Offaly — week of Mon, 3 Nov

What your Offaly TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Nov – 9 Nov 2025 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 39 questions · 1 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 against 1 Tony McCormack

Did not vote 2 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen

The motion · motion passed 93–41

Voted for 1 Tony McCormack

Did not vote 2 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen

Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025

2025-11-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 1 Tony McCormack

Did not vote 2 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen

The motion · motion passed 72–62

Voted for 1 Tony McCormack

Did not vote 2 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen

Carol Nolan — Independent 0 votes · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 29 total

Justice 11 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of all existing quasi-judicial bodies established under article 37 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57771/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of so-called "Sharia Law" in Ireland; and whether his Department or any State agencies monitor attempts to enforce such practices on a local basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58370/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the information provided to him regarding an assault on the owner of a restaurant (details supplied) by an unidentified security person, now working at the State owned IPAS centre; the reason the company responsible for site management has refused to supply the victim with the information they are legally entitled to according to the Gardaí who are aware of the incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58567/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has access to airline databases to monitor the departure of Ukrainians who were in temporary protection and who have decided to leave the State; if he will provide details of such movements between 1 January 2024 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58857/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the numbers of persons referred by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to a service (details supplied) from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58858/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department provides funding to assist the work of a service (details supplied); the amount provided from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58859/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons with Somalian nationality that entered emergency accommodation from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58861/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm if the vast majority of Somali nationals living in Ireland that have been granted international protection have previously been resident in Sweden, with many having Swedish citizenship; if he will accept that this constitutes an abuse of the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58863/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is engaging with the Minister for Children,Disability and Equality with respect to the working group established to look at institutional and organisational abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58885/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 2 October 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this Parliamentary Question answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59543/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide data on the number of e-scooters seized under the Road Traffic Act 1994 (Detention of Powered Personal Transporters) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 223 of 2024) from 2024 to date; the number of e-scooters sized, by county or Garda division during this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60839/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person seeking home care supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57879/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) needing a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58115/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been used to fund MyOptions, in the categories of staff salaries, advertising, and other costs by year from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount of this expenditure that has been used to fund post-abortion counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59684/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of communications received by HSE MyOptions from women seeking post-abortion counselling from 2020 to date, by category (phone or webchat), by month, in tabular form; the number of counselling sessions provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59685/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the new ASD class will open at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57878/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address concerns that schools may be accessing and utilising age-inappropriate material supplied by an organisation (details supplied) as part of the relationships and sexuality education curriculum and that 6th class pupils may be exposed to profoundly inappropriate material from this organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57951/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a protest being conducted by four survivors of Industrial schools outside Leinster House; if her Department is engaging in any work to respond to their demand for State Contributary Pension rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60593/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department provides funding to assist the work of a service (details supplied); the amount provided from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58860/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing assistance payment applications/claimants with Somalian nationality from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58862/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that have applied for the works in lieu scheme; the amount of funding allocated to each of the 31 local authorities for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59809/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the work carried out to date on the Government's commitment to "advance legislation to ban conversion therapy practices"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58369/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the working group established to look at institutional and organisational abuse, including its examination of the UCD SERP report; if any recommendations have been made by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58884/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons the company name of contractors who in 2024 were in receipt of approximately €1.5 million in payments for Special Emergency Accommodation has been redacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59542/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit continuously since December 2019; the ages and geographical locations of these recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58372/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have had their receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit permanently withdrawn or revoked for breach of the conditions associated with their claim, and who have not subsequently had their claim reinstated, from January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58373/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all ambassadors stationed abroad, their salaries, all Irish embassies and consulates abroad and the cost in 2024 of maintaining each such embassy or consulate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58371/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he has been contacted by his ministerial colleagues about delivering a financial support package for the Irish road haulage sector which was initially proposed following the damage caused to the port of Holyhead in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59787/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, focusing on scrambler bikes and e-scooters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60838/25]

John Clendennen — Fine Gael 0 votes · 2 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 2 total

Climate 2 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of his Department’s plan to increase the staff headcount of the CRU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60216/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of Government-owned buildings which have been retrofitted with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60217/25]

New lobbying 1 return

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Agriculture
- Budget Submission - Budget Breakfast with Minister Paschal Donohoe Fina

Tony McCormack — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Defence 4 questions
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to upgrade or expand the Naval Service fleet, particularly to strengthen Ireland’s capacity in maritime security, fisheries protection, and search and rescue operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58780/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the means by which the Naval Service is contributing to the protection of Ireland’s maritime territory and critical infrastructure, including subsea communication cables and offshore renewable energy installations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58781/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he expects local bargaining 1% adjustments to be approved and to commence in the defence sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60512/25]
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the way in which the Defence Forces are developing their unmanned aerial systems capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60513/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth when Phase 2 of the building works at a school (details supplied) is scheduled to commence; if she will provide an update on the timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58779/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth Education for an update on the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to progress the project; and if she will commit to ensuring that the necessary timelines for site acquisition, planning, and construction are clarified and advanced as a matter of priority. [58778/25]
- 2025-11-04 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; if her Department has acquired or intends to acquire the identified site for the project; the stage the project is currently at within the School Building Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58710/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-06 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the means by which the national electricity grid is being upgraded to support increased renewable energy generation, greater electrification and future demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59350/25]