Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 13 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Oct – 19 Oct 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 19 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-10-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–56

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

2025-10-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 94–65

Voted for 2 Jerry Buttimer · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme

2025-10-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 78–63

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

The motion · motion passed 79–64

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-10-14 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 2 Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Pádraig Rice

Did not vote 1 Jerry Buttimer

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

St Michael's House Group Budgetary matters
- Pre-Budget Communication to the Seanad, Ministers and TD's highlighting the issues facing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, and the critical sustainability issues that are facing the organisations providing supports for these individuals - this includes St Michael's House.

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 5 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 6 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if incremental credit will be provided to newly appointed radiation therapists in the HSE for previous relevant experience gained in the private sector or as an agency worker in a public hospital (details supplied); the reason radiation therapists are not currently included in the categories of staff in which incremental credit may be granted for previous relevant experience in the private sector and/or as an agency worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54654/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline in detail the procedures undertaken by her Department for medical evacuations from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54953/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Rare Disease Strategy; the status of implementation of each of its recommendations respectively; the timeline for establishing an Implementation Oversight Group and the development of an implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55473/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop a national strategy to reduce sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and epilepsy-related deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55949/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to a drug (details supplied); if it will be available through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55951/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 23 September 2025, the reason the expected completion date for the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services has been postponed (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56293/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason the records of the Departmental Council of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs over the period November 1981 to December 1983 dealing with the transfer of 10,000 civil servants from that Department to An Post are not available under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [54655/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of all funding and grant opportunities available to girls school age sports teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55429/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will commission and publish research into legal gender recognition for those aged under 16 years-of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54773/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will establish a process by which Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland (NI) can access Irish gender recognition; if he will work with the United Kingdom (UK) and NI authorities to reinstate Ireland on the list of approved countries for recognising foreign gender recognition in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54774/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff in full time positions that left their employment in a school in Cork (details supplied) between September 2021 and August 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55430/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm the location of the facility where the certificates of naturalisation provided to new citizens are printed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55384/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-10-15 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 17 September 2025, for an update on the evacuation process for an individual (details supplied); to outline the progress made in obtaining alternative travel documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55962/25]

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the specific paediatric prosthetic devices which are currently funded by the HSE; if these include activity-capable and sport-appropriate components; and if not, the reason. [54906/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the average and longest current waiting times for children to receive prosthetic limbs and subsequent upgrades or replacements; and the steps being taken to reduce these delays. [54907/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the estimated average out-of-pocket cost to families for child prosthetic provision in Ireland; and the measures being considered to reduce or eliminate reliance on fundraising by parents to meet basic mobility needs. [54908/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will review the quality and usability of prosthetics provided to children in Ireland; if this review will include direct consultation with families and service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54909/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, by county; the number of applicants associated with these claims; the number of claims by homebuyers excluding self-builds, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56403/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56404/25]