Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 22 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 23 questions · 4 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 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 7 votes · 1 question · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 1 total

Social 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office's child poverty target. [48905/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 7 votes · 8 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 8 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to tackle theft and damage of life-saving equipment in public places; and his views on the need to ensure that good samaritans are not penalised for using such equipment in good faith. [49897/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress to roll out restorative justice service provision as promised in the Programme for Government; his plans to provide year-on-year additional funding to ensure all counties have community-based restorative justice programmes; his plans to increase referrals through the restorative justice system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50261/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to progress the Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) Amendment Bill. [50262/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the need to prioritise international protection applicants who are sleeping rough; his plans to prioritise provision of accommodation for single male international protection applicants who have not been granted accommodation since December 2023; his views on the adequacy of processes currently in place for proving such persons are, in fact, sleeping rough (details supplied); if he is satisfied at the adequacy of existing procedures to deal with threats of violence against such persons, such as by moving them on to another area; and his plans to ensure that such persons are not the subject of violent attack, intimidation or at risk from the inherent dangers of sleeping rough. [50470/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need to provide life-saving equipment in addition to AEDs and life rings; and her plans to issue new guidelines on appropriate life-saving equipment to provide to schools, sports clubs and other such bodies. [49896/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of people in each month of 2025 who have been discharged from nursing homes; the proportion of same who were recipients of fail deal supports; and for a breakdown of the reasons for these discharges, in tabular form. [50346/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the need for all OPW-managed sites to have life-saving equipment. [49895/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the pension security for persons who remain at a disadvantage due to unpaid caring responsibilities; if his Department will carry out fresh analysis on the class and gender impacts of this feature of the social protection system; and if he will report on his stakeholder engagement in respect of same since. [50263/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 7 votes · 14 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting first consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49887/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of ring-fenced annual funding for radiotherapy equipment replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49888/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the establishment of a national body with radiotherapy expertise to identify patient and technology specific needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49889/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49890/25]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on legislation to establish the national AI office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50480/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the proposed Glass Bottle Site innovation hub aligns with commitments to fostering innovation and collaboration in his Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50481/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the heads of a Bill will be published to establish a central and coordinating authority for governance of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51097/25]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will carry out a consultation on the way in which to shape the agenda of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49917/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will carry out a consultation on how to shape the agenda of Ireland's presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50299/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport the status of a driver’s licence application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49869/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman will accelerate the award of proceedings for older people towards the end of their life who must wait a long time for the award of money from successful adjudication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49867/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which his Department plans on using artificial intelligence to speed up the processing of application forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50482/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether title of the GPO has transferred to the OPW; the role the OPW has in respect of the action set out in strand one of the roadmap for delivery of the Dublin City Taskforce report, described as 'conceptualise and decide on the future use of the reimagined GPO'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51099/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether legislation is needed for the establishment of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) by Dublin City Council to lead the execution of the roadmap for delivery for implementation of the Dublin City Centre Taskforce recommendations; if he can provide an update on any legislation or policy measure that is needed by him in respect of having the SPV established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51098/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Epilepsy Ireland Health
- Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions on the status of epilepsy services in their local hospitals.

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns