Kildare South — week of Mon, 31 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare South TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 40 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 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Housing Emergency Measures

2025-04-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

The motion · motion passed 90–72

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-01 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle

2025-04-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 71–96

Voted for 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Voted against 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

The motion · motion passed 96–71

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Fiona O'Loughlin — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation Education and Training
- Pre INTO Congress Briefing

Mark Wall — Labour Party 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Rural 4 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he plans to implement the recommendations contained in the Review of the Delivery Model of the Seniors Alert Scheme published in 2017, in particular, to extend the scheme’s focus to include boarder aspects of health and wellbeing such as telecare and extend the eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14917/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of town regeneration officers in the State; the location by local authority of each officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15913/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocated budget to each local authority for the establishment and running of town regeneration officers; the number employed in each local authority; the roles of each employee, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community enhancement programme grants allocated over the past three years, by local authority; the location and amount of each grant, in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schedule of fees for all childcare providers operating ten or more childcare facilities and availing of Core Funding in the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16322/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new national disability strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16326/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is flexibility within the sports capital grant scheme (details supplied) to amend allocations based on actual needs and to allow for modifications to better reflect the needs of the grant recipients; and if his Department will review the allocation to ensure the granted funding aligns with the organisation's requirement. [15390/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of CASS funding allocated in each of the past three years; the organisation this funding was allocated to, and each amount; if he will be continuing the funding; if he will confirm the amount of future funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15916/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on whether the poverty reduction target contained in the roadmap for social inclusion was, or will be, achieved; if a new poverty reduction strategy will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16323/25]

Martin Heydon — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Irish League of Credit Unions Banking and Financial Institutions
- Letters requesting meetings to discuss credit union policy issues and the Programme for Government

Seán Ó Fearghaíl — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate how he considers it just that a local authority tenant may have the opportunity to purchase their home whereas the tenant of an approved housing body (AHB) under the current system has no such opportunity even if the managing AHB is willing to facilitate tenant purchases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16131/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the total amount of State funding provided to approved housing bodies in Q1 of 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that given the reintroduction of the tenant-in-situ scheme, he will ensure that the purpose of the scheme is not frustrated by the introduction of new restrictive conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16133/25]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the current strength of the sport horse sector with particular reference to the production and marketing of Irish draught horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16134/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he currently has concerns about the numbers of horses being kept in urban areas, housing estates and public open spaces; if he has any plans to improve the management of such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16135/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the current strength of the sport horse sector with particular reference to the production and marketing of the Connemara pony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16151/25]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to support democracy and human rights in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15468/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an overview of the overseas aid that Ireland is providing to Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15469/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 25 years or younger in 2023 and 2024 who are neither in full-time education or receiving disability, invalidity or illness benefit payments, but who are receiving jobseekers' payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15495/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will award credit for caring role played by applicant and the special circumstances of this case to award contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15690/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children of relevant age not attending an ECCE programme in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15494/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the children's disability grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15496/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [4525/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) can get assisted technology and an SNA, following recommendation by the occupational therapist after assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15824/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the action he is taking to improve value for money and timely delivery in public spending projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16091/25]

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 5 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting times at the accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital. [15304/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded day care centres within CHO7 for older persons where transport is provided to services users to and from their homes where the service user has no transport to get to and from the day care centre, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15305/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in endocrinology at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15306/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE sonographers, by grade, working in St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15307/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason there are local people living and paying cash rent to rent bungalows in a hospital in Athy; if the HSE were ever told about the significant risk of this; the reason it was never acted upon; and if she will intervene in this situation and pause this rent that is forced on these vulnerable older people. [15475/25]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if discussions have begun on the appointment of the new Irish Ambassador to the United States. [15476/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has ever been given around political appointees as Ambassadors. [15477/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to appoint special envoys to the US for trade, culture and other shared interests between Ireland and the US. [15478/25]
Public Expenditure 3 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the full running costs of Farmleigh House, from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15480/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the dates that the Stewards lodge was occupied between 2018 to date in 2025; and also the total running costs of the residence from 2018 to date in 2025. [15481/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if discussions have been had between his Department and the Office of the President in Áras an Uachtaráin regarding the redevelopment, redesign and restoration of the State and public rooms in the Áras an Uachtaráin building and the grounds. [15482/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice for an update on funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of members on the Censorship of Publications Board in each of the years from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the cost of the board per annum in those years. [15479/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the refusal of transfers between county housing lists is a policy or law by the councils. [15297/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the pay discrepancies between the apprentice electrical contracting rate and the engineering industry rate; if there are concrete plans to address this pay discrepancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15299/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding the men’s sheds received in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15298/25]