Galway East — week of Mon, 6 Oct

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Oct – 12 Oct 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 25 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 3 Albert Dolan · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

Voted against 1 Louis O'Hara

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 95–65

Voted for 3 Albert Dolan · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

Voted against 1 Louis O'Hara

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 1 Louis O'Hara

Voted against 3 Albert Dolan · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the draft wind energy development guidelines; and when updated guidelines will be brought forward. [49213/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on plans to provide a clear regulatory framework for the installation of small-scale modular or ‘backyard’ units, to support families seeking accommodation solutions on their own property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53678/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the expected timeframe for the introduction of at least one EU digital identity wallet here in advance of the 2026 deadline. [54345/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 23 September 2025, and having regard to the confirmation therein that under Government decisions of 19 May 2009, 2 March 2011, 8 March 2011 and 28 March 2017 all public bodies subject to the 15-day prompt payment requirement must report against a defined set of fields including the number, value and percentage of payments made within 15 days, within 16-30 days, and in excess of 30 days, together with late-payment interest and compensation costs; the reason the format of his Department's consolidated "Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns" was altered from Q2 2025 onwards to exclude the value of payments within 15 days and other mandated data fields that had been reported consistently from at least 2010 to Q1 2025; if he will consider reverting to the previous format in the interest of transparency and alignment with EU open data best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53554/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on Ireland's preparations for the implementation of the European Digital Identity Framework, which entered into force in May 2024; and if he will confirm whether the use of the wallet will be compulsory for individuals or optional. [53552/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of money the State spent in 2024 and 2025 on taxi journeys for International protection applicants; and the details of the most expensive taxi journey. [53553/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 456 and 457 of 17 September 2025, in which she stated that her Department publishes procurement-related payment reports in PDF format ‘to avoid potential manipulation of the data contained in such reports’, if she is aware that this practice has led to instances in which supplier names are truncated or not fully visible in the published Quarter 2 2025 report; if she accepts that this outcome undermines rather than enhances transparency; and if she will review her Department’s approach and commit to publishing reports in machine-readable formats (CSV or Excel) as already done by a number of other Departments in line with S.I. No. 376/2021 and open data best practice (details supplied). [54551/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1405 of 17 September 2025, which stated that his Department’s quarterly procurement-related payment reports ‘were originally prepared in Excel and subsequently converted to PDF’, the reason the underlying machine-readable files (CSV/Excel) are not published alongside the PDFs; if this practice complies with S.I. No. 376/2021 (European Union (Open Data and Re-use of Public Sector Information) Regulations 2021) which requires documents made available for re-use to be provided in open, machine-readable formats; in view of the commitment given by the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to publish such reports in CSV/Excel on a quarterly basis; when his Department will publish Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2025 in CSV/Excel retrospectively and publish all future quarters in CSV/Excel in line with open data standards; and if not, to set out any specific legal, technical or operational constraints preventing this, together with his Department’s plan and timeline to resolve them. [54552/25]

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 September 2025, the plans to allow private independent music schools access to funding for the delivery of subsidised music lessons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53434/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus service will return for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53532/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus service will be available for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54212/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether funding schemes exist to support the development of gym facilities on rugby club grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53062/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the next large scale sports infrastructure fund will allow for purchase of a site, design and planning as well as construction for swimming pool projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue an order to allow the cutting of turf at bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53887/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the co-funding contribution expected of local authorities for the provision of wastewater infrastructure; if his Department will assist Galway County Council with their contribution for the Craughwell and Clarinbridge projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53888/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a building (details supplied) is being considered for international protection accommodation; if he believes this is a suitable location for international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54010/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take in relation profiteering in the international protection accommodation sector, including in the context of significant concerns raised in the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report about the spending of public money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53889/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 25 September 2025, if he will review the details of a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether funding schemes exist to support the development of gym facilities on rugby club grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53063/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking to ensure the safety of Irish citizens participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla following their detention by Israeli forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54211/25]

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 3 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific actions his Department intends to take in response to the recent increase in drug-related arrests across Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54139/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific measures he is taking as we enter the winter months, given reports in media outlets such as RTÉ that people are more likely to be burgled during this period; the measures in place to ensure the safety and protection of vulnerable people across rural Ireland in particular this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54138/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the methods his Department is currently assessing to speed up the planning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53744/25]

Seán Canney — Independent 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the potential cost of extending the availability of glucose monitors to persons with diabetes, other than type 1 diabetes, including type 2 and type 3c diabetes, with a view to extending the availability of monitors to this cohort of patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53248/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will amend legislation so that the long-term illness scheme will include ME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53321/25]