Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 22 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 39 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Special Education School Places

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–61

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Did not vote 1 David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Did not vote 1 David Maxwell

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Did not vote 1 David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Did not vote 1 David Maxwell

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Did not vote 1 David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Did not vote 1 David Maxwell

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 82–65

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Cathy Bennett · Matt Carthy

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in reducing waiting lists for children with additional needs accessing therapies in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50219/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in recruiting additional therapists for disability services for Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50220/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a new North-East Regional Enterprise Plan will be published soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50708/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of investments the IDA is targeting in the Border region under its current strategy; it's performance in Border region investments under the previous strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50709/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in Counties Cavan and Monaghan availing of companion passes; the measures in place to promote this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50749/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the roll out of the auto-enrolment pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures that will be introduced to protect the privacy of mobile and landline phone users in view of recent concerns regarding the harvesting of information by digital marketing and advertising industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50509/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the proposals for further investment in an amenity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50817/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline the proposals to provide orthodontic services for children in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50842/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will give detailed consideration to issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of supports for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51008/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when additional legislative and regulatory measures will be implemented to prevent online abuse and the online dissemination of misinformation and disinformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51096/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when additional funding will be provided in 2025 to Cavan County Council for the housing aid for older people grant, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids grant scheme. [51088/25]

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 1 question · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 1 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which it is intended to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child. [50184/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 1 vote · 1 question · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 1 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to publish an updated national strategy for women and girls, and tackle gender inequality. [50234/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Habitat ReStore Glasnevin's launch event - invitation

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people waiting to access children's disability network team, CDNT, services in Cavan and Monaghan for a period up to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and greater than one year. [49902/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of a new children’s disability respite centre in Monaghan; the additional respite places that will be available in the new centre; whether the current respite centre will close before or after the new centre is delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49903/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for Garda vetting in the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50344/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the targeted timeframe in which applications for Garda vetting are to be processed; the number of applications processed within that timeframe in the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50345/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to amend legislation regarding penalties for driving under the influence of drink and/ or drugs; if he intends that any proposed changes will include provision to extend the permissible time frame for obtaining alcohol samples to up to 12 hours post-incident, in line with standards in other jurisdictions, and facilitate hospital-based alcohol sampling without the need for Garda caution and allow for the immediate removal of vehicles from offenders to prevent repeated offenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49836/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the proposal by a school (details supplied) to develop two ASD modular units within the existing play area of the school; the reasons for the delay in delivery thus far; if she will ensure that this development is expedited considering the pressures on the school at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49916/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) who are able to perform surgeries on children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC); the qualifications, sub-specialities and fellowships of each; the experience or qualification of each which provides assurance to CHI that each have specialism in limb reconstruction; the total number of children with AMC each has performed surgery on in the past five years;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51056/25]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Education 11 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if a ticket for the person can be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49885/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding a proposal for a new school bus route to serve Carrickmacross; if the proposal will be considered as a matter of urgency to accommodate children in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50243/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport services for secondary school students living along the Aghalile Road (L4000) in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; if the existing service (A1869) can be adjusted to ensure safer and more accessible pick-up points, in view of the fact some children are currently required to walk long distances along the Shercock Road to the nearest stop [50260/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence regarding school transport (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; if the existing service can be adjusted to ensure safer and more accessible pick-up points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50265/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine issues with the school transport application for a child (details supplied); if a ticket will be issued in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50289/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine correspondence regarding a school bus ticket application (details supplied); if a ticket will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49636/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the concerns raised; if the new service mentioned can be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49715/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; if an arrangements can be put in place to ensure that eligible children in this area have access to school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49734/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence regarding school transport (details supplied); if tickets will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49769/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine correspondence regarding school tickets for children (details supplied); if tickets will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49770/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she examine the case for extra accommodation raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50707/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a child needing dental treatment outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; if the person mentioned could be scheduled for treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49675/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if the appointment can be expedited as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50233/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a link and details within same and provide an update on this impending dispute (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to resolve this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50654/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review correspondence regarding a driving test cancellation (details supplied); if measures will be taken to avoid short-notice cancellations in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49785/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if a proposed bus stop could be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50550/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review correspondence regarding grant aid for a property (details supplied); if he will advise if the person is entitled to a vacant property refurbishment grant or any other funding in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50276/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the correspondence (details supplied); if a decision regarding a carer’s allowance application could be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49694/25]