Sligo-Leitrim — week of Mon, 24 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Sligo-Leitrim TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 33 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 1 Martin Kenny

Voted against 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 1 Martin Kenny

Voted against 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

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 Martin Kenny

Voted against 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 3 Eamon Scanlon · Frankie Feighan · Marian Harkin

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Eamon Scanlon — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 15 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 15 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 5 February 2025, if she will provide an update regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason for ongoing delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13307/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education when she will implement the recommendations of the school transport review concerning lowering the minimum distance limits in relation to the school transport scheme; if she will look at the case of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13586/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 5 February 2025, for an update on the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14189/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if eligibility for back-up power generators applies to all farmers; if not, if he will extend eligibility to all schemes; how farmers can apply; the deadline for application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13750/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding or supports available to new farmers starting out in mushroom production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13442/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport the plans in place to improve travel times on the Sligo to Dublin rail line; the plans that are in place to upgrade the current infrastructure to accommodate dual tracks from Maynooth to Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13308/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will develop badly needed bus shelters at bus stops in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13344/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the first-time buyers scheme will be extended to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a decision will issue to Sligo County Council on a submission made to the 2024 – 2026 Multi Annual Rural Water Programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14561/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams, under his remit, that are available to men’s sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14377/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the local enhancement programme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Coordination Group in the days before, during and after Storm Éowyn. [6488/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that insurance providers are applying an additional premium to vehicle insurance based on an individual’s Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14243/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department offers financial support grants or programmes to community sports teams travelling abroad for training camps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14499/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide insight into why recruitment has been halted for the speech and language therapy department in Sligo; if she is aware that there are currently hundreds of children awaiting assessments by this department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14305/25]

New lobbying 1 return

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

Frankie Feighan — Fine Gael 7 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he will announce further funding for local authorities under the local improvement scheme; and if priority can be given to local authorities with significant waiting lists. [14115/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is considering a review of the current successful funding schemes within his Department, such as the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, town and village scheme, Clár, community centres investment fund development, and the rural regeneration and development fund, to review maximum spending categories and variation of the schemes to include feedback from communities and local authorities. [14116/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine a case where, in the assessment of income and savings query by his Department and a review of a spouse’s pension allowance, a credit union loan was not assessed for this couple based in County Leitrim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14350/25]

Marian Harkin — Independent 7 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 4 March 2025, and subsequent reply in relation to the heartwatch scheme; the reason the new CDM Programme is only open to medical card patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13311/25]

Martin Kenny — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Justice 8 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the Afghan Admissions Programme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13617/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice for the offences referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme (details supplied) for each year from 2010 and 2023, in tabular form. [14766/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the following offences accepted into the Garda Youth Diversion Programme for each year from 2010 and 2023. [14767/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of individuals referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme for a sexual offence, for each year from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14768/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of individuals accepted into the Garda Youth Diversion Programme for a sexual offence, for each year from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14769/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of individuals accepted into the Garda Youth Diversion Programme between 2010 and 2023, in tabular form, by category (details supplied). [14770/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that the committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the diversion programme ceased publishing anonymised national data on referrals made to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme for specific offence categories in its annual reports for 2021 and 2022, apparently due to data protection concerns raised by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14771/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he is satisfied that the committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the diversion programme is fulfilling its statutory obligations under section 44 of the Children’s Act 2001 by reviewing all aspects of the Garda Youth Diversion Programme; if he is concerned that the committee has yet to publish annual reports for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14772/25]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers still awaiting payment for ACRES for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13629/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when actions for the national sheep welfare scheme will be published; when the scheme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13628/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has consulted with the ESB in relation to setbacks and corridors for powerlines going through forestry plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13630/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why the post for a second senior physiotherapist with Leitrim West Cavan Children’s Disability Network Team has not been filled; when is it expected that this post will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14232/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the review for a humanitarian assistance scheme application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14236/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a consultant will be put in place in CHO1, more specifically CAMHS Sligo, to prescribe medication for those children and adolescents that need it, and more specifically for those that have been weaned off medication and have now been left with out any proper care (details supplied). [14287/25]