Dublin Fingal West — week of Mon, 15 Sept

What your Dublin Fingal West TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Sept – 21 Sept 2025 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 34 questions · 74 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-17 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–65

Voted for 1 Grace Boland

Voted against 1 Louise O'Reilly

Did not vote 1 Robert O'Donoghue

Grace Boland — Fine Gael 1 vote · 27 questions · 23 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Education 14 questions
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48235/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48236/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48237/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if every primary school in the Dublin Fingal west constituency has access to an educational psychologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48238/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if every post primary school in the Dublin Fingal west constituency has access to an educational psychologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48239/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48240/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48241/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the delivery of autism classes in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48246/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to accommodate children with special educational needs within the community (details supplied) in view of the fact this area is a school district and has no post primary autism classes in the district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48247/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children enrolled currently in autism classes in primary schools in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48248/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children enrolled in autism classes in primary schools in an area (details supplied) who are due to transition to post primary schools in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48249/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children that have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in primary schools in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48250/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children that have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48251/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children that have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in primary schools in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48252/25]
Children 7 questions
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason and the basis on which, the case of a missing child in Donabate has been referred by Tusla to the National Review Panel (NRP); the statutory remit and powers of the NRP; and to whom the NRP reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48221/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process currently being undertaken to review Tusla’s management of the case of a missing child in Donabate; the way in which the independence and effectiveness of that review will be assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48222/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected timeframe for the completion of the National Review Panel’s examination of the case of the missing child in Donabate; when its findings will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48223/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that are in place to ensure that any recommendations arising from the independent review of Tusla’s management of the case of the missing child in Donabate are acted upon promptly; the way in which accountability for implementation will be monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48224/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking on foot of the Ombudsman for Children’s child death report to ensure that a comprehensive and appropriate child death review mechanism is established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48225/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe within which her Department intends to bring forward proposals for the establishment of a child death review mechanism; when implementation is expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48226/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if legislative change will be required to establish a statutory child death review mechanism; if so, when draft legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48227/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has signed off on the business case for the National Transport Authority’s next generation ticketing project; if not, when a decision is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48243/25]
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the assessment his Department has made of the value for money of the next generation ticketing project; if an external assurance process was undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48245/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-09-18 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the progress of recruitment campaigns for school leavers and women into careers in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49114/25]
- 2025-09-18 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the provision of accommodation for Defence Force members is being pursued to improve recruitment and retention of members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of the next generation ticketing project; the profile of expenditure over the lifetime of the project; whether this is provided for in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48244/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-09-18 Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new a waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/25]

New lobbying 23 returns

Property Owners Association of Ireland Limited (IPOA) Housing
- To outline issues facing landlords in the private rental market.
Fórsa trade union Education and Training
- Letter and emails seeking support for Fórsa's campaign seeking public sector pension status for school secretaries and caretakers. There was also a briefing held for Oireachtas members in the Oireachtas AV room.
Age & Opportunity Justice and Equality
- Pre-budget Submission (for 2026 Budget)
221+ Patient Suport Group Health
- Update to members of Oireachtas on 221+ work
CPSMA Budgetary matters
- Increase in capitation and funding for primary mangagement bodies
National Gallery of Ireland Arts
- Invitation to Picasso exhibition opening
Outhouse CLG · 2 returns Justice and Equality · Finance
- Shared key priorities and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ Community this Pride
- Budget 2026
Rockwood Consulting ULC · 2 returns Finance
- Budget submission
- MPI Pre-budget submission
Community Law & Mediation Justice and Equality
- Email and submission regarding pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW) Transport
- Correspondence regarding the delivery of Small Public Service Vehicle (SPSV) services in rural Ireland and the expansion of the Local Area Hackney licence to enhance local transport options.
MSD Health
- Health and industry policy
Liquid Gas Ireland Energy and Natural Resources
- Outreach to relevant stakeholders to introduce Liquid Gas Ireland’s newly appointed Senior Director for Government Affairs and Policy, Alan Farrell, and highlight LGI’s policy priorities for rural consumers and businesses.
Irish Cancer Society Budgetary matters
- Pre-Budget Submission priorities
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Aviation leasing industry in Ireland
LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Children and Equality in relation to the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024.
Family Carers Ireland Community
- FCI Pre- Budget Submissions 2026
DBI Advisory & Services Company Limited By Guarantee Finance
- Pre-budget submission 2026
Lir Communications Ltd Education and Training
- Letter requesting a meeting to highlight Explorium’s positive role in science education for children and young people and its potential as a national resource.
Cormac McKay Transport
- Annual National Household Travel Survey
Grow Remote Ireland CLG Employment
- Meeting with Constituency elected representatives to discuss our mission, vision and areas we would like support
Vulcan Consulting Limited Health
- Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities

Louise O'Reilly — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 3 questions · 23 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if any monies invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund have been lost for any reason, including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other; if so, to provide a breakdown of the amount of investment lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47937/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools under contract to a supplier (details supplied) under the hot school meals programme; the number of schools that exclusively cater to additional educational needs; the number that are DEIS schools; the number that are DEIS+ schools; his plans to provide parents of children affected by the cessation of the services with a stipend while a new contractor is being procured; the options for school meal provision for children affected in the meantime; if alternative cold lunches will be subsidised or provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47864/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of children who were referred by An Garda Síochána to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each year between 2014 and 2024, in tabular form. [47938/25]

New lobbying 23 returns

ARI Social Protection
- Active Retirement Ireland's policy recommendations as included in the pre-budget submission to the Department of Social Protection. Policy recommendations pertain to pension reform, income supports, Treatment Benefit Scheme (specifically inclusion of hearing tests), as well as whole of government strategies for positive aging, combatting ageism and the establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People.
Care Alliance Ireland Social Protection
- Sent Pre-Budget Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection. This Submission was invited by the Committee as part of the annual Pre-Budget process. We have registered this lobbying with each member of the Committee out of an abundance of caution.
ENERGY CLOUD Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) Energy and Natural Resources
- NESC Secretariat Report No. 36 – Energy Transition as an Opportunity to Eliminate Energy Poverty (May 2025)
Society of St. Vincent de Paul · 2 returns Energy and Natural Resources · Budgetary matters
- Supports for Energy Poverty
- 19 Specific Asks Around Budget 2026
The Wheel · 2 returns Community
- Policy staff from The Wheel were invited to address the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development regarding our Pre-Budget Submission 2026.
- The Wheel hosted launch event for our Pre-Budget Submission 2026. It comprised a panel discussion with speakers from community and voluntary organisations and an overview of The Wheel's priorities for Budget 2026. We invited Ministers, TDs and Senators from the most relevant departments and joint Oireachtas committees and several attended in person.
Fórsa trade union Education and Training
- Letter and emails seeking support for Fórsa's campaign seeking public sector pension status for school secretaries and caretakers. There was also a briefing held for Oireachtas members in the Oireachtas AV room.
Age & Opportunity Justice and Equality
- Pre-budget Submission (for 2026 Budget)
National Youth Council of Ireland · 2 returns Children and Youth Affairs
- Role of Young people in Oireachtas Committee Terms of Reference
- Youth Work policy
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited Budgetary matters
- Presented Irish Rural Link Pre-Budget Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection and Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
Outhouse CLG · 2 returns Justice and Equality · Finance
- Shared key priorities and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ Community this Pride
- Budget 2026
Community Law & Mediation · 2 returns Environment · Justice and Equality
- Sent the Centre for Environmental Justice's Pre Budget Submission.
- Community Law & Mediation's Pre Budget Civil Legal Aid Submission sent
Bryanstown Communications Transport
- Wrote to secretariat and chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee to highlight matters relating to the awarding of Search and Rescue contract in 2023 - also contacted other Oireachtas members to seek their support in championing said issue
Irish Cancer Society · 2 returns Health · Budgetary matters
- Alcohol health labels
- Pre-Budget Submission priorities
Respond Housing
- Construction specific funding model for AHBs.A cost recovery model to address legacy issues with CAS/CLSS units.Funding of communal facilities and staffing for large schemes.Expanding access to Cost Rental Homes.CREL funding model should have in-built flexibility.Funding for deep retroftting of S and A housing and fuel poverty.A multidisciplinary approach to address family homelessness.Improve outcomes in Early Learning and School Aged Care
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Social Protection
- Bereaved Partner’s Bill 2025
Macra na Feirme Agriculture
- Macra's prebudget document launch and lobby day
Vulcan Consulting Limited Health
- Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities

Robert O'Donoghue — Labour Party 0 votes · 4 questions · 28 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a timeline for the transfer of policy and legislative responsibility in relation to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010 to his Department; if there are any existing plans to enact any policy or legislative changes in respect of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49136/25]
- 2025-09-18 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that are in place to ensure that regional ISPCA facilities, such as the Donegal Animal Rehabilitation Centre, are safeguarded under the new National SPCA structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49460/25]
- 2025-09-18 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the rollout of the badger BCG vaccination programme as part of the national bovine TB eradication strategy; the number of badgers vaccinated in each of the past three years; the number culled over the same period; the geographic areas where vaccination is currently taking place; the expected timeline for vaccination to replace culling as the principal wildlife control measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49461/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-17 Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to commencing the reduction in the student to teacher ratio from 23:1 to 19:1 in Budget 2026 as outlined in the Programme for Government; the measures she will introduce to prevent splitting classes in a school (details supplied) if the ratio remains at the current 23:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48171/25]

New lobbying 28 returns

Focus Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- National One Parent Family Association Pre-budget submission Briefing
Coalition 2030 EU Affairs
- Coalition 2030 presentation to the Oireachtas EU Affairs Committee to review Ireland's progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
National Forum of Family Resource Centres CLG · 2 returns Children and Youth Affairs
- Kevina Maddick, FRCNF National Programme Lead, and member of the Senior Management Team, supported the National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) Pre-Budget Submission event in Dublin on the 15th of July 2025.
- The Family Resource Centre National Forum held a political engagement event on the 28th of May in Dublin.
Opportunity Green Environment
- Opportunity Green shared with Committee on EU affairs committee members a new policy briefing on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and request to address the Committee on EU affairs on the Irish Presidency of the EU
Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health
- MS Ireland launched Pre-Budget submission
Fórsa trade union Education and Training
- Letter and emails seeking support for Fórsa's campaign seeking public sector pension status for school secretaries and caretakers. There was also a briefing held for Oireachtas members in the Oireachtas AV room.
National Women's Council of Ireland Budgetary matters
- Budget 2026
P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health
- Tobacco harm reduction and future regulation of nicotine products
Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health
- Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government
DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS · 2 returns EU Affairs
- EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
- Follow-up emails to a discussion at a meeting of the Joint Committee of European Union Affairs, with meeting requests
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited Budgetary matters
- Irish Rural Link's Pre-Budget Submission sent to Relevant Ministers and Opposition Leaders and Spokespeople
Outhouse CLG · 2 returns Justice and Equality · Finance
- Shared key priorities and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ Community this Pride
- Budget 2026
Recorded Artists Actors Performers CLG Economic Development and Industry
- Engagement with officials on performers’ rights.
Edelman Ireland Agriculture
- Attendance at meeting to discuss dog welfare policy and control
LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG EU Affairs
- Submission to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs in relation to the LGBTQI+ rights situation in Hungary.
Liquid Gas Ireland Energy and Natural Resources
- Outreach to relevant stakeholders to introduce Liquid Gas Ireland’s newly appointed Senior Director for Government Affairs and Policy, Alan Farrell, and highlight LGI’s policy priorities for rural consumers and businesses.
Irish Cancer Society Budgetary matters
- Pre-Budget Submission priorities
daa plc Transport
- Meeting with Deputies Duncan Smith & Robert O’Donoghue on daa business.
Sodali & Co · 2 returns Arts
- Introductory meeting to provide RAAP’s considerations of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
- Provide representatives with an overview of RAAP, details of its considerations relating to Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
Dogs Trust Agriculture
- Meeting to discuss dog welfare policy and control
Macra na Feirme Agriculture
- Macra's prebudget document launch and lobby day
Concern Worldwide Foreign Affairs
- Concern 2026 Pre-Budget Submission - ODA Helps Build a Better World
Grow Remote Ireland CLG Employment
- Meeting with Constituency elected representatives to discuss our mission, vision and areas we would like support
Vulcan Consulting Limited Health
- Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities