Wicklow-Wexford — week of Mon, 7 Apr — Watch Them Work

What your Wicklow-Wexford TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Apr – 13 Apr 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 21 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 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Voted against 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025

2025-04-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 64–83

Voted for 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Voted against 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs

2025-04-09 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

The motion · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-08 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Brian Brennan · Malcolm Byrne

Voted against 1 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Brian Brennan — Fine Gael 5 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports he plans to offer in 2025 for those in the tillage sector, especially due to increasing costs and constant factors outside farmers’ control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16703/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on plans to provide a forgotten farmers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16704/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the current housing assistance payment limits; his views on whether these are appropriate taking into account rising rental costs; if he plans to make changes in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16670/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to roll-out a capital and equipment grant for the arts, similar to the annual sports capital grants as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media report, The Development of Local and Community Arts - July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18124/25]

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Education 7 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the number of students in counties Wicklow and Wexford who have diagnosed special needs for both primary and secondary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16942/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the number of children carried on school buses entirely comprising concessionary tickets due to the change in school transport scheme policy for all schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16943/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the changes planned for the 2025-2026 school year regarding the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16944/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the number of SNA posts funded in Budget 2025; the level of support this will provide in the planned new special classes and special schools for counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16947/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department is taking to address the issue of some schools' SNA applications status currently unknown; the actions that have been taken to ensure that schools receive the necessary SNA support to meet the needs of students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a specialist class; the percentage of those schools declined; the reasons given for these refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford that expressed an interest in opening a special education class in the past two years; the number of applications that were refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16950/25]
Children 4 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria and processes being used to assess a proposed IPAS centre (details supplied); if an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate the effects of establishing another IPAS centre in County Wicklow, noting that the county has approximately 1,600 IPAS residents to date; when the findings of this evaluation can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16902/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres approved in counties Wicklow and Wexford, by year, for the past five years; the number of applicants who have resided, or are residing there; if her Department has done an assessment on the impact of establishing IPAS centres in these counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16903/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of IPAS centres located in counties Wexford and Wicklow; the number of IPAS centres located in an area of deprivation according to Pobal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16945/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of communication his Department has with communities in relation to proposed IPAS centres prior to granting permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16946/25]

Malcolm Byrne — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduates in speech and language therapy from Irish higher education institutions in each of the years 2020 to 2024; the projected number in each of the years 2025 to 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17245/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduates in occupational therapy from Irish higher education institutions in each of the years 2020 to 2024; the projected number in each of the years 2025 to 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17246/25]
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of full time students in Irish higher education institutions in receipt of a SUSI grant in each of the years 2020 to 2024, broken down by category of grant (details supplied). [17247/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the construction of a school (details supplied). [16856/25]
- 2025-04-10 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school classrooms of 30 pupils or more and their locations around the country during the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18123/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-04-08 Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number and approximate value of preferential and other shares held by his Department and separately by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, in Irish companies or companies based in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16750/25]