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

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Sept – 28 Sept 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 13 questions · 5 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 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

The motion · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Energy Costs

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–63

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Child Poverty and Homelessness

2025-09-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

The motion · motion passed 77–63

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-23 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Edward Timmins

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 7 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Social 3 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the contributory pension entitlement of someone with fewer than 520 contributions; and to grant those recipients a pro rata pension. [50762/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the capital element of the means test for the non-contributory pension, which has not been updated in many years and unduly penalises people with savings or a small parcel of land. [50761/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to increase the participation rate of people with disability in the labour market. [50803/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will meet with the insurance industry to find ways of incentivising those companies to pass on the significant claims reductions savings to the consumers. [50766/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will examine the means to simplify the process for registration of persons properties for short-term letting, which are a vital part of the rural economy. [50765/25]

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 7 votes · 7 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a comprehensive review of the national list of invasive alien species is needed before adding a single species, such as Cherry Laurel, given that it has been identified as high-impact by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the National Biodiversity Data Centre, Coillte, and the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50323/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the process by which species are added to the national list under the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50324/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Part 3 (12) of the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024, which allows the Minister to impose immediate restrictions on invasive alien species not on the EU list if preliminary scientific evidence suggests the species is present or at imminent risk of entering the State, and is likely to meet the criteria for concern, will be invoked to restrict the sale, distribution and planting of Cherry Laurel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50325/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grounds on which Cherry Laurel has not yet been listed as an invasive alien species of national concern, despite repeated recommendations from Ireland's leading environmental and biodiversity bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will continue to expand the NPWS farm plan schemes in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50327/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated for new applications in 2026 for the five year National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme; if that funding will be increased annually from 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50328/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the reason a proposed tunnel through Bray Head was included in the cost analysis of double tracking the Rosslare-Dublin rail line; whether more cost-effective alternatives, such as double tracking north and south of Greystones, adding a second platform at Wexford O'Hanrahan station, and increasing speeds in south Wicklow, are being considered as part of plans to expand DART services to Wicklow town 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50329/25]

New lobbying 2 returns

Wind Energy Ireland Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Wind Action Plan
Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy

John Brady — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Education 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced on a school transport route (details supplied); the steps being taken by her Department to resolve the matter; and if she will confirm when will the route be operational again. [50277/25]

Pat Casey — 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.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

St. Francis Hospice Dublin Health
- 2026 Estimates - strategic recurring funding for hospice services / funding of implementation of 2024 national adult palliative care policy
PepsiCo Trade
- US EU Trade Negotiations