Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 38 questions · 6 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 1 Eoin Hayes

Voted against 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted against 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 1 Eoin Hayes

Voted against 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted for 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

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 Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Eoin Hayes

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

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 Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Eoin Hayes

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Eoin Hayes

Did not vote 1 Ivana Bacik

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 Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 8 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the costing and procurement analysis carried out in relation to the contract the Government has signed with a company (details supplied) to build the M28 motorway, and its compliance with Government procurement frameworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28255/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to uphold the commitment as outlined in the Programme for Government to ensure patients have timely access to new and innovative treatments, and in particular the drug named givinostat (brand name duvyzat), which is crucial for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34523/25]

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 1 vote · 17 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 17 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued in each month, in each county, since April 2024, in tabular form; the percentage increase or decrease that number represents as against the same month in 2023, in tabular form. [33751/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime ) Act 2017; and if he will address an issue regarding section 4(1), which introduces a distinction between victims’ rights pre-and post the legislation, where no such distinction is contained in the relevant Directive, leading to impermissible discrimination between victims. [34227/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Parole Act 2019; and if he will address the need to ensure that persons such as the next of kin of a person (details supplied) are not excluded from future processes. [34228/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than three months during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than six months’ during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 12 months’ during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 18 months’ during 2024. [34527/25]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Labour Employer Economic Forum; and when it will next meet. [18694/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [18695/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2024 and if he intends to host another competitiveness summit. [33574/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through Land Development Agency investment in 2025; and the estimated amount of expenditure allocated to deliver same. [34229/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private rented accommodation inspections carried out by all local authorities in 2024; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34230/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total value of grant payments issued by local authorities to persons who have completed works using the vacant property refurbishment grant in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of applications made for the vacant property refurbishment grants in each county, in each month, in the same period, in tabular form; the number of drawdowns for the same grant in each county in the same period; and the average value claimed overall in each county. [34231/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each county; and the percentage increase or decrease of defibrillators in each county since June 2024. [34232/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress to designate ‘counsellor’ as a protected title; and when work will be completed by CORU to ensure regulation of rogue crisis pregnancy agency operators self-describing as counsellors. [34233/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health to ensure statutory staff patient ratios are put in place and enforced at private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34529/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 15 October 2024, the status of that report; its findings and his views on the need to municipalise waste collection. [33854/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport for an update on how he has progressed the commissioning of a preferred route for the proposed Luas extension to Poolbeg since taking office; if he will supply a timeline in respect of constructive same; and if not, his plans to supply such a timeline. [34226/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on changes to classroom arrangements at a school (details supplied); if she will ensure prefab accommodation is provided so that classes are not forced to share a room. [34528/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the practice of early years facilities charging prospective parents a non-refundable administrative fee in circumstances (details supplied); if the practice is permissible under the core funding agreement; and if she will make a statement on the need to transition childcare to being universally provided and accessible. [33736/25]

New lobbying 1 return

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health
- Raising public awareness of brain health and improving sport inclusion for people impacted by brain conditions.

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 8 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of apartments completed in the four Dublin local authority areas per year from 2018 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34173/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of apartments that received planning permission in the four Dublin local authority areas per year from 2018 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34174/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing commencements to date in 2025 in the four Dublin local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34176/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of apartment commencements to date in 2025 in the four Dublin local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34177/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details on the expected or set prices for each category of new home being developed by the Land Development Agency at Cherry Orchard Point, Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34178/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the set prices for two-bed apartments across every Land Development Agency development in Dublin completed over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34179/25]
Transport 5 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans to increase the usage of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his engagements about accelerating Luas extensions as part of his NDP review negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34128/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce on street EV charging infrastructure. [30251/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans to increase the ease with which someone can receive a road opening licence to excavate a pavement for the purpose of installing safe electric vehicle charging points in high density areas where the cable for the charger needs to be routed under a pavement to reach the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35156/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland to consider, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, how a scheme for safe electric vehicle charging points might work where the charging cable needs to be routed under a pavement in high density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/25]
Finance 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance the date for the announcement of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34150/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34151/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance when he intends to publish this year’s Tax Strategy Group Papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34152/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, when in July the individual data per 93 CDNTs will be made available; the reason it will take a further month to furnish this information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35157/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, if the Minister will direct the HSE to explain how it can possibly be the case that, for example, the HSE itself or Enable Ireland have no record of the average tenure of individuals employed for each discipline in delivering occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy, when this data would exist even at a payroll or HR level; to clarify from the HSE that the HSE is in fact stating they have no way of knowing how long its own employees in these disciplines, on average, have remained employed in these disciplines within the specific CDNT team or in the S.38 or S.39 providers either; to confirm that there is no data collection on an individual CDNT team basis for how long people working within that specific CDNT team have remained within that team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35158/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, if she will direct the HSE referable to Table 4 provided in the letter to answer the specificity of the original parliamentary question which sought for the HSE to identify the name of provider in each of the 93 CDNTs whereas the reply provided simply lists the name of the Employer and provider type does not identify which employer relates to which specific CDNT team [35159/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the date on which the planned Competitiveness Summit will take place; who will be invited to participate in this Summit; whether the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity will be announced in advance of or at this summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34149/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35154/25]

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 0 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 3 returns

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health
- Raising public awareness of brain health and improving sport inclusion for people impacted by brain conditions.
Limerick Chamber Justice and Equality
- Limerick Chamber met with Minister of Justice regarding policing and crime in Limerick. Limerick Chamber also met and corresponded with Minister and TDs regarding same.
Independent Concrete Control Management Clg Banking and Financial Institutions
- Judicial Council Review of Personal Injury Guidelines