Kildare South — week of Mon, 22 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare South TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 35 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 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 1 Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 2 Fiona O'Loughlin · Mark Wall

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Martin Heydon · Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 1 Fiona O'Loughlin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Voted against 2 Mark Wall · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Did not vote 2 Fiona O'Loughlin · Martin Heydon

Fiona O'Loughlin — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Sage Advocacy Health
- Information regarding the advocacy supports provided by Sage Advocacy for survivors of institutional abuse.

Mark Wall — Labour Party 6 votes · 18 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 18 total

Children 7 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a right to respite for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50022/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a reimbursement scheme for families who have had to pay for private therapies for their child due to long waiting lists for public services. [50027/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans for the development of a childcare action plan to address the current childcare crisis in the country. [50026/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of a family resource centre in north west Kildare, in particular the Allenwood area; and if she would consider funding the development of a resource centre in the area. [50025/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any funding schemes in her Department to support organisations in developing changing places toilet facilities. [50028/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work her Department has undertaken for the development of a cost of disability payment alongside the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the planned playground for Newbridge, County Kildare. [49579/25]
Social 7 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline for the past four years, the average time between reviews for recipients of a carer’s allowance; the number of times his Department has reviewed a carer’s allowance recipient more than once in a year; if multiple reviews of recipients is standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49576/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number of requests for an oral hearing over the past four years; the number of oral hearings that have been held virtually, in-person and over the phone, in the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50021/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the means-test for the state pension (non-contributory) from gross to net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50029/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to introduce a cost of disability payment in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify whether his Department intends to introduce a targeted, second tier payment of child benefit in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50030/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans on abolishing the means-test for the carer’s allowance in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50024/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the provision of a second bridge in Newbridge, County Kildare. [49577/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the provision of a town bus service in Newbridge. [49578/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if there is another way to complete a theory test for those who are not computer literate and cannot comprehend the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49773/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline when a school bus ticket and route will be issued for a child (details supplied). [49974/25]

New lobbying 1 return

National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Budgetary matters
- Oireachtas Disability Group - Pre-Budget 2026 Campaign

Martin Heydon — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Seán Ó Fearghaíl — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 13 total

Social 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection when the weekly household income limit for back to school clothing and footwear allowance was last increased. [50380/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a targeted child benefit payment. [50693/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of newborn baby grants that have been made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50694/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to fund vaccinations for persons with a condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50377/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number and locations of WTE senior dental surgeons with a special interest in special needs posts, that were filled within the primary care system of CHO7 in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50378/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and hip replacement surgery based at St. James's Hospital in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50379/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for naoínraí. [49985/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for family resource centres. [49984/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of citizenship applications received from Thai nationals in 2024; and the number of these applications processed to date. [50381/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding judicial reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50433/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Italy before the end of 2025. [50383/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he supports the findings of a report (details supplied); the steps he can take to implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50373/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has received EU funding for capital works projects under the remit of his Department, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the projects which received EU funding, in tabular form. [50382/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the HSE's assisted human reproduction services to provide for IVF for families using a donor, addressing the current exclusion of single parent, queer and heterosexual families with fertility issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49788/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the full implementation of screening for spinal muscular atrophy as committed to in the 2025-2030 Rare Diseases Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50764/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the opposite trends in the direction of preschool (decreasing) and school age (increasing) services over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49783/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on measures taken since the beginning of the 34th Dáil to enhance the supply of therapists available to provide direct support to children with additional needs in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49979/25]