Dublin South-Central — week of Mon, 12 May — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 12 May – 18 May 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 17 questions · 19 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Childcare

2025-05-14 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

The motion · motion passed 83–66

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Parental Choice in Education

2025-05-14 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–65

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

The motion · motion passed 87–62

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Housing and Critical Infrastructure

2025-05-14 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–66

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

The motion · motion passed 83–66

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021

2025-05-14 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to provide a legal mechanism for trade union recognition for workers who comprise at least 20 per cent of the employees in an employment (or any category within that empl…

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A bill to provide a legal mechanism for trade union recognition for workers who comprise at least 20 per cent of the employees in an employment (or any category within that employment).

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 66–82

Voted for 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Voted against 1 Catherine Ardagh

Aengus Ó Snodaigh — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 6 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2025-05-14 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he has taken to help farmers address noxious and invasive species such as hogweed, ragwort, Japanese knotweed, rhododendron ponticum affecting their lands; and if he will introduce a public information campaign to highlight this matter. [13466/25]
- 2025-05-15 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cathain a bhfuil sé i gceist aige dréacht treoirlínte don phleanáil sa Ghaeltacht a chur faoi scagadh i gcóir measúnú straitéiseach timpeallachta agus measúnacht chuí; cé chomh fada is a leanann na measúnuithe seo de gnáth; agus an dáta faoina bhfuil sé i gceist aige na dréacht treoirlínte a fhoilsiú. [24858/25]
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to help local authorities to continue the tenant in situ scheme, given that Dublin City Council has already exhausted the funds currently allocated from central government [24887/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform regarding the recent tender for “ITC016F Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Network & Firewall Products, Solutions, Ancillary Equipment and Associated Services, how many of the seven successful OEM brands are EU-owned and EU-headquartered; the names of the seven OEM brands; how many of the successful fourteen economic operators, which are companies registered in Ireland, are actually headquartered in the EU, and their names; how many successful tenderers are Irish-owned and headquartered small or medium enterprises, and their names. [23564/25]
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he can acknowledge receipt of communication on 7 March 2025 from the Invincibles Interment Campaign, which is seeking the reinterment to Glasnevin cemetery of the remains of the Fenians currently buried in the grounds of the now Kilmainham Gaol Museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25000/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice when he expects the heads to be prepared for the criminal justice (disregard of certain convictions related to consensual sexual activity) Bill to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24879/25]

New lobbying 4 returns

Local Development Companies Network CLG Community
- Oireachtas Members were invited to an event launching a rebrand of the Local Development Companies Network and highlighting the work of the LDCs
Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
Uplift Justice and Equality
- Uplift members sent emails to their Sinn Fèin TDs asking them to ensure that Sinn Féin is a party that is welcoming, inclusive and who listens to the experiences and expertise of transgender people.
Wool in School Education and Training
- Wool education and climate smart skills

Catherine Ardagh — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 7 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 7 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing forward a new GP contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24100/25]
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health when the strategic review of general practice will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24099/25]
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS by CHO7 in the past 12 months; the number of those referrals rejected by CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20973/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding paid out to vacant property refurbishment grant applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24646/25]
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the revised national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24645/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families that have received newborn baby grants since the scheme commenced in February, in tabular form, on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the requirement for State agencies and public bodies to pay residential zoned land tax, in light of concerns that the imposition of these tariffs on publicly owned lands, particularly those designated for long-term or strategic community and public service use, is having an adverse impact on the financial capacity of those agencies to deliver core services; if he will outline whether exemptions or revised criteria are being considered to prevent unintended consequences that undermine public service delivery or long-term land management strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25050/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.

Jen Cummins — Social Democrats 7 votes · 2 questions · 9 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Education 1 question
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of the number of multidenominational schools, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23701/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the appeal of a person (details supplied). [23678/25]

New lobbying 9 returns

Local Development Companies Network CLG Community
- Oireachtas Members were invited to an event launching a rebrand of the Local Development Companies Network and highlighting the work of the LDCs
TU Dublin Students' Union CLG · 2 returns Education and Training
- TU Borrowing Framework, Accommodation, Cost of Living, Healthcare
- TU Borrowing Framework
Arthur Edward Guinness Community
- A return to social purposefulness for The Iveagh Markets
The Irish Traveller Movement Justice and Equality
- Programme for Government policy provisions . Traveller accommdation policy. Formation of Oireachtas Committee
Gaeloideachas Education and Training
- Cruinniú maidir le tosaíochtaí don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge
Let's Grow Together! Infant & Childhood Partnerships CLG Education and Training
- Highlight disparities between Early Starts and ECCE with Ministers and TDs
Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
Down Syndrome Ireland Social Protection
- Emails regarding One-Parent Family payments and Carer's allowance

Máire Devine — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 2 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-05-13 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Taoiseach with respect to the taskforce for Dublin, if the Liberties area of Dublin 8 is included in the 'Rejuvenating our Capital City Centre' section of the Programme for Government; if elements of this section, including the launch of an urban communities initiative to revitalise disadvantage city areas and consider the appropriate concentration of services in the city centre in particular, will include the Liberties; and the criteria and mechanism by which a community can apply to be included in the 'Rejuvenating Our Capital City Centre' section of the Programme for Government, specifically the urban communities initiative. [17108/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-05-15 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time limits for the remediation of serious health hazards, such as damp and mould in social housing; and if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and The Liberties Community Project ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report which identified rates of asthma among the Oliver Bond House population 2.4 times higher than among individuals with addresses in the same vicinity, a situation clearly linked to substandard housing conditions in mid-century social housing complexes across the Dublin City Council area. [25011/25]

New lobbying 5 returns

Irish Federation of University Teachers Education and Training
- Pervasive issue of precarious employment in Higher Education
Local Development Companies Network CLG Community
- Oireachtas Members were invited to an event launching a rebrand of the Local Development Companies Network and highlighting the work of the LDCs
Sophia Housing Association CLG Housing
- Meeting with Máire Devine TD with HSE officials, 3rd March 2025, to view the old James Weir Home for Nurses building, Cork Street, Dublin 8.
Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
Uplift Justice and Equality
- Uplift members sent emails to their Sinn Fèin TDs asking them to ensure that Sinn Féin is a party that is welcoming, inclusive and who listens to the experiences and expertise of transgender people.