Cork East — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Cork East TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 46 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-06-25 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 64–82

Voted for 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Voted against 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted for 1 Pat Buckley

Voted against 3 James O'Connor · Liam Quaide · Noel McCarthy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Voted against 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted for 3 James O'Connor · Liam Quaide · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 1 Pat Buckley

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

2025-06-25 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided…

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A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–67

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery

2025-06-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–69

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 87–66

Voted for 2 James O'Connor · Noel McCarthy

Voted against 2 Liam Quaide · Pat Buckley

James O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 18 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 18 total

Health 5 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33771/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33772/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33773/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied). [34992/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health her Department’s plans to increase home support services for older people in Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34991/25]
Transport 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the CMATS and BusConnects projects in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34139/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on projects in Cork east (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34138/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will update the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34607/25]
Education 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding modular accommodation for a special class at a school (details supplied); the position regarding application for associated SEN repurposing grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33731/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if reconsideration will be given to a decision to deny additional SNA allocation to school (details supplied) for the reasons outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33734/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33774/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on an extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33775/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the status of the National Broadband Ireland roll-out across Cork county; the number of houses that have benefitted from the installation of fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his Department’s plan to increase funding for the next round of the community sports facilities fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34987/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the most appropriate category under which a steel and plant hire company should apply for a critical skills employment permits for a metal fabricator who is a non-EU/EEA national; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding pension payment to person (details supplied); when payment will issue given that proposed recipient has been waiting for a number of years for Department sign off having reached pension age in early 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33732/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possibility of cleaning or dredging a harbour at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/25]

New lobbying 1 return

FTI Consulting Finance
- Publication of Payments Europe True Value of Cards Ireland Country Report

Liam Quaide — Social Democrats 8 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand rural bus services in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34079/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if any additional funding will be provided for the expansion of Local Link services in County Cork in the upcoming budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34080/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by introducing grants of up to €10,000 for lower income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/25]
Social 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on progress on completing and publishing the study on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments committed to in the Mid-Term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34532/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on his Department's examination of the concept of income adequacy as a lever to take people out of consistent poverty in the context that our social protection payments are not linked to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34534/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update in relation to MESL 2025; the steps that are necessary to ensure that Ireland's obligations under the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are met regarding providing everyone with an income that allows them to live with dignity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34536/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visit family/friend visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 6-8 weeks; the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024; the number of tourist visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 12 weeks; the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024; the number of join family (category B) visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 12 months; and the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024. [33576/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the progression of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to update licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33589/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on making a national programme to reduce the risk of re-offending mandatory for sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34518/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care settings or high-support hostels since the Owenacurra Centre took in its last resident in February 2021; and the name and locations of those services. [34664/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her recruitment plans to address the waiting-list crisis in child and adolescent primary care psychology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34665/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach his plans to address the fact that data in relation to many marginalised groups such as Travellers and Roma, migrants, disabled people, and homeless people is not included in the annual CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34533/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to bring some of the high-level meetings during Ireland's EU presidency to east Cork to ensure County Cork benefits from the profile the presidency brings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33870/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by counselling psychologists. [34542/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enact legislation to include socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination under equality legislation, particularly in light of a report (details supplied) which showed that one of the highest categories of discrimination was on the basis of socio-economic background; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34531/25]

Noel McCarthy — Fine Gael 8 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has fully examined the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if she can provide any estimate of the number of smokers that are expected to relapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34498/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the impact the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 will have on speciality vape shops, which will be forced to close if all vape flavours are banned; if she has quantified the burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34499/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34535/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have availed of the new HRT scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34436/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is considering allocating further funding for the upgrade of the stretch of the N25 national road between Carrigtwohill and Youghal in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33945/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the proposed upgrade of the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for the establishment a new autism class ahead of the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33541/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools that underwent a REPowerEU Energy Inventory Profile Survey as part of the second phase of the REPowerEU Pathfinder Programme will be notified as to whether they will be included in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34501/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding and department supports are available under ‘Measure A8- Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without Access to Public Waste Water Services’ of his Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 and accompanying circular L1/22; the process for towns and settlements who are looking to apply for funding under this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34502/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures his Department is taking, or plans to introduce in the future, to support the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/25]

Pat Buckley — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) in east Cork will not be given an extra Autism class for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33852/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to consider extending the temporary special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers with prolonged and chronic effects of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35178/25]