Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 31 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 43 questions · 2 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 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Housing Emergency Measures

2025-04-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

The motion · motion passed 90–72

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-01 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle

2025-04-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 71–96

Voted for 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Voted against 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

The motion · motion passed 96–71

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Foreign 8 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [15541/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department’s recent engagements with the Government of Ukraine in respect of the ongoing conflict and efforts made to reach a ceasefire. [15542/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his current priorities in terms of Irish-US relations, with particular regard to Irish-US economic interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the EU-Israel Association Council, following the recent meeting of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15545/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his Department’s engagements with the British government on trade, migration legacy and other relevant issues of shared interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15547/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in light of the current conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15544/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the government of Turkey in relation to the escalating situation there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15546/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department’s engagements following the recent breaking of the ceasefire by the Israeli government. [15548/25]

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Visual Artists Ireland Arts
- Submission to the Government of Ireland: The Economic and Societal Value of Continued Significant Financial Investment and Capital Funding in the Visual Arts
Irish League of Credit Unions Banking and Financial Institutions
- Letters asking for inclusion on Taoiseachs list of Seanad nominees

Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 6 votes · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 29 total

Health 24 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the resignation of multiple helicopter emergency medical service paramedics due to safety concerns (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15118/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she or any of her Departmental staff were made aware of payroll overpayments within the HSE prior to release of an internal audit on 25 March 2025; and if so, if she will provide details of any relevant correspondence related to the matter. [15408/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review into a number of inquests and High Court cases (details supplied); if not, her reasoning; the research, if any, her Department has undertaken into the role of a technique in avoidable baby deaths since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15767/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of investigations and reviews held into serious reportable events in maternity units between 2016 and 2023 which resulted in negative outcomes in terms of patients’ care and staff conduct (details supplied); if she cannot provide this data, to ask the masters of those hospitals to provide said data in respect of outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15768/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the basis for the HSE’s current definition of perinatal mortality rate for the purposes of inclusion on maternity patient safety statements (details supplied); the body that agreed this definition; the reason for this limited definition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15769/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are any regularly updated public-facing data sources that can be easily accessed by members of the public which state the number of babies under 2.5 kilogrammes, regardless of whether they had a congenital anomaly or not, that died in any given month, on a monthly basis and on a hospital-by-hospital basis; if so, the name of this data source; the reason it is not part of the same public reporting as the maternity patient safety statements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15770/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres in the State, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area (details supplied), in tabular form; the number planned for delivery; the number in HSE owned properties; and the number under lease agreement. [15773/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the rate of yearly rent on each primary care centre under a lease agreement, and the length of each lease agreement, by primary care centre, in tabular form. [15774/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the strategic review of general practice; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15775/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms, from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [15863/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress on implementation of the radiation therapy advanced practice pilot programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15917/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend each radiation oncology unit in Ireland, by waiting time period, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15918/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps that need to be finalised to fund clinical practice tutors for radiation therapists to expand the number of training places for radiation therapy at Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15919/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the expected number of radiation therapy graduates in 2025; the number of relevant posts available for such graduates within the hospital setting upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15920/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the last time the staffing model for radiation therapists was updated; if there are plans to review the current staffing model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15921/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date at which the National Cancer Strategy 2024 implementation report will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15922/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the lymphoedema model of care to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15923/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand community lymphoedema and lipoedema services in cancer centres of excellence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15924/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [15997/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the findings of the Mental Health Commission in respect of compliance with national standards in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; the steps being taken to address the issues identified, in particular staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16300/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital from the year 2019 to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16301/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing in each of the years from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; and the staff categories these relate to, in tabular form. [16302/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently working in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital on an agency basis, by staff category, in tabular form. [16303/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16454/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that his Department are in contact with Irish medical professionals and other volunteers in Gaza; how often this contact is made; the measures in place to ensure the safety of these citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15413/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education the plans to provide additional special education classes in an area of County Cork (details supplied); her plans to increase the capacity of the special school in the area; if the National Council for Special Education has engaged with local schools in respect of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15120/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the Garda Representative Association's reported shortfall of 125 Gardaí in Cork city [15119/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of reports of abuse on several pig farms (details supplied); if his Department is investigating these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15764/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the issues surrounding students’ eligibility for SUSI grants for a certain approved course under the part-time fee scheme (details supplied); if there are any plans to expand this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15113/25]

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Transport when the contract for the new M28 motorway will be signed and awarded; the value of the contract; and the duration of the construction phase. [15421/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education to outline possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry out adaptation works to its sports hall to ensure disability accessibility. [15434/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will engage with a group (details supplied) on issues of concern regarding the Bessborough site and the flaws in the previous redress scheme. [15805/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she plans to give greater statutory recognition and entitlements to women who experience pregnancy loss. [15804/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to allow the first home scheme to be applicable to second hand homes. [16020/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the percentage number of households that opted to defer payment of the local property tax in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will consider reducing further the interest rate penalty on the amount accrued-deferred. [16042/25]