Offaly — week of Mon, 17 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Offaly TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025 · 3 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 18 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 1 Carol Nolan

Voted against 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–70

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Cost of Motoring

2025-11-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 70–82

Voted for 1 Carol Nolan

Voted against 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

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 3 Carol Nolan · John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–67

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Nomination of Member of Government

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 John Clendennen · Tony McCormack

Voted against 1 Carol Nolan

Carol Nolan — Independent 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 4 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the scheduling of a chemotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62722/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 14 October 2025, if she will direct the HSE to provide an answer to the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62944/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists currently offering services to medical card holders in County Offaly; the number of dentists that have exited from the scheme offering dental care to medical card holders in Offaly in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62945/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that the incidence rate of tuberculosis is increasing among the general population; if she will provide data on the number of reported cases in each of the years 2021 to date in 2025; her views on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring that the incidence level of TB is likely to be highest among migrant populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62946/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times a person seeking international protection initially claimed to be a child but who was subsequently found to be an adult for each year since 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63039/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection accommodation centres currently not in possession of a fire safety certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65042/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of any instances where official development aid funding from Ireland has been misappropriated by partner organisations during the period 2020 to date in 2025; if so, to provide details of same; the efforts made to recoup such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63778/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to clarify if Irish banks were entitled to take credit ratings from farmers and other businesses who experienced financial challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly as the financial challenges experienced during this specific period were entirely out of their control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63421/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63038/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 12 November 2025, the number of cases where payments have been stopped and details retained by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63655/25]

John Clendennen — Fine Gael 6 votes · 2 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 2 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the total investment in bus services in each county in each of the years since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63405/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by central Government on greenways since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63406/25]

New lobbying 1 return

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Agriculture
- Urgent Request for Meeting – Inclusion of Agricultural & Forestry Contractors in Ireland’s CAP 2028 Strategic Plan

Tony McCormack — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Transport the current position regarding the development of the N52 Link Road in County Offaly; the way in which the project will improve connectivity and safety in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63387/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the proposed N52 Link Road project in County Offaly; the stage the project is at within the Transport Infrastructure Ireland delivery pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63386/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures his Department is taking to increase youth participation in sport, particularly in disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64110/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the roll out of the National Broadband Plan in rural counties, such as Offaly; whether delivery timelines are on track; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59351/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that children in Offaly and Laois can access local primary care occupational therapy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64084/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health when primary care occupational therapy services will be restored in Offaly and Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64085/25]