Offaly — week of Mon, 13 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Offaly TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Oct – 19 Oct 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 40 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

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 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme

2025-10-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 78–63

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

The motion · motion passed 79–64

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-10-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–56

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Did not vote 1 Carol Nolan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-10-14 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Carol Nolan — Independent 4 votes · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Justice 8 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 30 November 2023, if he is now in a position to provide an answer to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider supporting the withdrawal of temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees from the Oblasts of Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ternopil, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi areas which have been excluded by the Swiss Federal Council as they are deemed to be peaceful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55805/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of international protection applicants currently residing in IPAS accommodation centres in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56223/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the work carried out to date to enable the establishment of a new Independent Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56224/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times An Garda Síochána have been deployed for protest management at Leinster House in 2024 and to date in 2025; the total expenditure incurred by An Garda Síochána for these deployments in both years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56225/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the resources needed by his Department to implement the EU Migration and Asylum Pact in June 2026; the total estimated cost of implementing the EU Migration and Asylum Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56226/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to allocate any funding to establish a domestic and gender-based violence refuge exclusively for male victims of domestic and gender based violence; if he accepts that the complete absence of any such refuge to date is not acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56246/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify precisely what the Minister of State in his Department meant when he stated during a recent Dáil debate that “we are determined to reduce the overall number coming in” (details supplied); the steps being taken to reduce the overall number coming into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56290/25]
Education 7 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to assist in the urgent case of a school (details supplied) waiting for project works to begin that were approved in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54649/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the serious and ongoing concerns being experienced by a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54729/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school in which no children with ‘primary care needs’ are enrolled will not receive SNA allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55150/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason it is acceptable that level 1 needs, as identified and prescribed by qualified professionals, are not recognised within the new NCSE framework; the reason professional reports are no longer required as part of the process; who will determine the needs of a child has under this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55151/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the NCSE will ensure that the SNA allocation process adequately identifies and supports children whose needs are not immediately visible in the classroom, for example, autistic children who mask their distress, in order that they are not effectively excluded from access to education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55149/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene in the urgent case of a school in County Offaly (details supplied), that has had works approved since 2018 but which has yet to have a contractor appointed. [55302/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address serious concerns around delays to a planning application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56397/25]
Health 7 questions
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in an urgent case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54730/25]
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all contracts entered into by the HSE for the purchase of property or land in County Offaly from 2021 to date in 2025; the total value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55357/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a podiatry clinic will be included in the new Birr primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55629/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to secure a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56145/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children habitually resident in Ireland that have travelled to the United Kingdom for HSE-referred transgender-related healthcare since the start of 2020; the locations and names of the services to which they travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56268/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the training provided by the HSE from 2019 onwards to medical staff involved in carrying out late term abortions; if HSE medical staff have travelled abroad to receive such training since 2019; if so, to provide details of same, and the expense incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56269/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the HSE’s National Office for Human Rights and Equality Policy with respect to the drafting of terms of reference for use in developing national guidance on mixed sex accommodation in hospitals; to provide an update on the working group established to examine best practice in other jurisdictions, and any local policies that have been developed; the jurisdictions that have been examined by the working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56270/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns in relation to the need for parental leave entitlements to be extended in the case of multiple births in the same pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56395/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of times the Child and Family Agency have applied to the courts for orders to remove children where it has been deemed by the agency that there is a serious risk to their health or welfare that cannot be managed within the family setting; the total number of times such orders have been granted; the total number rejected by the courts, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56146/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on foot of the closure of the Shannonbridge power station beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55146/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-10-16 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the client identity services area operates and processes applications relative to the Gender Recognition Act 2015; if the processing by the services includes face-to-face interviews; if the process is conducted entirely online or through a paper application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56257/25]

John Clendennen — Fine Gael 5 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Education 4 questions
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied); the likely timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55919/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied); the likely timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55920/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed timebound provision to allow teachers that qualify outside the State to apply for registration and complete their induction requirement in this State; when this path to registration will become available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55921/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education places available at second level in each of the counties of Offaly, Laois, Kildare, Tipperary, Galway, Roscommon, Meath and Westmeath for the upcoming school year of 2026/2027, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55922/25]
Rural 4 questions
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the local improvement scheme; when funding allocations will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55926/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the local improvement scheme, and details of any conditions that are being considered to ensure counties reduce application wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55927/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the Community Centre Investment Fund will be open to applications; and if funding for new builds is being considered such as in the Community Centres Investment Fund 2023-New Builds Measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55737/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if any revision of the eligibility criteria for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund is being considered to ensure more towns can apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55736/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the expected timeline for finalisation and publication of the planned Scaling for Finance Implementation Plan; the issues to be addressed in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55924/25]
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures being proposed by Government to enhance access to finance for scaling Irish SMEs, including in the context of additional funding provided in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55925/25]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2025-10-16 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of third level students who will benefit from increasing the SUSI income threshold from €115,000 to €120,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55739/25]
- 2025-10-16 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of people currently employed to provide training to apprentices, by apprenticeship programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55738/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-10-15 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of individual sites that were subject to core I-WeBS counts in each of the years 2011 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55923/25]

Tony McCormack — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-10-14 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [46859/25]