Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 26 May — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 26 May – 1 Jun 2025 · 5 TDs · 6 bills voted on · 41 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach

2025-05-28 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 4–8

Voted for 1 Ciarán Ahern

Did not vote 4 Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

2025-05-28 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024

2025-05-28 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to give the Comptroller and Auditor General oversight of RTÉ accounts.&nbsp

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 89–73

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

2025-05-28 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes

full description

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

The motion · motion passed 113–49

Voted for 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025

2025-05-28 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to empower the Minister for Finance to make regulations imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of securities issued by or on behalf of the State of Israel

full description

A bill to empower the Minister for Finance to make regulations imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of securities issued by or on behalf of the State of Israel; and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 75–87

Voted for 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-05-27 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 89–70

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Ciarán Ahern — Labour Party 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Environment 1 question
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the members of the Irish delegation attending the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/25]

Colm Brophy — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-05-27 Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the US President. [26754/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-05-27 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to adding inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, to the list of conditions eligible for medical priority with regards social housing lists in local authorities across the country given that it is a lifelong illness with no known cure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27080/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-05-29 Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects India and the EU to conclude a trade deal by end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27172/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-05-29 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on a matter (details supplied). [28873/25]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 5 votes · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 33 total

Health 9 questions
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 7 May 2025, the amount by which the business cases of the National Gender Service will shorten wait times if implemented; and how quickly would this be achieved. [27005/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1444 of 22 January 2025, for an update on when the HSE is expected to complete its current review of the Cass review.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27006/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a recently published peer-reviewed Irish-led international research on the Cass review (details supplied); and if she will commit to the HSE's review of the Cass review giving full consideration to this research.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27007/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a recent review by the US Department of Health and Human Services on healthcare for trans youth (details supplied); and if the HSE's Gender Healthcare Programme intends to consider it. [27008/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 7 May 2025, the staff positions for the gender healthcare programme that have been filled and which remain unfilled. [27009/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for a list of the names and specialties of the cross speciality clinical advisory group within the gender healthcare programme. [27010/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for details of the community pilot project to identify the needs of children and young people within the gender healthcare programme, including around ethical approval and any patient and public involvement in the project. [27011/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 20 May 2025, in which the Minister for Finance clarified that provision and regulation of private health insurance is a matter for the Minister for Health, if she is aware of the fact that sports insurance firms are not paying for upfront medical costs (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to investigate this matter and reform the sports insurance system to ensure these situations do not happen. [27522/25]
- 2025-05-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if she will instruct their department to look into this issue; to take waiting times from other health services such as the NHS into account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27827/25]
Public Expenditure 6 questions
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether a public body that made an offer to a civil servant that was accepted under the terms of the civil service mobility scheme can then turn around and cancel that offer; if so, the circumstance permitting such a course of action and where are they published; the protections that exist for civil servants in these situations, including possible rights of appeal and review; the number of such cases in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27176/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether a public body that made an offer to a civil servant that was accepted under the terms of the civil service mobility scheme can then turn around and cancel that offer; if so, the circumstance permitting such a course of action and where are they published; the protections that exist for civil servants in these situations, including possible rights of appeal and review; the number of such cases in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27176/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions he will take the address the concerns raised about the use of AI in the public service by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28129/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measurement that has been carried out of the impact on carbon emissions of expanding the use of AI in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28130/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is concerned that continued flights through Irish airspace of aircraft carrying munitions to Israel are in violation of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality; the steps he will take to defend Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18056/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason demand by Government Departments for staff from the 2024 Open Competition for Assistant Principal is so low; the number of candidates he expects to be recruited from this competition by September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28553/25]
Foreign 5 questions
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of persons appointed as international election observer to the Irish 2024 election observer roster; the number of such members that still have to receive an offer of deployment; the plans to provide such offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27174/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that continued flights through Irish airspace of aircraft carrying munitions to Israel are in violation of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality; the steps he will take to defend Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18056/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his comments in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) his views on whether the choice of government in Palestine should be a matter for the Palestinian people to determine or whether the Irish or other governments should play a role defining who can hold office in the region. [27547/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the progress of legislation to ban trade with the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27406/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new actions he will take against the state of Israel in light of the duty of the State to prevent genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27405/25]
Finance 5 questions
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing genocide carried out by Israel, he will direct the Central Bank to stop facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27946/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing genocide carried out by Israel, he will impose financial sanctions on the state of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27947/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether he has a duty under the Genocide Convention to stop the Central Bank from facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27948/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether Israeli war bonds, whose sale is facilitated by the Central Bank, are financing the genocide in Gaza; his further views on whether the Central Bank and his Department are complicit in genocide as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27949/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of the value of financial assets held in Ireland by Israeli state entities and by companies registered in Israel; his views on whether these assets should be frozen in light of the genocide being carried out by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27950/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for the opening of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26769/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the NCSE does not have certain information readily available (details supplied) given the importance of collecting this information. [28485/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a budgetary cap for SNA posts of 23,179 posts is being operated; and whether she thinks that this budgetary cap is standing in the way of children getting the support they need in school. [28493/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the US President. [25525/25]
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [25526/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a statement by an international election observation NGO (details supplied) that encountered difficulties observing the last general election calling for greater clarification of the rights of election observers; if he has any plans to address these concerns; the proposed timescale involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27177/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the policy whereby someone cannot have their homeless HAP increased to the new increased level while they stay in existing accommodation (details supplied) will be reviewed. [28546/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-05-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance is automatically halved if a person receives the old-age pension; when this policy was enacted; the person that signed off on it; and the reason it was deemed necessary. [27496/25]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by the Government to have the aid that is stuck at the Rafah border crossing freed and transported into Gaza. [27347/25]
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support efforts for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, highlighting the human rights clause of Article 2 of that agreement. [27346/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-05-29 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a timeframe for disposal of the Baggot Street Hospital building has been agreed. [28554/25]