Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 29 Sept

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 29 Sept – 5 Oct 2025 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 39 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025

2025-10-01 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse …

full description

A bill to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse to engage in consultation with the Labour Court prior to the appointment of representative (employers) members or representative (workers) members, as the case may be; and to provide for connected matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 61–81

Voted for 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Insurance Costs

2025-10-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 60–82

Voted for 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-30 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 75–61

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · John Lahart

Voted against 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Ciarán Ahern — Labour Party 3 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Climate 3 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of approvals for and drawdowns of the home energy upgrade scheme loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51725/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Government’s National Heat Policy Statement; when he expects that it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51734/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the expansion of the definition of ‘vulnerable customers’ to include financially vulnerable customers as committed to in the previous Energy Poverty Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51735/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51100/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 18 September 2025, to provide a timeframe for the completion of the prior risk assessment of cherry laurel and if it is expected to be added to the list of species of national concern; whether environmental NGOs and community woodland groups will be formally consulted in developing and implementing control measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51667/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Housing for All commitment to introduce a minimum BER for private rental accommodation; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51726/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health for an update on the 37 healthcare assistants and 18 staff nurse vacancies in older care services in CHO7 which are currently subject to approval; the expected timeframe for approval of the positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51932/25]

Colm Brophy — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 6 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 6 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware and if it was an unintended consequence that, of every €100 granted in budgets in recent years to ease the cost of energy for consumers, energy companies took €9 in VAT from the sum allocated to consumers by the Government, thereby denying consumers an additional 9% subvention in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51376/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a PRSA dispute with a financial company (details supplied) which has been due for adjudication according to correspondence from the Financial Services Ombudsman, at the end of 2024; the reason for the delay of almost one year in deciding this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51377/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of significant delays in the adjudication of complaints by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, with some complainants waiting well beyond the timelines initially indicated; if he will seek an explanation from the Ombudsman regarding the reasons for such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51621/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a regional breakdown of the childcare providers who have withdrawn from core funding, including both the number and proportion of providers in Dublin; and the steps she plans to take to encourage these providers to return, so that parents are not left paying the equivalent of a mortgage for their childcare. [51601/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding the future of vaping, particularly with regard to rules introduced in neighbouring jurisdictions and in the North of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51374/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-10-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of sports capital funding is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52596/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Marketing English in Ireland Transport
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Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Health 8 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the damage to public health caused by weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock (details supplied); if she will liaise with the appropriate authorities to take action to prevent a recurrence so as to protect families, children and older people from further heart, lung and neurological damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51853/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has received the risk assessment part of a review (details supplied; and if she will commit to publishing it in full and unredacted. [52024/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the consultant identified in an internal HSE audit report as having been paid €1.6 million as a termination payment, including €1.37 million for loss of potential private earnings for a period of three years and eight months during which the doctor concerned was suspended, had worked for CHI. [52551/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when she anticipates that no child will have to wait longer than three months for spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52561/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she has any concerns about Children's Health Ireland surgeons who may have performed unnecessary operations on children continuing to operate on them today; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52562/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will agree to a statutory inquiry into possible malpractice at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52559/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will hold a statutory inquiry into orthopaedic surgery at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52560/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Nayagam report, including when and whether it will be published; the reasons it is taking so long to complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52558/25]
Transport 5 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to ensure that there are no disimprovements to bus services as a result of the launch of Phase 7 of Bus Connects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51683/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if additional services will be provided on the 15b bus route during the morning peak, as buses are routinely full in the mornings since the schools went back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will reverse the decision not to implement default 30 kilometre an hour speed limits in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51847/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport what steps he will take to ensure that there is no loss of bus service for St. MacDaras Community College and Rossmore Estate as a result of the re-routing of the 150 bus route via Limekiln Road to Greenhills College and the launch of Phase 7 of BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51849/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will abolish public transport fares as a cost of living, air quality and climate action measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51850/25]
Social 3 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on his Department increasing the allowance for pensioners over the age of 80. [51926/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of jobseekers’ payment claimants that have had reduced rates applied to them in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the amount by which jobseekers’ payments have been reduced in total as a result, for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52261/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of reduced rates for jobseekers payments that have been applied to recipients with dependent children in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52343/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of duty social workers provided by Tusla, divided by area, in tabular form. [51590/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of service for duty social workers in Tusla. [51591/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 18 September 2025, if she will instruct her Department to provide supports to carers of children with additional needs in order to purchase necessary equipment to safely travel with their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52746/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will increase the payment under the basic income for the arts scheme in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52583/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will make the basic income for the arts scheme permanent in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52584/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [50159/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will address, in the Budget, the unfairness of low paid workers paying more for TaxSaver public transport tickets than higher paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51848/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to reduce class sizes and ensure that the school has an appropriate number of teachers. [51961/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to prevent a recurrence of the weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock in August 2025 (details supplied), which caused serious air pollution and increased carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51829/25]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Education 1 question
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case of a school (details supplied) who lost a teacher due to student numbers in 2024 and risk doing so again in 2026, if the current rules on student numbers to teacher places are applied; if she agrees that this runs contrary to government commitments to reduce the pupil teacher ratio and target large class sizes; her views that larger, multi-grade classrooms are not the most appropriate scenario for pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52277/25]