Dublin North-West — week of Mon, 7 Apr

What your Dublin North-West TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Apr – 13 Apr 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 23 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil)

2025-04-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 65–83

Voted for 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

Voted against 1 Paul McAuliffe

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025

2025-04-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 64–83

Voted for 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

Voted against 1 Paul McAuliffe

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs

2025-04-09 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Voted against 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

The motion · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Voted against 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-08 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 1 Paul McAuliffe

Voted against 2 Dessie Ellis · Rory Hearne

Dessie Ellis — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Paul McAuliffe — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 19 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 19 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken to allow for plebiscites to change placenames; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/25]
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budgetary provision he is making to enable the unit in the Housing Agency tasked to regulate owners’ management companies (OMCs) commence its work on an administrative basis in the first quarter of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17810/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if regulations on service charges and sinking funds, which were drafted by the Housing Agency in February 2022, will be issued by the end of Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18280/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has identified sufficient resources to put in place in Q4 2025 to enable the unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners’ management companies, as envisaged in the Programme for Government, to commence its work on an administrative basis in Q1 2026. [18281/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice if the Cuan Consent education toolkit has been made available to all secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17454/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice if the Consent-Ed project is available to all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17455/25]
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made with transferring responsibility for multi-unit developments from his Department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; if the transfer will be completed by the end of Q2 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health what funding the Mater Misericordiae Hospital receives for chairs for chemotherapy patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17326/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her progress to date in making the shingles vaccine (details supplied) available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18286/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her progress to date in making a drug (details supplied) available for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18287/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education her plans to increased capitation for primary schools that are struggling to pay operational costs due to rising prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16854/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education her progress to date in the implementation of the DEIS plus scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16853/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the Programme for Government commitment to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national childcare scheme and explore options to cap costs for larger families. [17997/25]
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the programme for Government commitment to ensure childcare providers’ fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily available to parents. [17998/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit applications for the homecare sector received since the scheme opened in January 2023; the number of work permits issued; the number of applications returned at initial applications pre-check stage; the number of other applications rejected; the number of applications currently in processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18222/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering additional supports for SME’s given the recent tariff announcement by the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18285/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an overview of the two reports by the child poverty and well-being programme office recently published by his Department. [8041/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his progress to date in the Programme for Government commitment to “resource and implement the new EU online safety framework to protect vulnerable groups from online harm, and tackle disinformation”. [18283/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering a PRSI rebate for SME’s to help them deal with increased costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18284/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Green Energy Storage Ireland Ltd Energy and Natural Resources
- Brief on Energy Storage Ireland priorities for Programme for Government

Rory Hearne — Social Democrats 5 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of landowners whose land appears on the annual map for 2025 residential zoned land tax published on 31 January 2025 requested to change the zoning to reflect the economic use of the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the ‘Evaluation of applicability of the water reuse regulations in Ireland’ consultation which was awarded a tender in 2023, and due to be completed in early 2024; to provide details of the results and recommendations of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school teacher (details supplied); if her department will engage with the Teaching Council in relation to this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16651/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Justice the current Garda guidelines for engaging with peaceful protests;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16905/25]