Limerick City — week of Mon, 6 Oct

What your Limerick City TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Oct – 12 Oct 2025 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 31 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 Conor Sheehan · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax

2025-10-07 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 95–65

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

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 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Voted against 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Conor Sheehan — Labour Party 3 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Housing 7 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the compilation of a central database within his Department of all social and affordable housing capital projects delivered or being delivered under its housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53798/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he intends to ensure the LDA meets its targets with a sustainable source of funding in view of the recent report by the Department of Finance into sustainable funding options for the LDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53944/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approved housing body applications currently awaiting approval for cost rental in his Department; the length of time each application is waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53938/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the work of the Strategic Housing Activation Office; when the permanent head of the office will be announced; the powers of the office; if he intends to underpin the office with legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53939/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement he has had with a board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53941/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to reduce homeless figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53940/25]
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an exemption from planning permission for the installation of bike sheds in front gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54534/25]
Justice 5 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drugs overdoses in the prison system, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54121/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners held under Rule 62 and Rule 63 in the Prison Service by length of time, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54122/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people sleeping on mattresses in prisons, broken down by prison, in tabular form, between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54123/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drug seizures smuggled into prisons between 2020 and 2025, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54124/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners being treated for confirmed substance use disorders in Irish prisons between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to outline all contracts entered into by the HSE for the purchase of property and land in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by hospital group and the locations of property and land, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53608/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance if the deferral of the proposed tapering of benefit in kind will be continued following Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54020/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-10-09 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2026/2027 school year to address the inequities in the appointment figures for certain categories of schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54257/25]

Kieran O'Donnell — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Maurice Quinlivan — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 7 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in St. James Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53720/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53714/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances in 2025 in St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53715/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre appointments, by procedure type, that were cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53716/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have waited more than 24 hours to be treated following presentation at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53717/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have waited over eight hours to be treated following presentation at the emergency department of the University Hospital Limerick, to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53718/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who waited over twelve hours to be treated following presentation at the emergency department of the University Hospital Limerick, to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53719/25]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control of Horses Act 2015 in each of the past three years, by local authority, in tabular form. [53705/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses that were seized and/or impounded for trespass and for non-compliance with chipping law and regulation, by county, each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53706/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department to assist local councils in addressing the issue of wandering horses in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53707/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for Economic and Social Intervention Fund for the years 2026 and beyond, appreciating the need for the continuation of such funding in Limericks regeneration areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53729/25]
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken, and the support being offered, by his Department, to local authorities to hasten the turnaround of void and vacant local authority housing making them available for use by housing applicants. [53730/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-10-07 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí assigned to all stations in the Limerick district, from 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53870/25]

Willie O'Dea — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to revise the first home scheme house value limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53577/25]
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussion he has had with local authorities regarding the vacant housing turnaround times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53576/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-10-08 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an application (details supplied) for disability allowance to be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54023/25]