Meath West — week of Mon, 3 Nov

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2025 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 86 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 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 93–41

Voted for 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

The motion · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Education 8 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of persons who have applied for registration with the Teaching Council under route 4 with Montessori education from 31 December 2023 to date in 2025; and the number that were rejected. [58278/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a level 8 degree focused on early childhood education together with strong work experience does not qualify an applicant for route 4 registration with the Teaching Council [58279/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider the establishment route to registration with the Teaching Council for those who wish to specifically work in special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58280/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason persons wishing to work in early childhood education, specifically in the special education sector, need to obtain a master’s in primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58281/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider the establishment of a route to registration with the teaching council for persons who specifically work in early education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58282/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide sanctions to private providers of early intervention education on a minimum three-year basis to allow for certainty in the education setting for both staff and parents and pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58283/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a bus will be available from Rathcore to a school (details supplied) given the demand has been demonstrated. [60274/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider ensuring that special classes be a mandatory part of every new school build project, with at least one special class sanctioned in parallel with all other accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60751/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the new and expanded mental health services that have been provided in Meath since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58600/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the main health infrastructure projects completed in Meath since 2020 for both acute and community care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58601/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the inclusion of spinal muscular atrophy in the heel prick test. [59416/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the pause on the use of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence that has been in place since July 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60277/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child’s parent from a one-parent household can avail of 52 weeks of parental leave, as opposed to 26 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58525/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a disparity with parental leave (details supplied). [58526/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the Defence Forces and his Department adhere to their responsibility of providing balancing statements for Defence Forces personnel on an annual basis, in line with signed agreements and Ombudsman for the Defence Forces recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60382/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to ensure that all Defence Forces personnel in full-time residential training receive subsistence where they cannot be rationed, including officers attending third level educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60381/25]

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 41 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 41 total

Health 12 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in particular to confirm the current status of its emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59110/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a new ambulance base in County Meath to improve emergency response times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59111/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on respite care services, retirement homes, and living facilities for pensioners in County Meath; and whether additional respite beds and developments will be made for the rest of 2025 and 2026. [59112/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she has any plans to upgrade services in the emergency department in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan County Meath over the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59113/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in primary care in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60074/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of GP’s accepting medical card patients in County Meath; the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60075/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60076/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in county Meath; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists, in tabular form. [60077/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered in County Meath. [60078/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices currently accepting new medical card patients in County Meath and at the same point in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60079/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of children in County Meath that received all routine dental check-ups through the Schools Programme; the number who have not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60080/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60081/25]
Housing 8 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the distribution of the local property tax funding to each local authority for the past four years, in tabular form. [58614/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the benefits the increased local property tax will have for each local authority; if each local authority will receive additional funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58616/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when each local authority will be reimbursed for the storm damage clean-up of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58617/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the number of social and affordable housing units currently under construction in Meath; and if he will outline projected completion dates for each development. [59100/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be allocated to Meath County Council to accelerate the delivery of serviced sites in Navan, Trim and Kells under the Serviced Sites Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59101/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any further delays experienced in the planning process for housing developments in Meath; the supports available to local authorities to streamline approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59102/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant or derelict properties identified in County Meath; and the number of these that have been brought back into use under the croí cónaithe or related schemes. [59103/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Meath County Council to date in 2025; and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [60109/25]
Children 5 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on required staffing levels for education centres such as play schools and creches; and to outline any plans to attract additional qualified staff to County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59115/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional capital funding will be made available to early years providers in County Meath to expand or upgrade facilities participating in the ECCE program; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59117/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she plans to increase the capitation rate for ECCE providers to reflect on the rising operational and staff costs in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59118/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on staffing shortages within the early years and ECCE sector in County Meath; the supports being provided to recruit and retain qualified staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59119/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new childcare places that have been opened in County Meath for the years 2024 and 2025, respectively. [60108/25]
Transport 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the frequency and capacity of Bus Éireann route NX, as current services between Navan and Dublin are insufficient to meet commuter demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60083/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times for driving tests in each test centre in County Meath; the number of applicants currently waiting beyond ten to twelve weeks in each test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60084/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the provisions that are in place to increase the local link bus service within the Navan Municipal District to improve rural connectivity and access to Navan town. [60085/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport where Navan is included in the safe routes to school programme, and which schools in Navan have been approved for upgrades. [60086/25]
Education 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the progress made establishing special school and special class places in County Meath, and whether further expansions are planned for 2026. [59116/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school capacity assessment has been carried out for the towns of Navan,Trim, Enfield, County Meath, to identify current and projected demand for school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60070/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of all school building and extension projects approved for Meath under the school building programme, including timelines for planning, tender and construction stages. [60071/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of applications for school transport in County Meath for the 2025-2026 academic year; the number of pupils who were issued a bus ticket under the scheme; the number of pupils who were refused a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60072/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the income raised from each county from the local property tax for the past four years, in tabular form. [58613/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance the expected additional revenue in 2026 from each local authority arising from new legislation on the local property tax, in tabular form. [58615/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of safe homes in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60097/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí assigned to all stations in county Meath in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60098/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding provided to Meath County Council in the past five years to implement local climate action plans, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60111/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a start date has been agreed for the commencement of remedial works on cairn T at the Loughcrew heritage site near Oldcastle, County Meath; if he can confirm the plan and schedule for the re-opening of cairn T to the public;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59520/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Meath waiting on ACRES payment for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60100/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent in the past five years on advertising campaigns to encourage Irish emigrants to return home, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60729/25]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 4 votes · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 29 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his current plans, or plans in development, for an IPAS centre, a temporary accommodation centre or any other accommodation centre at a location (details supplied). [57730/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for housing if he or his Department have received any expression of interest from a business or individual in terms of the State entering into a contract regarding a location (details supplied). [57731/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he or his department have entered into contract current or future with any business regarding a location (details supplied). [57732/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether An Garda Síochána is still responsible for the collection of ballot boxes after elections, for safe keeping in advance of votes. [57835/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of minors currently residing in the IPAS centre at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58540/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the person that has been arrested for a murder (details supplied), was an adult at the time of the alleged killing; if so, the reason they were located in a Tusla run residence; and the reason child protect guidelines were not in place. [58882/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the person or agency with responsibility for the non-deportation of an individual (details supplied); if the individual is in receipt of accommodation from the State after a deportation order was issued to them and at the time of the alleged assault; and if State supports after the deportation order were issued to them. [58901/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals against whom a full deportation order was issued which have been in receipt of any State funded or supported accommodation; and the number of persons for each of the past five years. [58902/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to ensure that all persons who receive deportation orders are deported immediately. [58903/25]
Health 9 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [58124/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the case of a medical card application that was refused on means will be examined for a person (details supplied). [58581/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the external expert panel review, established following the audit (details supplied) of hip surgeries in Children's Health Ireland (CHI), is commissioned and overseen by the HSE independently of CHI; and if CHI retains control over its remit, administration, or communications with families. [60040/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if all children who underwent pelvic or acetabular osteotomy procedures under the CHI orthopaedic service between 2010 and 2024 are included in the EEPR process, regardless of diagnostic category for example both 'stable' and 'dislocated' developmental dysplasia of the hip; and if not, the clinical or governance grounds on which exclusions were made. [60041/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the specific role Children's Health Ireland holds in the EEPR; if CHI staff are providing administrative, data or liaison support; and the way in which the independence of the panel is safeguarded in practice. [60042/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the EEPR will include examination of governance, consent and decision-making processes leading to surgery, as stated in the CHI FAQ of 15 October 2025; and, if not, if it is confined solely to radiological and technical threshold review. [60043/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the way in which families will be informed about their inclusion or exclusion from the EEPR; and if each family will receive a written outcome from the review, given that many have received contradictory information about their child's status. [60044/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if any separate processes are being established by the HSE or her Department to examine systemic governance failures in CHI's orthopaedic services, distinct from the technical clinical review of X-rays and operations under the EEPR. [60045/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the terms of reference, membership and final report of the EEPR will be published; and if those documents will be made available to families whose children are directly affected. [60046/25]
Finance 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential rental properties which are held in approved retirement funds that are caught in rent pressure zones, while increasing in value, and thereby hindering the 5% imputed distribution as stagnant rents cannot match the rising amounts required to be taken out of the scheme annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57986/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Finance Bill 2025 to reverse the increase in tax liability on pensions to Gardaí and members of the Defence Forces that is negatively affecting recruitment of senior Gardaí and members of the Defence Forces (details supplied). [58240/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the process for customs approvals for perishable goods coming via air freight into Dublin Airport; the required timeframe/target from passing through customs to informing carrier agents; the work being done to limit delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60587/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration given to extending residential and foster care up to the age of 21; and for aftercare support to be available up to the age of 26, regardless of progression onto further or higher education. [58646/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to allowing parents to transfer their parental leave between employers. [58647/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the person that has been arrested for a murder (details supplied), was an adult at the time of the alleged killing; if so, the reason they were located in a Tusla run residence; and the reason child protect guidelines were not in place.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58883/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider ending toll charges on the M3 between Navan and Kells for a 3 month trial period to see the benefits it has on traffic congestion in Navan (details supplied). [59050/25]
- 2025-11-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that there are no trains from Tara mines to Dublin Port at present. (details supplied); and when the rail option will reopen to Tara Mines. [60338/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if unconscious bias training, quotas or participation targets relating to race, gender, ethnicity or religious status are in place for any activities or in recruitment for the Defence Forces. [58638/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reversing her Department's decision to suppress a developing teacher post at a national school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60038/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the actual funding versus the targeted funding allocated to the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, each year since its inception. [58640/25]