Mayo — week of Mon, 22 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 20 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 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 7 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the measures currently being taken in her Department to reduce the costs of childcare for families; the supports for providers to ensure they can maintain both quality and sustainability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50207/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of policies within CDNTs where they recommend a 'wait and see' approach for children presenting with developmental concerns or additional needs; the measures being taken by her Department to ensure children and their families are not left without prompt intervention at key developmental stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50200/25]

Paul Lawless — Aontú 6 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Justice 5 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider introducing a fee waiver for older applicants for Irish citizenship, as an elderly constituent, who has lived in Ireland for the past 41 years but is of English nationality, cannot afford to access an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50280/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has plans for an IPAS centre in a facility (details supplied). [50699/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria and processes being used to assess the suitability of a property (details supplied) as an IPAS centre. [50700/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is in negotiations to use a facility (details supplied) as accommodation for asylum seekers. [50701/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is seeking to change the use of a facility (details supplied) from accommodation for refugees to asylum seekers. [50702/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has reviewed the current eligibility criteria for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance, in light of concerns raised regarding foster families; if he will now consider removing the means test requirement including the need to be in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for foster carers, to ensure that all children in State care are treated equitably and not disadvantaged due to the financial circumstances of their foster families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50530/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason several persons whose routine mammograms are due, have not received appointments in Galway following the postponement of mammography services at Mayo University Hospital; the reason they have had to actively seek out these appointments themselves; the interim arrangements in place to ensure timely access to breast cancer screening for affected patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50253/25]

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 11 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 11 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of any plan to increase the level of nursing staff at the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital (MUH), Castlebar; if she is aware of any existing plan to improve the recruitment and retention of staff at the emergency department in MUH; if any independent review of current staffing levels is planned for the emergency department at MUH to ensure the emergency department is compliant with the HSE's Safe Staffing Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50310/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontists posts filled within Mayo dental services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50315/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the details of the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Mayo University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; if each of those capital works projects are still ongoing at present or have been completed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50316/25]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures he is taking to ensure that small- and medium-sized businesses can access affordable credit and avoid being burdened with high borrowing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51024/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the means by which existing grant and support schemes are being simplified to make them more accessible to small and medium businesses; the steps his Department is taking to cut unnecessary red tape and reduce the administrative burden on small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51025/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the action plan on collective bargaining will be published; the timeline for publication of the underpinning legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51026/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that many schools are in need of a grant calendar to ensure they can budget for upcoming expenses and not have to rely on the financial support services unit or parents for guidance or financial assistance due to delays in grant payments or reductions in grant amounts; the timeframe for a full implementation of these scheduled grant calendars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50311/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure schools have sufficient knowledge of when they will receive a grant, and how much the grant amounts to, in order to budget throughout the year as a school (details supplied) cannot budget for the year ahead or carry out the accounting requests from the FSSU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50312/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Garda stations within Mayo/Roscommon and Longford Garda division where the costs are in excess of €50,000 in 2024 and to-date in 2025; if any of the works are still ongoing at present; when these works will be completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50314/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the increased 10% to the maximum grant for the defective concrete block and the increased 'per square metre' rates, which were legislated for in late 2024 and applied retrospectively, will be signed into legislation to allow local authorities to pay the moneys to affected homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50309/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title in each children's disability network team based within Mayo; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50313/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy