Limerick City — week of Mon, 22 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Limerick City TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 26 questions · 1 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 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Conor Sheehan — Labour Party 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rationale for changing the kennelling requirement for prison service dogs to home-kennelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49712/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that dog handlers who are not homeowners are being redeployed within the Prison Service due to being unable to fulfil the new requirement to home kennel the dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49713/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is an appeals mechanism available to an individual employed within the Prison Service as a dog handler who has had to forfeit their position as a dog handler due to them not being able to kennel the dog at home as they not a homeowner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49714/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of delays in processing the professional masters in education grant specifically for teachers in the education and training board system; when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49929/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the revised Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations, 2016 will come into force in order that the timebound provision can be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50269/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if consideration is being given to adjusting or increasing the grant allocated to players (details supplied) to bring it in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49695/25]

Kieran O'Donnell — Fine Gael 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Maurice Quinlivan — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to report on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred 18 months ago to University Hospital Limerick for an MRI scan to address chronic kidney disease, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49856/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortage of pathologists in the mid-west region of Limerick, Clare, and part of Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50965/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when teachers, employed in ETB schools, who have submitted their application in advance of the 31 July deadline, can expect to receive their professional masters of education fee refund, appreciating that teachers employed in other school settings have received the refund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49786/25]

Willie O'Dea — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 17 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 17 total

Children 5 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for crèches operating in family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49989/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a report on the Bia Blasta lunch scheme for pre-school children in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49990/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he has plans to increase the number of places which allow for the incarceration of individuals under the age of 17 years who have been convicted of a crime.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36301/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of service TUSLA is providing for the protection of children; if Tusla will be hiring more staff to deal with the significant caseloads and to ensure children get consistent follow-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50687/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider providing funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51077/25]
Social 4 questions
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason job sharing teachers who apply for carer's benefit are being refused as they are deemed not to work enough hours, even though they work well beyond their timetabled hours, including for the substitution and supervision scheme, yard duty and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50688/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the disability allowance payment and remove anomalies in the current means test for the payment. [50675/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the proposed annual cost of the disability support payment. [50674/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider offering all persons in receipt of transitional jobseeker's allowance the choice to have their payment paid directly into their bank account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will clarify when the timebound provision will open for new teacher registrations; if there are plans to ensure that the Teaching Council provides better support and guidance and prompt updates throughout the registration process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50471/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason ETB teachers have not received the PME grant refund while Department school teachers have; when they can expect payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49950/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing funding to an organisation (details supplied) who provide trained therapy dogs to schools, resulting in improved attendance and literacy levels for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51078/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider allowing patients over 26 years-of-age avail of CAR T-cell therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49730/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the NSAC work to consider the further expansion of the cancer screening programmes; when the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over 70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50653/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the delays in completing coronial autopsies caused by the severe shortage of pathologists in the mid-west; her plans to deal with the proposed withdrawal of coronial autopsies from the end of 2025 in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51082/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the additional funding provided to his Department under the recent National Development Plan review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50464/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a new mid-west regional enterprise plan will be published soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50465/25]

New lobbying 1 return

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