Limerick City — week of Mon, 17 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Limerick City TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 19 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 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Voted against 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–70

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Cost of Motoring

2025-11-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 70–82

Voted for 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Voted against 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

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 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–67

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Nomination of Member of Government

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 2 Conor Sheehan · Maurice Quinlivan

Conor Sheehan — Labour Party 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is a medical and special unit for mentally disordered challenging prisoners at Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63819/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of sanctioned psychologist posts, by prison including the number of vacant posts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63820/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners with serious mental illnesses held in the general population, who require psychiatric hospital care waiting for a bed, by prison, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63821/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport if the 90-minute fare will be rolled out in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63816/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport the measures he plans to take to address punctuality issues on the 304a bus in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63817/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the Bill to introduce new housing reforms in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62784/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will publish its statement of strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62785/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the status of a specific psychiatric service at Limerick prison; if a dedicated service will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63818/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE audit into the homebirth service, when she will implement a national structure for the homebirth service to deal with weaknesses and regional service variations such as the continued suspension of the service in the midwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62733/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an evaluation report or efficacy report of the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63477/25]

Kieran O'Donnell — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Maurice Quinlivan — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the plans to introduce chargers (details supplied) for EV vehicles to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62757/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in 2023 by their GP, for an assessment of needs, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62717/25]

Willie O'Dea — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans to facilitate the completion of professional placement hours required by CORU for Irish students who have undertaken their physiotherapy training abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62721/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the action being taken with regard to the recruitment of GPs in areas of urban disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63969/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her response to the results of the 2025 Healthy Ireland survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63970/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63135/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proposals to protect and grow the home-based childcare sector, as many in the sector believe that the one-size-fits-all approach is driving childminders out, creating anxiety across the sector and reducing childcare capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62724/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if supports will remain in place for those in receipt of the basic income for the arts payment for the period between the end of the pilot scheme and the commencement of a successor scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64603/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Irish homeless families in emergency hotel accommodation do not have hot meals provided, when Ukrainians in the same hotel are provided with three hot meals a day; his views on whether this is discriminatory; his plans to end this discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64719/25]