Meath West — week of Mon, 7 Apr

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Apr – 13 Apr 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 82 questions · 0 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 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Aisling Dempsey

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025

2025-04-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 64–83

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Aisling Dempsey

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 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

The motion · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-08 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of delays in relation to the construction of a new school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17463/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the construction of a new school campus (details supplied). [17464/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays in the granting of planning permission for a new school campus (details supplied); and the steps being taken to resolve them. [17465/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [6495/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure the Road Safety Authority prioritises approved driving instructor testing and approvals (details supplied). [17320/25]

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he can outline his role under sections 44 and 45 of the Transport Act 1950, particularly in relation to CIÉ pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17799/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the system for the allocation of funding or grants for the required deer-proof fencing on new native woodlands, with a view to offering the cost of the fencing to local authorities under the allocated departmental woodland creation on public lands scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17821/25]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 5 votes · 75 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 75 total

Health 15 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that senior management teams in the HSE have given approval to well-paid public consultants setting up private companies to do public work (details supplied). [16923/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17057/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average time people were waiting to be seen in each emergency department in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17188/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made against the State by women who allege their Cervical Check smear tests were misread, or their families, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, and the number of these which have been settled, in tabular form. [17189/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency departments which have closed in the State in each of the past 20 years; and the number of emergency departments which have been opened in the State in that time. [17190/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of the cyber attack on the Department of Health and HSE in recent years. [17191/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital in the State. [17192/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses currently on sick leave in each hospital in the State. [17193/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to debt collectors by each hospital in the State to seek outstanding payments from patients, in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [17194/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out by each hospital group in compensation in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17260/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments cancelled in each hospital in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17266/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who underwent surgery for cancer in the State in each of the past ten years. [17267/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to confirm that the information contained in relation to the primary childhood immunisation schedule declination form being issued to parents by the HSE, when completed, will not be shared with any other section or agency of her Department; and if it is used to limit liability. [17292/25]
- 2025-04-09 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for people referred to a dietitian in the Meath area in each years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of people that are on this list; and the number of dietitians working in this area for the HSE. [17939/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 5 March 2025, if she will confirm the length of the current contract with a company (details supplied) for the processing of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan bloods; and the estimated cost of this contract. [18191/25]
Justice 13 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17059/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilian clerks working in each Garda division for the last 10 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of knives seized by Gardaí in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17136/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount of cash, and economic value of assets, seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17137/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount returned to the exchequer by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17138/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times Gardaí have been called to incidents involving people entering or seeking to enter the river Corrib in Galway City in each of the last ten years, in tabular form. [17139/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times Gardaí have been called to incidents involving people entering or seeking to enter the river Shannon in Limerick city in each of the last ten years, in tabular form. [17140/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times Gardaí have been called to incidents involving people entering or seeking to enter the river Liffey in Dublin city in each of the last ten years, in tabular form. [17141/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested for fraud offences in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [17142/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of family pets reported stolen in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [17143/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí who have been assaulted while on active duty in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [17144/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times Gardaí have been called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [17145/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who have died in the State in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [17146/25]
Defence 6 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the criteria for a person to be inducted as a member of the Irish Defence Forces legal services club. [17042/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17050/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether he has discussed the possibility of an EU defence union with any of his international counterparts since taking office. [12129/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there is, and if he is aware of, a discrepancy between the pay of apprentice rank and Air Corps trainee military aircraft systems technician scheme (details supplied). [18133/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the military service allowance was not paid to apprentices, leaving them the only three-star trained members who are not entitled to this payment; and if he will ensure that a review of this will be carried out and the discrepancy addressed. [18134/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the cadet classes of the Defence Forces were ever housed in hotels; the number of times this happened; the length of time in each case; and a breakdown of the amount this has cost the State each year for the past ten years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/25]
Agriculture 6 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of technical staff grades of technical agricultural officer supervisory agricultural officer and district superintendent that retired or transferred out from agricultural environmental schemes division in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [16515/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of technical grade positions for all the grades (technical agricultural officer, supervisory agricultural officer and district superintendent) that have been advertised and subsequently filled for each of these grades; and the number of positions that are currently vacant in the agricultural environmental schemes division and the location of these vacancies, per county. [16516/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17084/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the resourcing of the pesticides control division in his Department including by number of staff members, annual budget, and any increases or decreases in resourcing levels, broken down by year between 2017 and 2024, in tabular form. [17093/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the number of approvals granted to plant protection products between 2017 and 2024, broken down by year; the number of approvals granted to plant protection products, by product type between 2017 and 2024, by year; and the number of approvals granted to plant protection products, by company between 2017 and 2024, broken down, by year, in tabular form. [17094/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of plant protection product (PPP) applications before the pesticides control division currently; the number of total approvals for PPPs expected in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17095/25]
Education 5 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of teacher posts currently vacant, by county. [17203/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of schools currently in debt across the country. [17202/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17051/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her assessment that school transportation be legally required to ensure appropriate supervision in an effort to prevent bullying. [17289/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will consider seeking a re-running of Schools' Folklore Project 1937-1938 which had a significant output now stored in the National Archives, in order that current students might be encouraged to record stories from their elderly relatives. [17290/25]
Finance 4 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17054/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT on energy bills in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17147/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if persons who are blind can qualify for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, which provides relief from VRT and VAT on the use of an adapted car, an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant; and if his Department plans to alter the qualification criteria for the scheme. [17428/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of people who have applied for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; the number who have qualified for the scheme annually; and the economic value of tax exemptions and fuel grants granted under the scheme in each of those years, in tabular form. [17429/25]
Social 4 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17062/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if a parent is entitled to a carer's respite grant if their child has turned 16 years-of-age and has moved from the domiciliary care allowance to the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to increase the means threshold for carer's allowance; the amount it will increase by; and the date on which the changes will come into effect. [17408/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17415/25]
Children 4 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to exercise powers under section 47(1) Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to give additional direction to Tusla regarding the proposal for approved in principle by Tusla's National Policy Oversight Committee in Tusla's draft review 'Personal Data Breach Management Policy Procedure' to discontinue notifying the Data Protection Commission of 'personal data breach incidents' assessed as resulting in a 'low risk' to the rights and freedoms of affected data subjects (details supplied). [17032/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17049/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on Tusla’s child protection notification list in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17199/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care; the age range of these children; the length of time they have been in Ireland; and the nationality. [17261/25]
Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17056/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the pathway to designation as a higher education institution by the higher education authority; if any applications for designation were received; the timeline for a designation application to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the role QQI play in the designation of institutions as higher education institutions by the HEA and if QQI can recommend institutions for higher education designation. [17104/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a statement on the eligibility criteria for funding under the national training fund (NTF); if funding will be restricted to higher education institutions, and if so why; and when institutions can apply for funding under the NTF. [17105/25]
Environment 3 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list, with the job titles and salaries, of all ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17053/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have been retrofitted in each of the past ten years. [17288/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of businesses that have benefitted for the business energy upgrade scheme for each of the past ten years. [17287/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by his Department’s press office at the end of each of the past ten years. [9295/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17063/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17065/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money collected at each toll bridge in the country in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17148/25]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17064/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of his departmental budget that is set aside to fund artists, entertainers, musicians, poets and performers who promote or use the Irish language through their art; and if ring-fencing a specific percentage of the budget for this purpose has been considered. [17291/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17055/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17060/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17052/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17058/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17061/25]