Meath West — week of Mon, 10 Nov

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 10 Nov – 16 Nov 2025 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 29 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 1 Aisling Dempsey

Voted against 1 Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Johnny Guirke

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to supply a comprehensive list of documentation required for a minor travelling on their own seeking re-entry to Ireland (details supplied). [61079/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department no longer issues permission to return letters for unaccompanied minors returning to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61080/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm that a Stamp 3 issued to a minor is not reissued each year; if his Department accepts that a minor child remains under the updated permission of their parent’s residence status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61081/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [46880/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the Government’s commitment to family resource centres; for an update on the work done by family resource centres across the country; and the potential for establishing more family resource centres. [61878/25]

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport to outline any plans to implement the new United Nations vehicle safety regulations on assisted and self-driving systems, as developed through the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, that were agreed in October 2025; if they will be implemented without undue delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61343/25]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 1 vote · 23 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Children 6 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times she has met with the CEO of Tusla since she took office. [61892/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children’s disability network teams which are fully staffed in the State; and the number which are not fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61896/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare in the State. [61894/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to reduce the rate of child trafficking in the State. [61893/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a press release issued by an organisation (details supplied) articulating a crisis in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61313/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the current means tests for the national childcare scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62095/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out during 2024 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, by gestation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61331/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 333 of 15 October and 173 of 22 October 2025, the number and location of sites sought in the original questions. [61718/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason Children’s Health Ireland has not yet published its 2024 annual report; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to the last annual report, it was sitting on €42 million and is currently marked as red by the Charities Regulator for having not filed its report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62228/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to review the answer to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property. [62301/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to review a matter detailed in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property. [62302/25]
Social 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection whether there was a commitment given to citizens who were on invalidity pensions or other welfare payments that they could go back to work during the Covid crisis and retain their payments. [60982/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been refused the disability allowance in each of the past ten years; the numbers of whom were successful in their appeal against the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61981/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who were initially refused the humanitarian assistance payment in response to storm Éowyn but were subsequently granted payment following appeal of his Department’s decision. [61982/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to stop an individual, or group of individuals, from undertaking the Primary School Survey multiple times by inserting a different Eircode each time; and the systems in place to prevent a group of ideologically motivated individuals from skewing the survey. [62298/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the flaws in the Primary School Survey (details supplied). [62299/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she aware that the framing of a survey question can significantly change the answer that will be given by the person completing the survey (details supplied). [62300/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [56963/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [56964/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will respond to an email (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61300/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Government plans to hold a referendum to change the constitution to reduce the threshold required for the nomination of presidential election candidates. [61861/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who wish to travel from Dublin to Trim in County Meath via rail from Connolly to the M3 Parkway stop, and use the bus for the remainder of the journey must walk 2km on a stretch of road which does not have a footpath between the M3 Parkway train stop and the 111 bus stop (Athboy Route) at a location (details supplied); if he will consider the potential for having a bus stop on that route at the train stop to ensure safety for commuters and to encourage more use of the rail system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62256/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 8 September 2025, the reason a response has not issued from the OPW. [61999/25]