Dublin Bay North — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Barry Heneghan — Independent 0 votes · 38 questions · 7 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 38 total

Education 9 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish the list of schools within Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 that are awaiting major works approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46907/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of her Department’s policy on the way in which schools funded by the State should facilitate parents who wish to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have reported having formal procedures in place to give effect to parents' wishes to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance issued by her Department to schools on ensuring that secular instruction is free from religious content and that religious instruction is provided separately and only with parental consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47432/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that schools funded by the State comply with parents' right to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commission a review of compliance with Departmental guidance regarding the right of parents to withdraw their children from religious instruction in publicly funded schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North that have access to full-time home school community liaison teachers in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North currently using prefabs as classrooms in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent special needs assistants allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/25]
Health 7 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent senior occupational therapists in neuromuscular services based at Beaumont Hospital, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the names of HSE funded day care centres for older persons, within CHO9, that provide transport for users to and from the day care centre where that user has no transport available to them, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46900/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of staffing levels, by job title at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46901/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where current vacancies exist within dental and orthodontic services; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46902/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of staffing levels, by job title at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46903/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for MRI scans at each hospital in Dublin, and nationally, in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47435/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the expansion of community intervention teams operating in Dublin Bay North; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47484/25]
Climate 5 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on offshore wind energy projects off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on offshore wind energy projects off the Dublin coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in Dublin Bay North that availed of the warmer homes scheme in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of solar PV installations supported by SEAI in Dublin bay north in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47461/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average household electricity costs in 2023 compared with 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47477/25]
Transport 4 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the number of antisocial behaviour incidents reported on public transport services in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47465/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the most recent time Irish Rail marked and or resurfaced the carpark to the front of a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45363/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to ensure that full compliance by the DAA will be adhered to with north runway planning conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45461/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of a next bus display indicator screen at Dublin Bus pole number 6320; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46904/25]
Social 4 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers allowance applications received in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, and the number approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for domiciliary care allowance applications in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance recipients in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47480/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in Dublin Bay North in receipt of the fuel allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47481/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Indonesia and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46905/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Bahrain and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of trade missions undertaken to Asian countries in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47462/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of trade missions undertaken to Middle Eastern countries in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47463/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in intellectual disabilities within CHO9 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46909/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding provided in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to the children’s disability network team in CHO9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46910/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance if he could provide a timeline for the housing measures promised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45031/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of clerical officer applicants that are fluent in Irish currently on a panel arising from the most recent civil service recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46908/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to community policing units in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47464/25]

New lobbying 7 returns

ELSA Community Services clg Employment
- Seeking increase in grant aid for our Social enterprise & Advice on public procurement.
Parkinson's Ireland Health
- Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Finance
- Lobbied Government officials on IWA's Prebudget submission, which included areas such as Cost of Disability Payment, Funding for services, Transport, Housing, Community Services Access and Sport
Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment - ACE Ireland Environment
- Correspondence with members of the Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy introducing ACE Ireland and highlighting their work to improve recycling processes and practices, and discussing the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s MRF network.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

Cian O'Callaghan — Social Democrats 0 votes · 25 questions · 7 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Finance 6 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing legislation (details supplied) that will ensure mortgage holders are making repayments that accurately reflect their loan to value ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is working on setting up a double taxation agreement with Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45250/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all investments held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in companies directly or indirectly associated with operations in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45697/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will take action to prevent the renewal of the Central Bank’s facilitation of Israeli Bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46106/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the case of a person (details supplied) where they have been refused mortgage interest relief despite receiving the relief in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46252/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the introduction of a pass through protocol for variable mortgage customers who have not seen their rates change in line with European Central Bank cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46539/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has recorded deaths in Ireland as a direct result of vaping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45170/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the processing of a medication (details supplied) on the HSE reimbursement list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45641/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a child (details supplied) who is not receiving the correct homecare for his needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45764/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in improving the waiting conditions in a clinic (details supplied) where patients are required to stand for long periods due to a lack of seating and where patients are required to wait two+ hours for appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46525/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the standards and criteria for a sector (details supplied); if she will ensure proper procedure has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46759/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take action to recognise school secretaries as public servants to ensure that they have access to the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45385/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that all school secretaries and caretakers are provided with a public service pension and public sector terms of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46097/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the construction of a school (details supplied) and the tender process; if the project will begin construction in quarter one to two of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46285/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if variable local authority home loan interest rates will reduce in line with the recently reduced costs of borrowing for the Housing Finance Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45233/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine a PRSA compensation claim for a person (details supplied) and if he will expedite the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45648/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44642/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the progress of the National Action Plan Against Racism; if he has received reports from the special rapporteur on racial equality and racism regarding the plans objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45759/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the transport support scheme which is intended to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46167/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of an early education centre (details supplied) which is in financial difficulty will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46542/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will condemn the attacks by the rapid support forces in Sudan which has left thousands dead and hundreds more still missing; the action he will take on an international level to assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46757/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will take action to ensure that the pension scheme for retired Aer Lingus workers is restored to its pre-2015 level; if he is aware of the financial hardships the reductions have caused these pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44725/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on the National Shared Services Office external audit looking at the overpayment of civil servants and Ministers; if the audit will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45696/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the action he will take to address an unresolved matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45145/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of recent closures of evening classes in some ETB colleges (details supplied); if he will assist ETB’s in continuing to provide evening classes in north Dublin given they are of huge benefit to the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/25]

New lobbying 7 returns

ELSA Community Services clg Employment
- Seeking increase in grant aid for our Social enterprise & Advice on public procurement.
Alcohol Action Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Costs of alcohol harm
- Alcohol health information labelling
FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters
- We contacted Deputies Quaide, Cummins, O'Callaghan, and Rice in their respective capacities as the Social Democrats' disability, finance, social protection, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

Denise Mitchell — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 6 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of the new permanent building for a school (details supplied); to confirm that it remains on course to go to tender in quarter three of 2025; to confirm if construction will begin in the first half of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45914/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she will take in the case of a child (details supplied) who has been unable to secure an appropriate place in a secondary school for September 2025 despite extensive engagement by their parents with the National Council for Special Education and CDNT teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46363/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the engagement she has had with Marino Institute of Education to bring its Bachelor of Science in Education Studies and its Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education courses under the free fees initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46590/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the failure of the main Irish banks to pass on successive ECB interest rate cuts to their mortgage customers at a time when these same banks are making record profits; if the Minister will outline the discussions he has had with these banks about passing on these rate cuts to variable rate customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45748/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the additional steps or measures being taken to reduce the prevalence and circulation of illegal fireworks and bangers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45828/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment of the muscular dystrophy drug (details supplied); if she will consider the inclusion of this drug on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45581/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

Naoise Ó Muirí — Fine Gael 0 votes · 3 questions · 9 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she is considering the advice of the Law Reform Commission to regulate the provision of independent advocacy services in Ireland; if so, the form of regulation this is likely to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45511/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the current target waiting time for scoliosis surgery; the plans and timeline for reducing average waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45831/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if his Department has examined schemes where single parents of newborn children can access the full leave entitlements of two-parent families as seen in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44829/25]

New lobbying 9 returns

ELSA Community Services clg Employment
- Seeking increase in grant aid for our Social enterprise & Advice on public procurement.
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment - ACE Ireland Environment
- Correspondence with members of the Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy introducing ACE Ireland and highlighting their work to improve recycling processes and practices, and discussing the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s MRF network.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.
The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating · 3 returns Energy and Natural Resources · Budgetary matters
- To discuss the development of planned legislation to introduce a Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme (RHO)
- To inform stakeholders and members of the Oireachtas of TAZCH policy document communicating the importance of low carbon liquid fuels in planned legislation to indroduce a Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme (RHO)
- To communicate TAZCH pre-budget submission proposing the equalising of VAT on home heating oil, including HVO to the rate applied to gas
EDF Renewables Ireland Limited Energy and Natural Resources
- Public policy and legislation concerning renewable energy in Ireland

What your Dublin Bay North TDs did this week

Questions asked 38 total

New lobbying 7 returns

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New lobbying 4 returns