Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 31 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 32 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 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Housing Emergency Measures

2025-04-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

The motion · motion passed 90–72

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-01 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle

2025-04-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 71–96

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 3 Emer Higgins · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 96–71

Voted for 3 Emer Higgins · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 6 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health for an update on her discussions with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the rollout of the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15614/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if, once the free HRT scheme is in operation, retrospective payments from January of this year will be made to those availing of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15615/25]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Housing 8 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new-build social housing delivered in 2024, by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction (including full cost and CALF cost), CALF turnkey (including full cost and CALF cost), CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V, AHB Part V, acquisition, Affordable Housing Fund (including full cost and AHF cost), Cost Rental Equity Loan (including full cost and CREL cost), and the costs for social housing acquisition, in tabular form. [15020/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025, in tabular form. [15139/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of repair and lease homes funded by his Department from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [15730/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the €111 million capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March and the €450 million capital funding approved for social and affordable housing by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; for a breakdown of the €111 million, by funding stream, including SHIP, CALF, CAS, CREL and AHF; and to provide a breakdown of the number of units this funding will provide in 2025 under each of these streams. [16420/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €325 million capital funding for social housing acquisitions announced by the Minister on 31 March, by local authority area, in tabular form; and to confirm that this funding is additional to the funding detailed in the revised estimate for public services published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2024. [16421/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated estimate for sub heads A4, A7, A11, A236 and A31 following the announcement of an additional €436 million in capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March 2025. [16422/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a copy of the circular on social housing acquisitions issued to local authorities alongside the capital allocations for acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025. [16423/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the €325 million for social housing acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025 is additional to the €1.867 billion allocated to A4 SHIP, A7 CAS and A11 CALF in the revised estimates published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2024; and if not, if this is the amount from within the revised estimates as published in December 2024 that can be spent on social housing acquisitions. [16435/25]
Environment 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the consultation for the social climate plan which the Government needs to submit to the European Commission by June 2025.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15174/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on which information about data centres will be made publicly available pursuant to Article 12(1) of the recast Energy Efficiency Directive, and which information he will allow the data centres to keep concealed as commercially sensitive. [15776/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to confirm the funding provided by her Department to CareGivers Ireland in 2022, 2023 and 2024; to confirm which section of the relevant legislation this funding comes from; and to provide an explanation as to why employees of this not for profit organisation were not covered in the recent WRC agreement related to workers employed through section 39 funding. [14997/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason for delay in the HSE providing a reply to a representation submitted by my office in April 2024 (details supplied); and when a reply will be forthcoming. [15000/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance to set out the number of help-to-buy grants drawn down in each year since it came into operation, the total spend on the scheme in each of these years, and the total expenditure on the scheme to date, in tabular form. [15666/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 22 January 25, for a further update in relation to the new special school announced for Lucan; to confirm the location; the number of student places; the number of teachers required; the number of SNAs required; an update on hiring, if commenced; when applications for enrolment will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15081/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether provisions within the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 relating to the advertisement or display of harmful online content apply to the advertisement of weapons of war or munitions, including through the solicitation of donations to purchase such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16441/25]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will confirm that any pay deal in regard to section 39 workers will cover all section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15276/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding support available to a person (details supplied); if their SUSI application will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15630/25]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 6 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed in the Lucan area every five years from 1981 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15415/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of registered GPs working in the Lucan area, every five years from 1981 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15416/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of nurse specialists employed to cover the Lucan, from 2000 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15417/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded community groups servicing the needs of older people in the Lucan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15418/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Taoiseach the population of the Lucan area at each census since 1981 [15414/25]

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the way he plans to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13731/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [10806/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by local health office or local electoral area of the 152 drug poisoning deaths reported for Dublin by the health research board in 2021 (details supplied). [15816/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the population covered by each Local Health Office. [15817/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16093/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 1 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16092/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement that has taken place with the British government in relation to the repeal of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15429/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details on the Programme for Government commitment to earmark certain cost rental units for key local workers; the criteria by which these will be chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16344/25]