Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 6 Oct

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Oct – 12 Oct 2025 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 17 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 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Ann Graves

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 95–65

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

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 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the care package available to a person (details supplied) as his mother is elderly and wants to ensure he can be cared for long into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53020/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the care package available to a person (details supplied) as his mother is elderly and wants to ensure he can be cared for long in to the future.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53020/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 29 July 2025, if the member of the public can seek a copy of the report of the investigation into his complaint, the CCTV footage that was used to form part of the report and the responses of the personnel involved (details supplied). [53023/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action the Government is taking to increase the number of community Gardaí. [53795/25]

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 3 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his Departments plans to tackle traffic congestion on the M1 and M50 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53582/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to confirm the plans to develop a new terminal three at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53583/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will support the development of a new terminal three at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53584/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his plans to lift the passenger cap at Dublin Airport is to facilitate the development of a new terminal three at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53585/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to provide an assessment of Dublin Airports preparedness to counter drone threats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53650/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of children from the Donabate and Portrane area travelling to primary and secondary school outside of the area in the 2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53671/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the details of the schools included in the national development plan in the Donabate area; to confirm if funding has been secured for these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53672/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to complete an assessment of enrolment policies in the secondary schools in Dublin Fingal East; to identify geographical areas in the constituency that are disadvantaged by schools enrolment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54330/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify if bird shooting is prohibited at the Broadmeadow Estuary, Donabate in the vicinity of the Corballis Cottages; to give consideration to this area becoming a protected area given its proximity to an SAC and SPA and given the sensitivity of this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53668/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s plans to lower housing costs in Fingal; the way in which his Department plans to ensure that the first home scheme keeps up with the housing price increases that Fingal has seen year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53742/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who have been convicted of crimes under civil and/or military law in the past five years; and of these, the number which remain serving members of the Defence Forces; to provide a breakdown of the types of offences for which these members were convicted; the number of members of the Defence Forces who are currently before the courts (civil and/or military), the categories of offences with which they are charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53623/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will propose a policy change to allow for carers to be eligible for the fuel allowance without another person in the house having to be on a social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53557/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the policy for the cap on childcare fees for parents whose children attend facilities for less than 50 hours per week (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53669/25]