Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 3 Nov

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2025 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 46 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 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Voted against 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 93–41

Voted for 3 Emer Higgins · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

The motion · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 2 Emer Higgins · Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Justice 8 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the turnaround time for naturalisation applications submitted in 2023; if further timeframes are provided in cases where applications have passed the indicated 19 month processing period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57881/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagements that are planned with the community in Citywest/Saggart following recent events; if he will meet with and listen to residents regarding issues arising with a view to engaging constructively regarding solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60130/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged with other Departments in relation to ensuring a holistic approach to issues presenting in a community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60131/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people living in IPAS accommodation with status, broken down by county, and by nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60255/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of successful move-ons of people with status from IPAS accommodation to date in 2025; his Department’s definition of a successful move-on; the follow-up that is carried out on those who have moved-on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60256/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the number of IPAS accommodation centres under HIQAs remit has fallen from 51 to 35 centres; which centres are now under HIQAs remit; if there are plans to expand HIQA's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60257/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspections of IPAS centres not under HIQA's remit have been carried out by an independent inspectorate to date in 2025; the number of centres covered by those inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60258/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans for the reopening of facilities at a location (details supplied) for the use of the local community relying on the services; if a date is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60890/25]
Housing 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to publish the draft planning guidelines on short-term letting; and to confirm that he will consult with the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, before finalising the guidelines. [58132/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons within the National Parks and Wildlife Service who currently hold authorised person status under the Wildlife Acts 1976–2018 and authorised officer status under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, for each year since 2019, in tabular form; and the number of those authorised persons or officers who initiated prosecutions for wildlife crime for each year since 2019, in tabular form. [58184/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the National Parks and Wildlife Service, acting as the primary lead agency responsible for the enforcement of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, acted as the lead investigators into alleged breaches of this legislation. [58185/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has written to local authorities requesting them to designate urban development zones in their administrative area; and if so, to provide a summary of the contents of the letter and the date on which it was issued. [58648/25]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland will take at the European Council in December regarding the approval of the Mercosur agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59755/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement Ireland had at the United Nations in advance of the Security Council vote on the so-called ‘autonomy plan’ for Western Sahara, which would de jure formalise Morocco’s occupation; if his officials directly engage with Security Council members on this resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60370/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Irish embassy in Morocco has recently engaged with Moroccan officials regarding the continued occupation of Western Sahara; the actions Irish diplomatic officials have taken to engage with the Sahrawi people directly, both within occupied Western Sahara and in Tindouf, Algeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60371/25]
Climate 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown, by local authority of the number of domestic solar panel installations, by county for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [58061/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or any bodies under his aegis have carried out a socio-economic impact analysis of the grants for solar panel to private residences. [58062/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his attention has been brought to Britain's National Audit Office report about failures of insulation schemes with the quality of installations of external and internal wall insulation and suspected fraud on the energy company obligation; and whether similar concerns have been raised about insulation schemes here. [59667/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for UBU funding for an area was not successful (details supplied); if this application will be reviewed given the real and increasing need for youth services for young people in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60133/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure sufficient youth services and spaces in an area (details supplied) given the local need for such amenities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60134/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health her plans regarding special leave with pay for healthcare workers who remain unfit for work after 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59522/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase healthcare facilities in Citywest/Saggart to ensure capacity for the demand of the growing community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60128/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to create a transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59390/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the so-called ‘crisis mechanism’ within the European Defence Industrial Programme which would allow basic protections within the Working Time Directive to be suspended for arms companies, allowing them to override core workers’ rights provisions of EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59758/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the total funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and proposed funding for 2025. [59796/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the rationale for the decision to withdraw Defence Forces personnel from the MINURSO UN peacekeeping mission; whether there are any plans for Ireland to participate in that mission in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60369/25]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that despite clear local need, a recent application for a new UBU funded youth project was rejected for the CityWest/Saggart area; and if there will be new UBU funding going forward for this area giving its unique challenges. [60164/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth his views on the review of the allocation of special needs assistants for a school (details supplied); the reason the school was not successful in getting a higher SNA allocation; the options open to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58029/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funds will be released to a school (details supplied) to complete the construction of their carpark; to detail the process to be granted funding from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60791/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans to purchase a facility (details supplied) for use as IPAS accommodation; the number that may be accommodated if the complex is purchased; and if he plans to engage with the local community about future plans for this facility. [58830/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration that youth organisations (details supplied) are involved as part of any community engagement with stakeholders in the Citywest and Saggart areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60165/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline, under S.I. No. 704/2021, the number of 16A applications have been made and granted since 2021; the national guidance in relation to this section; if oversight or risk management exits in relation to these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57704/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team will begin operating in Clondalkin; the location they will be operating from; the composition of the team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58893/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the roll out of transport police; the details of the way in which they will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60789/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the number of cancellations of the G2 bus route; his views on the reason for the number of high cancellations; the regularity of the service for this route; the options which are in place when a service is cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60790/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the general scheme for redress for Celtic Tiger-era building defects; the means by which apartment owners will apply for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60148/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of staff that will be working in the Adamstown primary care centre when it opens; the disciplines involved; whether the staff will be new staff or existing staff relocated from other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57950/25]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 4 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 265, 266 and 267 of 18 September 2025, to confirm that there is in fact no list, public or otherwise, for new potential sites for consideration as candidate terrestrial SAC sites; the only list is the currently identified sites, candidate and designated on www.npws.ie/protected-sites with no plan to expand same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59455/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where the Minister specifically states in his reply: “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites", to confirm for the 22 sites of the 40 alluvial woodland sites monitored that are not in an SAC, that despite being recognised as alluvial woodland and monitored to inform the national picture for reporting, they are not for consideration as candidate SAC sites (detail;s supplied); confirm that there is no immediate intention to consider Rathcoole Alluvial Woodland or any other undesignated Alluvial Woodland as candidate SAC sites within any timeframe, and will remain undesignated indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59456/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where the Minister specifically states “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites," if he will confirm the implication in the reply is that Rathcoole alluvial Woodland is therefore not actually on a list of prospective candidate SAC/SCI, and is not being considered or otherwise for SAC designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59457/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where the Minister specifically states in his reply “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites," to confirm for the 22 sites of the 40 alluvial woodland sites monitored that are not in an SAC, that they are therefore afforded much lesser protection, as evidenced by two sample sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59458/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the procedures adopted by Ireland to transpose Article 16(5) of the RED III Directive, which requires that applicants and the public have easy access to simple procedures for the settlement of disputes concerning the permit-granting procedure and the issuance of permits to build and operate renewable energy plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60294/25]

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a planned meeting of stakeholders will take place regarding a joint school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59677/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress on school building projects and the projected completion dates for schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [58038/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when DEIS plus resources will be made available to qualifying schools. [58389/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport if an independent feasibility study will be funded for the Metro south west project, as per the Programme for Government. [58802/25]