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

What your Dublin South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 42 questions · 0 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 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Voted against 1 Catherine Ardagh

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted for 2 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Máire Devine

Voted against 2 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

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

Voted against 1 Catherine Ardagh

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted for 2 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins

Voted against 2 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Máire Devine

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 Catherine Ardagh

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

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 Catherine Ardagh

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

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Catherine Ardagh

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Health 7 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their much-needed hip operation. [33741/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied support from community occupational therapy services in Crumlin, on the grounds that such assessments are only conducted after a hip replacement has taken place. [33752/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) needing expedited support services. [33753/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether it is normal procedure to transfer a public patient in a public hospital to a private hospital for care (details supplied). [34220/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether it is normal procedure to transfer public health patients into private hospital care; and the annual cost of such transfer of care. [34221/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has 24-7 pain and discomfort in his neck and arm region down to his hand and fingers will receive the much-needed pain injection into his shoulder, via scan. [34320/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) can be transferred from their present nursing home to another location. [34574/25]
Foreign 6 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Irish Government was consulted, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, in advance of the High Representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issuing a joint statement with the so-called "E3" group of Foreign Ministers from France, Germany and the United Kingdom on 18 June 2025; and if the statement made by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union represents the view of the Irish Government. [34568/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Government is satisfied for the High Commissioner to consult only with the largest EU member states of Germany and France, and with a non-EU state like the United Kingdom, and not with the Irish Government, when articulating foreign policy positions on behalf of the European Union; or if it is of the view that the treaty on European Union requires that all member states agree foreign policy positions on behalf of the European Union. [34569/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contents of the official acknowledgement by the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in response to the concerns he raised relating to Israel shooting at Irish soldiers in Lebanon; if Israel has accepted responsibility or apologised for this attack; and if not, the steps he will take to ensure Israel does accept responsibility and apologise or faces sanctions for this action. [34694/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the view of the Government that representations by the President of the European Commission regarding the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy in her engagement with war crimes suspect Benjamin Netanyahu and at the most recent meeting of the G7 are consistent with positions agreed by the Government at the Foreign Affairs Council, or that these representations undermine the institutional balance enshrined in the EU Treaties, as set out in Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 19 June 2025. [34695/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the view of the Government that the engagement by the President of the European Commission in speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu on 15 June 2025 is consistent with the long-standing commitment he reiterated in response to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 19 June 2025 by the EU and its Member States to avoid non-essential contact with individuals who are subject to an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC); and if he has sought or received any explanation from the President of the European Commission on her decision to engage with the subject of an ICC arrest warrant. [34696/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the High Representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy was speaking on behalf of the Government when she spoke about Irish neutrality and history in the European Parliament on 19 June 2025; if the Government consented to this position being articulated by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union through a Council decision in line with the Treaty on European Union; if he will write to the High Representative seeking a correction of the assertion that Ireland did not suffer atrocities or the suppression of its culture and language in the context of the Ballymurphy massacre, Bloody Sunday, the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the shooting of innocent civilians by the British state, internment without trial, widespread discrimination in housing and employment, long-standing official opposition to Irish-language rights in the North, the civil rights movements in the North and in the Gaeltacht in the post-World War II period to fight against suppression, and the ongoing barriers to the implementation of full equal status for the use of Irish as an official language within the European Union institutions themselves; and if he will invite the High Representative to meet with campaigners, victims, and families affected by legacy issues as a result of atrocities and the suppression of culture and language in Ireland. [35010/25]
Enterprise 5 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he supports and if his Department has been involved in discussions surrounding, a proposal for an European Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive to create a rebuttable 'presumption of causality', which would assist musicians, performers and composers to vindicate their right to equitable remuneration for use of their work by artificial intelligence companies without consent or compensation; if he considered the need for protections of this sort in domestic Irish legislation to protect the Irish music sector; and his plans to protect Irish culture from the potential harms of artificial intelligence scraping of cultural material. [34954/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any stakeholder within the music sector lobbied the Government for the transfer of functions relating to dispute resolution of sound recording copyright from the Controller of Intellectual Property to the Circuit Courts in advance of the publishing of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025; and to provide details of times, dates and participants in correspondence or meetings where this transfer of functions was discussed. [34564/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any stakeholder within the music sector lobbied the Government for erasing the role of licensing bodies from dispute resolution of sound recording copyright in advance of the publishing of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025; and to provide details of times, dates and participants in correspondence or meetings where this erasure was discussed. [34565/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of applications made each year to the Controller of Intellectual Property in relation to sound recording copyright. [34566/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the judicial competence that the Controller of Intellectual Property lacks regarding sound recording copyright that requires this function to be transferred to the Circuit Courts under his proposed Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025; and to clarify the reason the Controller's competence in other areas of intellectual property remains satisfactory in spite of this lack. [34567/25]
Culture 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to list every community-based festival and summer school that has approached him or his Department directly to solicit funding outside of the normal processes for grant applications on an exceptional basis to assist with developmental or other needs, over the past five years; the date of their request; and to list every community-based festival and summer school which received exceptional funding of this sort from the Department, and the date of the approval. [34201/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans regarding proposals for a successor scheme to the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; if he will commit to ensuring that disabled artists face no disadvantage in terms of social protection allowances to participate in the successor scheme; and when the 24-month report and cost benefit analysis of the pilot scheme will be completed and published. [34953/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process undertaken for deciding on successful grant applicants for the grassroot music venues support scheme funding; if regional dispersal of the awards was considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if he has any role in relation to the pricing of food and drink in airports; if he has corresponded with Aer Rianta in relation to hugely inflated prices charged by retail units in public airports and that allowing such runaway prices could have a detrimental impact on the tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33619/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact steps required by her Department for a school to change its patronage; the role of the school’s board of management, the principal, religious orders and the parent’s council in such a change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33586/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-25 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Leanaí, Míchumais agus Comhionannais an bhfuil sé mar riachtanas ag naíonraí atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge i gceantair Ghaeltachta go mbeidh tús áite ag páistí atá á dtógáil trí Ghaeilge, ó tharla gurb é sin an dea-chleachtas; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34587/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-06-25 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta bhfuil sé mar riachtanas ag naíonraí atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge i gceantair Ghaeltachta go mbeidh tús áite ag páistí atá á dtógáil trí Ghaeilge, ó tharla gurb é sin an dea-chleachtas; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [34586/25]

Catherine Ardagh — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the services currently provided for paediatric 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. [34212/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Saint James’ 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. [34266/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to develop a network of rapid outpatient clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34868/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health if she has had any discussions in relation to the recruitment of HSE-employed GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34867/25]

Jen Cummins — Social Democrats 8 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Education 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to include rural DEIS schools in the Home School Liaison Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33782/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth why rural Deis schools are not given the same access to the Home School Liaison Scheme as urban schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33783/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to improve the quality and accessibility of examinations.ie. [33787/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support families who choose home schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33820/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Oliver Bond flats will be subject to the same rationalisation of the refusal to fund the regeneration of Pearse House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33821/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of all regeneration projects in Dublin south central, including any reasons for their delays or refusal. [33822/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarity on the regeneration of Basin Lane; and if he has a timeline for its completion. [33823/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the plans to address the legal entitlement of both parents to be on the birth certificate of a child born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33785/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the plans to progress amending legislation that would give legal entitlement of both parents to be on the birth certificate of a child born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33786/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the availability of mental health services in Ballyfermot, particularly for elderly people. [33826/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons fuel allowance has not been awarded to a person (details supplied). [33901/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to support Muslim students in accessing financial support to continue their education in line with their faith. [33824/25]

Máire Devine — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons a child (details supplied) who was referred for an assessment of need (AON) three years ago has still not received an appointment; the specific action she is taking to prioritise long waiting children such as the child concerned, especially given that schools are reporting persistent behavioural issues linked to lack of supports, and the child's family is under severe pressure as a result; if she will provide a binding commitment that the child will be allocated a date for a full AON by the end of July 2025, and that their school-family needs will be fully supported pending completion of the assessment. [34679/25]