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

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 37 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 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Voted against 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–70

Voted for 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

Cost of Motoring

2025-11-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 70–82

Voted for 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Voted against 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

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 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–67

Voted for 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

Nomination of Member of Government

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Edward Timmins · Simon Harris

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 1 Pat Casey

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Transport when the promised increase on bus route 132 will finally happen, given the increased traffic volumes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63503/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the planned investment on the skeleton train service from Rosslare to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63504/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the progress of a nationwide audit of sports facilities to address shortages in areas underserved including towns with populations over 1,500, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64605/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the An Post pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64604/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of operations completed for complex laparoscopy for severe endometriosis to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64607/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if work will be carried out to exclude land gifted to a grandchild from the current situation where it is included in the fair deal assessment with no time limit or no option to be included as part of the loan arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55033/25]

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 6 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if children applying to reading schools will continue to receive support from the National Council for Special Education after the 1 October parent notify process deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64330/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of first-year places available in each of the three secondary schools in Greystones (details supplied) for the 2026/2027 academic year; the total number of individual children who applied for first-year places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65029/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2024 Dog Control Statistics will be published; the reasons for the delayed publication to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63726/25]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Climate 8 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the volumes of domestic, commercial and medical waste contained in the illegal landfill in Whitestown, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63392/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of material that has been removed from the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63393/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details of the location the waste from the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow, has been removed to; the location the remainder is to be taken to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63394/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details and timeframe of the remediation plan for the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow; if he will make the plan public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63395/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details on pollution or contamination to the environment or watercourses at the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow, or adjoining lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63396/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total costs to date, including legal costs, incurred in addressing the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow; to specify the parties that have borne these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63397/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of funding provided to Wicklow County Council to help address the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow, including the amounts and years in which such funding was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63398/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the projected final costs to remediate the illegal landfill at Whitestown, County Wicklow; the party which will bear these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63399/25]
Housing 5 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rationale and assessment criteria applied for the decision not to provide funding for the proposed social and affordable housing development at Rehills Land, Bray, County Wicklow; if she plans to engage with Wicklow County Council to progress much needed housing on this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63159/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing proposal from Wicklow County Council at Rehills Land, Bray, County Wicklow which was recently refused funding by the Housing Agency will now be reviewed by the Housing Activation Office; if funding will be made available to enable this project to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63779/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details for the significant delays in commencing construction on 18 social housing units at Kilbride Lodge, Bray, County Wicklow; when construction is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63781/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the original estimated cost of constructing 18 social housing units at Kilbride Lodge, Bray, County Wicklow when planning was approved by Wicklow County Council, in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63782/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the current cost of constructing 18 social housing units at Kilbride Lodge, Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63783/25]
Enterprise 4 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update regarding the recommencement of work on the Greystones Media Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63154/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of any penalties imposed by the IDA on the company that is developing the Greystones Media Campus for failure to adhere to the terms and conditions of the lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63155/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of IDA site visits to Wicklow, including location, for each year between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63156/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of all job creation strategies for Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63157/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of conditions currently screened for in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63150/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the number of conditions that are currently screened for in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63151/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide all recommendations from the National Screening Advisory Committee since 2019 regarding the expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63152/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide the recommendations from the National Screening Advisory Committee since 2019 regarding the expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme that have not been implemented; to provide details of when the recommendation was made and when it will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63153/25]
Public Expenditure 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of a review being carried out on the River Dargle in Bray, County Wicklow, as part of the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63287/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the review being carried out on the River Dargle in Bray, County Wicklow as part of the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme will be published when complete; when the flood mapping on www.floodinfo.ie relating to the River Dargle will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63288/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the funding provided to Wicklow County Council between 2017 and 2025 for maintenance work on the River Dargle Flood Protection Scheme in County Wicklow, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63289/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers receiving core funding for each year between 2022-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63785/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have withdrawn from core funding for each year between 2022-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63786/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of efforts by ISIF to ensure work recommences on the Greystones Media Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63158/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of his plans and timeframe to bring RTE under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63784/25]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns