Dublin West — week of Mon, 22 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin West TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 78 questions · 10 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 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 2 Paul Donnelly · Ruth Coppinger

Did not vote 1 Roderic O'Gorman

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 2 Paul Donnelly · Ruth Coppinger

Did not vote 1 Roderic O'Gorman

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 2 Paul Donnelly · Ruth Coppinger

Did not vote 1 Roderic O'Gorman

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 2 Paul Donnelly · Ruth Coppinger

Did not vote 1 Roderic O'Gorman

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 2 Paul Donnelly · Ruth Coppinger

Did not vote 1 Roderic O'Gorman

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 2 Paul Donnelly · Ruth Coppinger

Did not vote 1 Roderic O'Gorman

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Emer Currie · Jack Chambers

Voted against 1 Paul Donnelly

Did not vote 2 Roderic O'Gorman · Ruth Coppinger

Emer Currie — Fine Gael 7 votes · 45 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 45 total

Transport 15 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he will prioritise the rollout of the N8 orbital route under Bus Connects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49812/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers disqualified in court in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number not sent a notification to inform them of the requirement to surrender their licence/permit to the Road Safety Authority as a match could not be made to link the offence with the driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49861/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who received penalty points in 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of drivers who avoided having their penalty points recorded on their licence or permit record on the National Vehicle and Driver File database as the offence could not be successfully matched to the driver involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49862/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permits a driver will be allowed before they must sit a driving test to obtain a subsequent permit according to the new regulations due to be implemented within the coming month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49863/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the limit of learner permits that will be issued to learner drivers before they must sit a theory test again; if primary legislation is required; the timeframe when this will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49864/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport when the national U-space steering group will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50443/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the establishment of an operative inter-agency mechanism for the coordination of appropriate investigation of offences related to unmanned aircraft systems; when he expects this mechanism to be fully established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50444/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the launch of education and awareness campaigns regarding compliance and enforcement, as outlined in the National Policy Framework for the unmanned aircraft systems sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50445/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the establishment of test sites for the unmanned aircraft systems sector; which organisations, bodies and groups will be eligible to avail of these test sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50446/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeline on the launch of test sites for the unmanned aircraft systems sector as outlined in the National Policy Framework for the unmanned aircraft systems sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50447/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received any proposals for the creation of a mobile application to allow for members of the public to identify unmanned aircraft systems remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50448/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the projected cost of a fully functional U-Space System, the total amount invested by his Department in the research and development of a U-Space system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50449/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport when the national working group on unmanned aircraft systems geographical zones will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50450/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the way in which he envisaged the role of the local authority with regard to planning and the unmanned aircraft systems sector, following the launch of the National Policy Framework for Unmanned Aircraft Systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50451/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the provision/section under law for the offence of failing to surrender a driving licence or learner permit to the Road Safety Authority as required, when disqualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51070/25]
Children 12 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the review of the 2001 planning guidelines for childcare facilities. [50179/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the action plan for childcare, as per the Programme for Government. [50180/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of ECCE-only services, by county, in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of ECCE-only services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49789/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of part-time only services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of part-time services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49790/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of sessional services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of sessional only services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49791/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by income-assessed childcare subsidies, by county, in 2020 to 2024, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49792/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by universal childcare subsidies, by county in 2020 to 2024, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49793/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of income-assessed childcare subsidies, in 2020 to 2024, by year. [49794/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average payment under income-assessed childcare, for 2020 to 2024, by year. [49795/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of applications granted under the recent €25 million building blocks grant scheme, including appeals; if the appeal process has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49796/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a review has taken place on the application process for the building block scheme considering the high number of unsuccessful or ineligible applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49797/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla registered childminders, by county, in 2020 to 2024, by year. [49798/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on Connolly Hospital’s engagement with the National Transport Authority regarding a plan to upgrade road infrastructure within the Connolly Hospital site; the expected timeline for the commencement of road improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49901/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering classifying long-Covid an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49973/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide a further update on an issue (details supplied), to outline whether an organisation has engaged with a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50039/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health further to publication of the Government's Autumn legislative programme, the rationale for the proposed revised approach to legislation on nicotine inhaling products which will now involve two separate bills, i.e., a Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill and a Public Health (Single Use Vapes) Bill 2025; the matters to be addressed in each proposed bill; the proposed timeline for the preparation and publication of each bill; if pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in respect of each bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50453/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the permanent extension for a school (details supplied), and timings for completion of the project, as it will be required to support September 2027 enrolment numbers. [49993/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the application of a person (details supplied) to become a taxi driver under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50038/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an NCSE matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50365/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue raised from the operation of the deemed disposal rules under the capital gains tax code, broken down per year, from 2020 to present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49583/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if, in line with the proposal in the new Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, he will introduce an accelerate capital allowance or other tax measures to incentivise business investment in innovative technologies and digital transition. [50170/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if, as part of the Scaling Ireland Fund proposed in the new Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, consideration will be given to the provision of funding to Enterprise Ireland to invest in Irish scale-ups who are seeking to raise finance via stock market listings, in order to enhance the viability of the IPO or financing round and its attractiveness to other investors. [50169/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to the recent consultation on the review of employment permits occupation lists, if he will add roles (details supplied) to the critical skills occupations list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50841/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will consider increasing the player welfare grants available to inter-county GAA players; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50278/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the available supports to inter-county GAA players; if he intends increasing the supports available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50279/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide clarity on the tenant-in-situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50548/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the allocation of €50 million of additional funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme to local authorities, including Fingal County Council. [50096/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of disqualified drivers prosecuted for failing to surrender their licence/permit to the Road Safety Authority in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number convicted and the penalties imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49865/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 673 of 8 July 2025 and 2073 of 29 July 2025 and 1647 of 8 September 2025, the timeline for An Garda Síochána to be in a position to issue fixed charge notices for registration plate offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49866/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the State can address the problem of producers avoiding their obligation under Extended Producer Responsibility rules by selling into Ireland by way of distant sales via third-country retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50168/25]

New lobbying 2 returns

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Habitat ReStore Glasnevin's launch event - invitation
St. Francis Hospice Dublin Health
- 2026 Estimates - strategic recurring funding for hospice services / funding of implementation of 2024 national adult palliative care policy

Jack Chambers — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 8 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 8 returns

National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability · 3 returns Justice and Equality · Budgetary matters
- Joint engagements regarding critical issues facing voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises
- Calling for immediate action to tackle the untenable financial risks faced by Section 38 and Section 39 disability service providers that deliver essential services to people with intellectual disabilities and autism
- Calling for funding in Budget 2026 to respond to unmet need for disability services, support necessary innovation, and enable disability service providers to deliver and expand services
Communications Workers' Union (CWU) Communications
- An Post Superannuation Scheme
Wind Energy Ireland Budgetary matters
- Budget 2026
Environmental Pillar Environment
- Budget 2026
Castlethorn Housing
- Housing Supply
St. Francis Hospice Dublin Health
- 2026 Estimates - strategic recurring funding for hospice services / funding of implementation of 2024 national adult palliative care policy

Paul Donnelly — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of locations and practitioners that publicly provide frenotomy services for babies with tongue tie issues. [50642/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to National Rehabilitation Hospital in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50643/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost to offer every woman aged over 65 years a DEXA scan as part of their life-course management programme delivered through their GP. [50644/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if each rehab gym within primary care centres in CHO9 allows users to use these surgeries at pre-surgery or post-surgery periods; and the opening hours of each of those gyms at each primary care centre within CHO9, in tabular form. [50645/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized by Gardai in each district within Dublin region for having no insurance in each of the first eight months of 2025, in tabular form. [50633/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2001 of 29 July 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer this Parliamentary Question. [50635/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration If Garda Air support unit has received the new aircraft and helicopters; and if so, when these aircraft will be ready for operational duties. [50636/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocation to the Irish embassies based in Seoul, Wellington, Rabat, Pretoria and Tokyo in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50638/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the new aircraft have come into the Air Corps fleet; and when these aircraft will be ready for operational duties. [50646/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of Leap card fare revenue collected in each year since 2022 across all TFI services, in tabular form. [50637/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if the Minister of State within his Department met with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to New York. [50632/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation The progress that has been achieved to date on the new Garda dog training centre; and when this project will move to the next phase. [50634/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the budget allocation for the school meals programme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50639/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of beef imports into Ireland from Singapore in 2024 and for the first six months of 2025, in tabular form. [50640/25]

Roderic O'Gorman — Green Party 0 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Climate 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the results and reporting from the Green Public Procurement (GPP) Strategy and Action Plan, particularly with regards to the minimum 10% of food purchased by public sector bodies to be certified organic; if this target is on track to be achieved and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50227/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the implementation of the EU Directive EU/2024/1275 Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, his plans for submitting the State’s draft National Building Renovation to the European Commission by the end of 2025; the dates he has in mind for public consultation in advance of submitting the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50229/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress made in relation to the action in Climate Action Plan 2024 which reads DECC will assess whether mandated caps on any increase in fossil fuel demand by large energy users could be put in place from 2026; and when the assessment is due to be published. [50230/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps that will be taken in Budget 2026 to advance a public model of childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50106/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Action Plan for Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Learning and Childcare Sector will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50107/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the typical capital cost of a bus shelter provided by the National Transport Authority. [50228/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport his plans to carry out a double-tracking improvement along the East coast Greystones to Wexford rail line; if he will confirm media reports that suggest no cost-benefit analysis has been carried out owing to the high cost of the tunnelling portion at Bray Head; the estimated cost of this; if his Department has considered other viable options to upgrade the line to double track without the need for expensive tunnelling; if he can provide the cost for those options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50648/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the passport office will not accept apostrophes as part of legal names e.g. O’Connor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection if the planned auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme will be designed to favour environmental and socially ethical investment pathways; if he will ensure that participants will have the ability to choose portfolios that reflect personal values, including sustainability and social impact; if the scheme will offer full public transparency on asset classes, sectors, and companies involved in each fund; and if he will consider the introduction of a dedicated green investment pathway as a core, not optional, feature of the system. [50649/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the reason hearing aids for persons who are deaf require them to make a very significant personal payment in view of the fact cochlear implants are free and both are equally important for different groups of deaf people; if she will consider if more can be done to lessen the cost of hearing aids for persons who are deaf; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51065/25]

Ruth Coppinger — People Before Profit-Solidarity 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Culture 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider making permanent the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the role his Department had in the dispersion of NFL starters kits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50949/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the grants for hearing aids to cover the full cost of the hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider approving the use of CAR T-cell therapy in Ireland for those over the age of 26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51002/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students with special needs without school places, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50705/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students with special needs who have been offered school places but have been unable to take them up due to a lack of resources in the schools involved, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50706/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have been arrested and/or charged with supporting a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism Act for their support for Palestine Action; to outline the consular support the Irish embassy has given to those arrested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the State's participation in NATO's Support and Procurement Agency; for a breakdown of all payments to this agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons given to his Department for the refusal of a school (details supplied) to sign up to the hot meals scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/25]