Dublin Central — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 31 questions · 2 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 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted for 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

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 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery

2025-06-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–69

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 8 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Justice 5 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring a temporary travel document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33623/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a situation concerning an international protection applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on each occasion since January 2024 where a serious offender was granted bail or released early due to prison or detention centre overcrowding, the nature of the offence that was, the alternative arrangements that were made for public safety, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34907/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prison or remand places occupied in the past 12 months by individuals detained purely for immigration-related reasons; and the total cost of this to the State. [34908/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the assessment that has been made of the risk to public safety posed by the release or non-detention of individuals accused of involvement in organised crime due to the lack of remand spaces; and if he will publish this assessment. [34910/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current official operational capacity of Oberstown Detention Campus; the number of beds actually available for remand, as of 20 June 2025; how this compares with demand on 20 June 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34909/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting first consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34685/25]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 8 votes · 21 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 21 total

Health 18 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the national treatment purchase fund engaged individually or collectively with nursing homes (details supplied) during 2024; the basis on which they calculated the funds that could be paid to the homes through the HSE administered nursing home support scheme and if the NTPF, at any stage in the negotiation process, examined the books of the group or of their individual nursing homes. [33720/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority reviewed the evidence regarding the operation of a nursing home group (details supplied) in France before deciding on registering any of their nursing homes in Ireland; and, if so, if they decided on any special oversight measures as a condition of registration or reregistration of nursing homes linked to the group. [33721/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health who she believes is responsible for the signing of contracts for care of residents in nursing homes who lack capacity to make the decision to sign. [33722/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance arrangements that are planned to enable HSE clinical supports be provided to private nursing homes in the context of the development of the six HSE health regions. [33724/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the common assessment approach to the needs of older people known as InterRAI is fully operational across all six HSE health regions; and if the electronic version piloted with co-funding from an organisation (details supplied) almost a decade ago forms part of this process. [33725/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34193/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Mater University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting first consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34497/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding provided from the years 2020 to 2025 for the employment of HSE-salaried general practitioners, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34576/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will act to protect front-line healthcare workers impacted by long Covid and who are in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave; if she plans to extend this scheme or recognise long Covid as an occupational illness to quality for occupational injury benefit payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34984/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to strengthen the inspection and regulatory regime in HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34932/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering amending the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 to ensure that this includes the advertising of all nicotine products, including nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34931/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the specific actions her Department is taking to ensure that GP practices are being set up in disadvantaged areas and/or areas with few or no GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34933/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to implement the report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants, particularly recommendations five, six, and seven; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34929/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the CAMHS unit based in the new children’s hospital will be fully staffed and operational on day one of operations, the actions undertaken by the HSE to ensure that this unit is fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34930/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the medical card policy towards funding to replace a prosthetic limb in adults in circumstances including natural lifespan of the prosthetic of circa five years, damage beyond repair to the prosthetic and need for different prosthetic arising from surgery. [35127/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the medical card policy towards funding to replace a prosthetic limb in children in circumstances including damage beyond repair to the prosthetic and need for different prosthetic arising from surgery. [35128/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the assisted transport options in place for individuals attending a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35129/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration has been given to lifting the mandatory retirement age of 70 for school transport providers for children with special education needs, or to a temporary lifting of the age limit of 70 for drivers to ensure continuity of service to children with special education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33866/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of funding to local authorities under the play and recreation capital funding scheme in the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33991/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if, further to the statement in the Programme for Government (details supplied) he will assist in progressing the development of a national social innovation fund to assist consortia of organisations in collaborating to meet the challenges of an ageing society. [33723/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry Health
- Implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [26977/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he is aware of the planning difficulties currently being experienced by a school (details supplied) in building two special education classrooms; the intervention the department will be making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35048/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to examine the case to review the working relationship with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33833/25]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 8 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

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