Dublin Central — week of Mon, 20 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Oct – 26 Oct 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-10-21 · 2 votes

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–67

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 1 Paschal Donohoe

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Finance Bill 2025

2025-10-21 · 1 vote · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

full description

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance; and to provide for related matters.

The motion · motion passed 82–65

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Finance Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee

2025-10-21 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–65

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Education (Amendment) Bill 2024

2025-10-21 · 2 votes · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and certain regulations made under that Act for the purpose of allowing a certain timeframe to be specified in respect of students with sp…

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A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and certain regulations made under that Act for the purpose of allowing a certain timeframe to be specified in respect of students with special educational needs when an application is made for admission to a school and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–65

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 1 Marie Sherlock

The motion · motion passed 79–64

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 1 Marie Sherlock

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Social 1 question
- 2025-10-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of any cases in which young people have been asked to prove that they were ‘abandoned’ by a parent or guardian in order to access social welfare supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57438/25]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 4 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 9 questions
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; the numbers who received BAHA's from 2020 to 2025; the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56560/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand bone anchored hearing aid services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56561/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of new community beds provided for in Budget 2026. [56732/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the 500 additional nursing homes places committed to in Budget 2026 will be in the public or private sector. [56733/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute hospital beds provided for in Budget 2026. [56734/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the Laura Brennan programme will be restarted as part of the Budget 2026 public health initiative to increase immunisation. [56735/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the hours of operation for the new specialist nursing teams (ANP and CNS) in emergency departments of all model 4 hospitals, out-of-hours; and to confirm if it will stop operations at 2 am, seven days a week. [56736/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of additional IBLC lactation consultants committed to in Budget 2026. [56737/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether funding has been provided in Budget 2026 for the operation of 37 currently unused beds in a facility (details supplied), under the social inclusion heading. [56738/25]
Children 7 questions
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the Department’s forecasts for the number of day service places and for the number of residential places that will be required by adults with intellectual disability in the next five and ten years respectively. [56713/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional overnight stays and additional respite stays provided for in Budget 2026 on top of existing provision. [56714/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current estimate of unmet need for residential care places for adults with an intellectual disability. [56715/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional residential care places delivered in each of the years 2019 to date in 2025. [56716/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations of the 250 new residential care placements in 2025 announced in Budget 2025. [56717/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite houses for adults with an intellectual disability across each integrated health area for each of the years 2020-2025. [56718/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of day services users who are adults with an intellectual disability across each integrated health area for each of the years 2020-2025. [56719/25]

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [53181/25]
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [49935/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-10-21 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on correspondence regarding an application for a child (details supplied) and ensure that school transport has been arranged. [56510/25]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns