Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 3 Nov

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2025 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–72

Voted for 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

The motion · motion passed 93–41

Voted for 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Ann Graves

Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

The motion · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of blood tests. [58202/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; and the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure within the State. [60243/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of new critical care beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [60244/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that funding for a multidisciplinary FND team (MDT) is made available in the Mater and Beaumont hospitals and beyond to ensure that patients (details supplied) have full access to the same services that are provided in St. James’s Hospital. [60292/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider upgrading Swords Garda station to ensure it is fit for purpose. [53794/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there are plans to include the Abbey Theatre under FOI. [60247/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Transport the amount raised through parking charges at both car parks at Connolly and Heuston stations in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [60245/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been made available in 2026 to lengthen the existing carriages on the Red Luas Line. [60246/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the capital budget allocation for the Court Services in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [60248/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Swords District Court in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [60249/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations within CDNTs where hydrotherapy pools are based and fully staffed; and the opening hours of each of those pools, in tabular form. [60250/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, by grade that are based in each CDNT within CHO9 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [60251/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her Department’s plans to increase the number of SNAs and special education places, and to improve school buildings, school funding, school transport, teacher recruitment and retention for schools in Fingal east (details supplied). [59770/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued in each of the first nine months of 2025, in tabular form. [60252/25]

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 4 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Defence 4 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current levels of staffing in the naval force as of October 2025; the operational capacity of current staffing levels in regard to naval vessels; the timeframe for recruitment to ensure operation of all existing vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60493/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the Government’s plans to purchase fighter jets; the cost associated with the planned purchase of these jets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60494/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Government will commit to increasing pay for defence force cadets, who are currently paid below minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60492/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to comment on the report from the committee of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly which recommends that the UK and Ireland establish a joint statutory cables protection commission to protect and monitor communication cables, gas pipelines and other maritime infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57174/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is he aware of the increase in child fares based on travel by zones impacting school children from an area (details supplied) given an increase in the fares from €6.50 return per week to €10.60 weekly fare which is a 63% increase in fare at a time when many families are struggling; the way in which he proposes to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58190/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the NTA have recently decided not to approve funding for an additional 33D bus service from Portrane to Dublin City centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60149/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he will consider including a location (details supplied) in the next phase of the school transport pilot scheme given the increasing population of the area; the timeframe for the next phase of this scheme; the criteria the area must meet to ensure inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58138/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the location of two primary schools approved and in early architectural planning in the Donabate area; the timeline for the delivery of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58425/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps being taken to address the gap in the basic income for the arts payment given the final month of support is in February 2026, with the successor scheme operating from September 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58569/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the delay for families to receive death certificates (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reduce this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59369/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process for an individual to receive reimbursement for the cost of an assessment of need when the individual had to go private, due to the State not meeting its statutory requirement for a timely assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58568/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Government’s commitment for spinal muscular atrophy to be implemented in the heelprick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59341/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60428/25]