Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 10 Nov

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 10 Nov – 16 Nov 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-11-12 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 80–61

Voted for 3 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath

Voted against 1 Pádraig Rice

Did not vote 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent election in Tanzania (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62663/25]

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 1 vote · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Health 8 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; the timeline she is working towards in publishing this supplementary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61012/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health's Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Report on the health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; if she will accept the committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61013/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2576 of 8 September 2025, the status of the external expert review group established to review children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries; if it has been delayed; if recruitment of the international experts has been completed; if the group has convened; if individual case reviews will still commence no later than January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61783/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to increasing core funding for the existing female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment service; the steps she is taking to assist the service in meeting the substantial growth in demand for FGM treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62376/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a model of care (details supplied); if she will engage with stakeholders to establish a nationwide framework for female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment services; if there are plans to create a network of FGM clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62377/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 23 September 2025, to clarify if a group were excluded from the costing for the free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme; if so, to outline how, given the details of an internal communication in relation to the basis for the costing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62378/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists have an explicit agreement with respect to incremental credit and agency work (details supplied); if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62382/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan for the 2019 National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte; if this implementation plan will be published before the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62423/25]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Taoiseach if Census 2027 will include a question on sexual orientation. [60502/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Taoiseach if Census 2027 will include a question on gender identity. [60503/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Taoiseach if Census 2027 will include a question on sex characteristics. [60504/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if financial redress payments for mother-and-baby home survivors are taken into account during means tests for individuals receiving a non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61122/25]

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the appeal to retain a teacher at a school in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62433/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a new primary school for Carrigaline, County Cork (details supplied); the stage this project is currently at; the remaining stages; and estimated timeline for construction.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62512/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if the process of exchanging a persons’ foreign driver’s licence (Belgian) for an Irish licence will be expedited at their local NDLS without having to leave the paper licence with the office, as they require to have their licence with them at all times for car hire for their work abroad and business travel. [61638/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if in relation to a matter (details supplied) he will report on the nature of the issue arising; when it is expected to be resolved; the immediate alternative measures being put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62258/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to review the work visa arrangements for individuals in high demand roles, such as in the STEM area, in particular, the rule that an employer must employ at least 50 percent of non-national workers from the EEA.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62148/25]