Kildare North — week of Mon, 14 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Jul – 20 Jul 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025

2025-07-16 · 2 votes · Govt (Housing)

A bill to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development Act 2000 and certain other enactments

full description

A bill to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development Act 2000 and certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

A sub-amendment · motion failed 68–89

Voted for 2 Aidan Farrelly · Réada Cronin

Voted against 2 Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Did not vote 1 James Lawless

A change the Seanad made to the bill · motion passed 88–68

Voted for 2 Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Voted against 2 Aidan Farrelly · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 1 James Lawless

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024

2025-07-16 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to give further effect to the Aircraft Noise Regulation in so far as it relates to Dublin Airport by transferring the functions of the competent authority for the purpose…

full description

A bill to give further effect to the Aircraft Noise Regulation in so far as it relates to Dublin Airport by transferring the functions of the competent authority for the purposes of that Regulation from the Fingal County Council to the Environmental Protection Agency; and to provide for connected matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 69–88

Voted for 2 Aidan Farrelly · Réada Cronin

Voted against 2 Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Did not vote 1 James Lawless

Endometriosis Care in Ireland

2025-07-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Voted against 2 Aidan Farrelly · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 1 James Lawless

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Voted against 2 Aidan Farrelly · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 1 James Lawless

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-07-15 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Voted against 2 Aidan Farrelly · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 1 James Lawless

Aidan Farrelly — Social Democrats 6 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Greystones health centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39121/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39122/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists, by grade based at bray primary care centre in each the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39123/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of persons who were waiting for HSE home support in County Kildare for June in each of the years 2022 to 2025 respectively, in tabular form. [39124/25]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a trade mission to Australia is likely to take place before end of 2025. [39126/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he has met formally with the CEO of Tourism Ireland in the past four weeks. [39132/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the budget allocation for the Workplace Relations Commission in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [39133/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of and nature of same in respect of communications received by him and or his officials in the past ten years to date under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. [38744/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fixed penalty notices that Gardai issued per division for parking on a footpath in the from 1 January 2025 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39129/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing Garda public order equipment, by item type, to date in 2025. [39131/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional WTE local based staff, by job title, who were hired by the Department for the duration of the Osaka 2025 World Expo. [39127/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the steps that the NTA takes in regard the provision of additional buses, LUAS and DARTs before and after major concerts are held in Dublin. [39128/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on Greystones coast guard station and the expenditure to date on same, to include third parties and or consultancy. [39134/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of housing projects sanctioned and or funded in full and or in part to include number of units, by type, that have been paused and or rejected due to deviations from design, specification and or cost expectations did not represent value for money in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [39345/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that must be taken and the documentary evidence that must be provided, by a couple giving notification to marry to the Civil Registration Services, where that notification is of a timeframe shorter than the standard three months due to the medically affirmed likelihood of a greatly shortened lifespan of one of the couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39112/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant WTE veterinary inspectors within his Department as of 7 July 2025; if he will provide same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [39125/25]

James Lawless — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Joe Neville — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Naoise Ó Cearúil — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [34040/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Taoiseach if he has had any engagement to date with the new Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney. [39237/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the Global Ireland Summit [24173/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address persistent delays in response times from the Road Safety Authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39030/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase the supply of licensed taxi drivers and vehicles to support the needs of urban, rural, and night-time economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39938/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the progress made on the review of the area knowledge module of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) driver entry test, including any recommendations arising from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39939/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the Ireland for Finance strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38995/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Finance for details of engagements he has had since taking office in relation to the Savings and Investment Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38996/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the remaining three payment requests under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility will be formally submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39987/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a report on Ireland’s second payment under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39986/25]

Réada Cronin — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if any assistance is given for people who have limited reading and writing capacity for CPC tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if her Department is currently considering stopping the practice of insourcing in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40593/25]