Dublin Central — week of Mon, 17 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 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 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 2 Mary Lou McDonald · Paschal Donohoe

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–70

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Cost of Motoring

2025-11-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 70–82

Voted for 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

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 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Did not vote 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–67

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Nomination of Member of Government

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Justice 6 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants who have not been offered accommodation on arrival in each month to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63126/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have been refused temporary protection in each month to date in 2025. [63127/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people from Ukraine who have applied for international protection to date in 2025. [63128/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the support that is offered to a person who has applied for temporary protection but is refused due to having received temporary protection in another member state. [63129/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total occupancy of IPAS accommodation compared to the total capacity. [63130/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update regarding a delayed stamp 4 renewal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63547/25]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 6 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 11 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting to see a psychologist through primary care services, by CHO and by wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63108/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list the operational recommendations of the independent review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that have been fully implemented; if she will outline plans to implement any outstanding recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63837/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024, which must be commenced not later than 18-months after commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63838/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to protect the incomes of front-line healthcare workers who continue to suffer from long Covid and who are in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave, which is due to expire in the coming weeks; if she plans to protect these workers by extending this scheme or recognising long Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64383/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason clinics in Romania and Greece that currently provide the majority of treatment abroad services to women travelling from Ireland were excluded from the list of clinics under the new ESAIS [64374/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expedite the long delays in processing the applications for recognition to practice for psychologists; and if she will consider waiving of the 60-day clinical practice requirement for those coming from the UK and a temporary restriction of their practice, in order to bring more psychologists into practice within the HSE. [64372/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in UK, the US and in private facilities in Ireland for the period January 2025 to October 2025; and the number who are scheduled for such treatment or surgery in the UK, US and in private facilities here for the next six months. [64373/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the unacceptable wait times for trans healthcare and to improve healthcare for trans people within the primary care system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64376/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when her Department will ensure the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme, which is crucial to early diagnosis and support, and which was endorsed by the then Minister in November 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64375/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans for multiannual funding for a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure that the current scenario with equipment older than ten years in use (contrary to IAEA and ESTRO recommendations) is addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65071/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans for the replacement strategy for University College Cork/Cork University Hospital Cancer Centre and University Hospital Galway Cancer Centre respectively; if all machines will be replaced at one time, or if a staggered replacement programme is intended; the steps that will be made to avoid patient delays when machine replacement is being undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65072/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of direct-build local authority homes delivered and currently under construction, by local authority, between the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63652/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of direct build LDA homes delivered and that are currently under construction, by local authority, between the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63653/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of turn-key acquisitions of homes for social housing, by local authority area, between the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63654/25]
Justice 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the work his Department is planning to take to introduce new regulations and act upon the recommendations of the Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group into the period payment orders indexation rate; when such regulations will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63478/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when his Department took the decision to outsource the printing of certificates of naturalisation; and the reason this decision was taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64731/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for delays in receiving certificates of naturalisation following ceremonies; if the decision to outsource the printing of certificates is leading to a delay in individuals receiving their certificates within the recommended timeframes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64732/25]

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach for a report on the work of the shared island unit. [63429/25]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns