Cork East — week of Mon, 31 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Cork East TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 54 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn

2025-04-02 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Housing Emergency Measures

2025-04-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

The motion · motion passed 90–72

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-01 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 95–72

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle

2025-04-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 71–96

Voted for 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Voted against 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

The motion · motion passed 96–71

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

James O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2025-04-03 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the Credit Union Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16287/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he is fostering a competitive, transparent, and consumer-friendly insurance landscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16286/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-04-03 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position regarding tranche 2 of the OPW flood protection scheme in Rathcormac and Castlemartyr, Mogeely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16296/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position regarding the Midleton flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16295/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15010/25]

Liam Quaide — Social Democrats 6 votes · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the current number of judicial vacancies. [15133/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when he anticipates the work of the Judicial Appointment Commission to commence. [15134/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when the website for the Judicial Appointments Commission will become operational. [15135/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15257/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the progress on the evaluation of the drug treatment court, as identified as a strategic priority under the National Drugs Strategy Strategic Action Plan for 2023-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15654/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the work of his Department and that of the Prison Service to develop enhanced prison-based addiction treatment services to support those with addictions and dual diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice for a list of movies, television shows and video games currently banned by the Irish Film Classification Office; when such items were last reviewed; the reason for their prohibition; the next scheduled review or expiration of their ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15658/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice for a list of books and periodicals currently banned by the Censorship of Publications Board; when such items were last reviewed; the reason for their prohibition and the next scheduled review or expiration of their ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15659/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the number of reported incidences submitted through the Garda traffic watch online reporting system; the number of reported incidences that resulted in a caution being issued to the offender; and the number of reported incidences that resulted in a fine being issued to the offender. [15689/25]
Health 9 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15652/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Cork University Hospital for CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, in each quarter from 2022, to date in 2025; and the average time each patient spends on the waiting list in respect of the same. [15015/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she or Ministers of State from her Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15258/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to action the recommendations of the citizens’ assembly on drug use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15650/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will continue its safer nightlife programme ahead of summer 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15678/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to naloxone for frontline health workers in order to help reduce drug deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15684/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE on independent and privately run mental health services, outside the Irish State, from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [15699/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the cost of phase 2 of the HSE’s hospital performance visualisation platform. [15712/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15743/25]
Transport 4 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timeline for extending the ten-year vehicle limit for taxis registered in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15358/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of applicants for exemptions to permit the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft from Irish-register civil aircraft operating outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15643/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timeline for the extension of free child fares on public service obligation services to children aged five to eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15691/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the implementation of next generation ticketing and cashless payment under BusConnects Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15720/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the design of the tranche II flood relief schemes for County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16089/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15420/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15425/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15261/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the work of the working group initiated as part of a review of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions recommended in the Report of the Citizen's Assembly on Gender Equality; the action plan produced by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality that are currently completed, in progress, or have not yet been actioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15738/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15742/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; how these breaches of international law impact Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement asserting respect for human rights by all parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15260/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Finance if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024. [15740/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15741/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education if she plans on establishing a citizens’ assembly on the future of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16174/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-04-02 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Liam Quaide den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán conas atá sé i gceist aige tacú le gealltanas fostaíochta fiche faoin gcéad laistigh d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 chun a chinntiú go gcuirfear seirbhísí ar fáil i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [16183/25]

Noel McCarthy — Fine Gael 6 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and location of new Irish embassies and consulates planned for opening before the end of 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15360/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to establish a passport printing service at the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15395/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice to outline the process for the re-admission of former Garda personnel back into An Garda Síochána; the current timescales for re-admittance to the service; the efforts being made by his Department to improve processing times for such applications; the number of such applications received and approved in each respective year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15355/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice to outline the future plans for the delivery of court service at Youghal District Court, Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the plans for a building, and possible use of the building (details supplied) as a community-led health and wellbeing centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15424/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made by his Department to mitigate against the potential threat of tariffs and their impact on Irish farmers and agri-food producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13811/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to increase the relief rate payment under the help-to-buy scheme beyond €30,000; if so, when he envisages such a change will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/25]

Pat Buckley — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if, in relation to a school extension (details supplied), which has been approved, she will intervene in the case and allow the school to go ahead and build a two-storey extension, which is the most suitable option. [14977/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education to use legislative powers to compel every school in an area (details supplied) to open special classes to ensure there are enough school places for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15685/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) and allocate them a place in an early intervention class. [15823/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that will be taken to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material in the face of both piracy and the use of pirated material by a company (details supplied) to train its GenAI protocols (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15472/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the amount three hospitals (details supplied) earned in car parking fees in 2024. [15851/25]