Meath West — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 52 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 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted for 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

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…

full description

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 against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery

2025-06-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–69

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

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

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Meath west as an IPAS centre. [34276/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider extending the right to citizenship to great-grandchildren of Irish citizens, without the need for their parent to have attained citizenship before they were born.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34779/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide additional supports for GP practices in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34810/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health how she intends to provide targeted supports for newly qualified GPs and to GP practices that take on newly qualified GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34811/25]

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 6 votes · 48 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 48 total

Health 12 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of temporary locations used for the Covid vaccine rollout that are still being rented in each county; the cost per county for rent since all Covid restrictions were lifted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33530/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the opt out register is not live in advance of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 coming into force; and how do people opt out now. [33739/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34094/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the address is needed for the opt out register of the organ donation scheme (details supplied). [34339/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have registered their opt out register of the organ donation scheme in the first week of the portal going live. [34340/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161, the reason her Department has yet to correct the inaccurate précis of statute provided by her Department’s pensions specialist (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34481/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current average ambulance response time; the average ambulance response time in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34063/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who left emergency departments without being seen in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34062/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the nurse to patient ratio in Ireland, broken down by hospital. [35042/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the doctor to patient ratio in Irish hospitals, broken down by hospital. [35043/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the consultant to patient ratio in Irish hospitals, broken down by hospital. [35044/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she was aware of a pilot scheme in operation in Navan Hospital currently running that has reduced the visiting hours for families (details supplied); the reasoning for such a measure; and if she will consider that many relatives are elderly and would consider this time late to travel to the town. [35046/25]
Education 7 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address reports of staff exhaustion in schools, particularly among SNAs and teaching staff, due to a lack of adequate supports and resources during the current school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33842/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34089/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there been a risk impact assessment of the potential damage that could be done to children by the gender ideology elements of the Bí Cineálta policy being rolled out in schools. [34267/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the research that has been carried out to identify and quantify the potential damage to children of the gender ideology elements of the Bí Cineálta policy being mandatorily rolled out in all schools (details supplied). [34268/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any financial provision been made by her Department to cover legal costs and provide compensation to children and parents who suffer as a result of the policy of gender affirmation inherent in the Bí Cineálta policy. [34269/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth what consultation with parents was carried out into the creation of the Bí Cineálta policy; and to detail the results of that consultation. [34270/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the role her Department has in ensuring the quality and curriculum integrity of schoolbooks sold to schools; if she will ensure that these books comply with the curriculum and ethos of the Department of Education and Youth. [34492/25]
Culture 6 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34087/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to expand the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34053/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has conducted any value-for-money analysis of its spending on Galway 2020; if a breakdown is available on the way in which the €15 million spent by his Department on Galway 2020 was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34052/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has undertaken any analysis of the effectiveness of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34056/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of persons currently availing of the basic income for the arts scheme. [34054/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to make the 1926 census of Ireland available to view publicly online; if so, the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34055/25]
Social 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2015. [33609/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department has put in place to ensure that school leaders and boards of management are not required to undertake significant administrative responsibilities, such as the establishment of school meal programmes during the summer break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33841/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no formal communication has been issued from the Department acknowledging the impracticality of introducing new initiatives, such as school meals in September, without proper support or timelines; if she will clarify her expectations for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34099/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has conducted any analysis on the viability of opening a train line from Navan to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times he has met with the CEO of Transport Infrastructure Ireland since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33882/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34101/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount a company (details supplied) has been paid by the Government to date; if the company or an associated company owes money to any State agency or Department; and if so, the amount.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33547/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34096/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the IPAS statistics weekly arrivals report has not been published for the last month; and will he make these reports available. [34491/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34091/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case for putting in place a national insurance company, or legislate for commercial companies, to provide insurance for people in situations similar to persons (details supplied). [34249/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget. [34100/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34092/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34086/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34088/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34090/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34095/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34084/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34085/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34093/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34098/25]