Wicklow — week of Mon, 31 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 15 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 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 3 Jennifer Whitmore · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Housing Emergency Measures

2025-04-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 3 Jennifer Whitmore · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

The motion · motion passed 90–72

Voted for 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 2 Jennifer Whitmore · Pat Casey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-01 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 2 Jennifer Whitmore · Pat Casey

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle

2025-04-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 71–96

Voted for 1 John Brady

Voted against 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Did not vote 2 Jennifer Whitmore · Pat Casey

The motion · motion passed 96–71

Voted for 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 2 Jennifer Whitmore · Pat Casey

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 6 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Finance if he would report on his meeting with the president of the European Central Bank which took place during his Saint Patrick’s Day mission to Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16386/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Finance if he would report on his meeting with the German Minister for Finance as part of his Saint Patrick’s Day trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16387/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the frequency of meetings of the Government Trade Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15211/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of staff resources in Naas regional veterinary office dedicated to the wildlife programme in each of the years from 2015 to date (details supplied); and the complement of farm relief service operatives available for the badger programme each year since 2015. [13538/25]

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 0 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Agriculture 4 questions
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide direct financial assistance to the horticulturalist sector to compensate for crop damage and income loss post-storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department increase the minimum grant aid rate within the 2025 scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector to 60%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13627/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide targeted financial assistance to horticulturalists who do not meet the €7,500 minimum investment requirement under the 2025 Scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13625/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide targeted financial assistance to horticulturalists for the replacement of plastic polytunnel covers and other structures not covered under the 2025 scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13626/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his “like-minded” European counterparts in relation to the EU Mercosur Free Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15222/25]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2025-04-02 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any engagement with Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) or hackman capital partners that he or his Department had relating to the Greystones media campus which ISIF has invested in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15990/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any shares, including their value that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund have in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15991/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the detail of shares that Irish Strategic Investment Fund have divested from in 2023 to date in 2025 in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15992/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the target issue date and the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on plans, including timeframe to develop a new Coastguard station at Greystones Harbour for the Coastguard service; to provide an explanation for the delays on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15926/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any instructions issued by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management to fire services operating two pumps—which require more than 12 firefighters to function—regarding the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission Agreement of September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15925/25]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 4 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