Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 6 Oct

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Oct – 12 Oct 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 112–46

Voted for 4 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 95–65

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Developer Profits Transparency Bill 2023

2025-10-07 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to introduce a requirement for property developers who are in receipt of State subsidies to publish annual financial statements

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 69–88

Voted for 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 3 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Housing 1 question
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on the provision of current and capital funding allocations for Uisce Éireann’s Greater Dublin drainage project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40004/25]

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 3 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 953 of 30 September 2025, the reason Ireland has not advocated deletion of Article 1 paragraph 10(a). [53296/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of older persons who have applied for home care support through the HSE and who are awaiting the allocation of home care in each county, in tabular form; the average wait time for same; and her views on the sustainability of the section 39 model in this respect. [53299/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to HIQA in respect of nursing homes in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of adverse findings made in each of those years; and the counties in which there were the highest per capita incidence of complaints made. [53300/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of persons in receipt of sub-minima rates of pay for those aged 17, 18 and 19 years, in tabular form. [53298/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his engagement with An Post in respect of the Rathmines Post Office since May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53302/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 17 September 2025, to provide an update on the response of the school in question to the instruction that only one waiting list should be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53324/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his engagement with An Post in respect of the Rathmines Post Office since May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53303/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied by the adequacy of measures in the Planning and Development Act 2024, intended to disincentivise and criminalise the practice of seeking or offering money to withdraw planning objections where persons do not have a genuine interest in amending or objecting to plans. [53297/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on departmental reviews of the temporary release of persons convicted of certain offences and section 29 of the Judicial Council Act 2019. [53301/25]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he acknowledges that there is significant variation across local authorities in the way they enforce vacant sites legislation; the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities apply the legislation in a uniform manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53904/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the public consultation for review of exempted development received submissions advocating for the introduction of a statutory exemption from planning permission for the installation of electric vehicle charging arms on public footpaths (details supplied); his views on applying such a planning permission exemption if the continued requirement for planning permission once section 83 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 is commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53903/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-10-09 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54505/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered expanding the student Leap card (details supplied) to those enrolled in online colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54506/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-10-09 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the publication of the National Clustering Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54502/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline any plans to reform the Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund evaluation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54503/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider a community media fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54526/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54504/25]

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns