the social enterprise measure for which his Department received funding from the dormant accounts action plan for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14368/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if volunteer centres will be further supported to nurture the culture of volunteering which exists in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14369/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement he has had with Government colleagues with regard to the impact that online scamming can have on the genuine fundraising measures of community and voluntary organisations in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the disbursement of funding by his Department under the dormant accounts action plan for this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide funding for Irish-language conversation classes in third level institutions to support those wishing to learn Irish and also provide an opportunity for those who speak Irish, especially those who attended Gaelscoileanna, to continue to use their Irish within the educational system [14514/25]

Neale Richmond — Fine Gael 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Shay Brennan — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Education 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education when a place in an autism special school setting will be provided for a child (details supplied). [13699/25]

Sinéad Gibney — Social Democrats 7 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Foreign 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the Trump Administration and the resulting lack of quorum on the board; whether he has considered this issue in light of the key role of the board in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate transfer of private and personal data outside of the EU, as agreed in the 2023 Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13387/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he has raised, or plans to raise, the potential issues with the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework arising from the Trump Administration's decision to fire three out of four members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, given that the board plays a key role in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate transfer of private and personal data outside of the EU, with EU and US partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the Irish Embassy to the United States of America had any engagement with the Trump Administration on Conor McGregor’s recent visit to the White House for Saint Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13605/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the Trump Administration and the resulting lack of quorum on the board; whether he has considered this issue in light of the key role of the board in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate transfer of private and personal data outside of the EU, as agreed in the 2023 Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13386/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to ensure Irish data transferred to the US is being adequately protected under GDPR, considering recent changes in the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and the resulting impact on the EU US Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13389/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication shortages; the steps her Department is taking to address these shortages and mitigate the disruption to those who need HRT medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13900/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will be reimbursed for costs incurred due to the delay of the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13901/25]