Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 17 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 10 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Arts (Recognition of Comedy) (Amendment) Bill 2024

2025-11-19 · 2 votes · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Arts Act 2003 to recognise the art of comedy

A sub-amendment · motion passed 69–83

Voted for 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–70

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Cost of Motoring

2025-11-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 70–82

Voted for 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025

2025-11-19 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend the Constitution

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–65

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–67

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 1 Eoin Hayes

Nomination of Member of Government

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 1 Eoin Hayes

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 4 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his position on if payments under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme come under the category of income that is not assessable and should be disregarded for the purposes of assessing income under the Housing Means Policy in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63303/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide analysis from his Department on the progress towards achieving Minimum Essential Standard of Living over the past five budgets across all income groups, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63302/25]

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 6 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on water quality will next meet. [56902/25]
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach for a report on the work of the shared island unit. [56979/25]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of his Department’s National Development Plan allocation that will be assigned to funding Luas extensions in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63505/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the formation of the transport security force to address safety issues on public transport in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63506/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken to review or renegotiate Ireland's obligations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, particularly in relation to the requirement for Irish residents to complete US tax forms when opening bank accounts; if he will consider measures to reduce the administrative burden on non-US persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62996/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the level of principal private residence relief available in cases involving primary carers and family-related absences; if he intends to examine how the relief applies to particular cases (details supplied), where current rules do not reflect the circumstances of many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62997/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the definition of a derelict property that guide councils in adding sites to the derelict sites register; if the criteria will change ahead of the introduction of the new derelict property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62987/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he will review the affordability thresholds and criteria for single applicants to cost-rental housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62995/25]

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Rape Crisis Network Ireland Justice and Equality
- the matter of disclosure and the protection of counselling notes of sexual violence survivors