Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 2 Feb

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 71 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2026-02-04 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 79–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · David Maxwell

Voted against 1 Cathy Bennett

Did not vote 2 Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Children 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when in person day-services will be restored to the level that was provided for up to 2024 by an organisation (details supplied); if this proposal will be progressed without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7919/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of an application (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9099/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the next round of the building blocks scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9100/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when it is expected that approvals will issue in respect of the establishment of more family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9109/26]
Rural 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on the findings of the recent report by the GAA national demographics committee; the measures his Department will implement to address issues relevant to this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if it is proposed to review the CLÁR areas with a view to extending to new areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8698/26]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on any discussions she has had with the UK government in relation to legacy issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8623/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on her engagement with the political parties in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8622/26]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the revised criteria for the minor flood mitigation works scheme will be notified to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9101/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total expenditure on the minor flood mitigation works scheme in 2025; the funding allocated for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9102/26]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach for an update regarding the programme for Government. [74525/25]

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 5 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles in operation in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7872/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if additional rapid response vehicles would help reduce ambulance response times in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7873/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding endometriosis care in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7874/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental screening programme in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7875/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the orthodontist programme in Cavan and Monaghan. [7876/26]
Children 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adults attending respite in Monaghan; the number on waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7877/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of which counties the Shaping the Future: Early Years Action Plan is planned for, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7878/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if counties Cavan and Monaghan have been considered for the Shaping the Future: Early Years Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7879/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give an assurance that the recently implemented Tusla Child and Family Agency structural reform will not alter the national programme status; the ring-fenced national programme budget; the local governance and autonomy; the cradle to grave community development approach of family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8684/26]
Rural 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the implementation of rural proofing. [8717/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on his engagements regarding the LEADER programme under the next EU budgetary cycle. [8718/26]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her proposals to expand the Irish diplomatic footprint in areas with a growing diaspora community. [8712/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe in which she intends to introduce legislation to prohibit the trade in goods and services with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. [8711/26]
Social 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of local providers of the hot school meals per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7880/26]

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 41 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 41 total

Justice 13 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans to designate a unit within An Garda Síochána to act as the verifying authority in the State for the purpose of Article 6 of the Eurodac Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7619/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí employed in the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7620/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the qualification or language competencies a cultural mediator will be required to have under the International Protection Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7622/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has carried out an assessment as to whether the mobility framework associated with the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, upon which negotiations concluded on 27 January 2026, will form part of the trade proposal that the Commission will bring to the Council, and therefore be subject to qualified majority voting (details supplied); to outline the Government’s view of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list the measures under protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which Ireland opted out of in each year since the introduction of the protocol, to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8237/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following the review of protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union published in 2025, to list the measures which Ireland previously opted out of where opting in is now under consideration, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8238/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those on Stamp 2 permission registered in third level institutions in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Stamp 2 student permissions issued in each of the past ten years; and the number of those resident in the State in each of those years holding a Stamp 2 student permission, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8829/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment beyond 31 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9046/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 571 of 18 December 2025, and Parliamentary Question 114 of 14 January 2026, if the information requested regarding the number of crimes recorded where the suspected offenders were on bail, by county and category of offence, in 2025, in tabular form is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9047/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9079/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those on Stamp 2 visas who have worked as healthcare assistance in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9103/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those on Stamp 2 visas who were employed in jobs listed in the ineligible list for employment permits in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9104/26]
Health 6 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to Members of the Oireachtas, as per Department of public expenditure and reform Circular 25/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7768/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if her department has carried out or received any report or examination of the potential risk that could present from the Nipah virus; if there are any precautionary plans in respect of this virus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9040/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current dermatology services provided at the Monaghan Hospital campus; if there have been any changes to the services provided within the past two years; the plans to expand upon the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9041/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for dermatology treatment at the Monaghan Hospital campus; to provide a breakdown of the lengths of waiting periods, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9042/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current ENT services provided at the Monaghan Hospital campus; if there have been any changes to the services provided within the past two years; the plans to expand upon the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9043/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for ENT treatment at the Monaghan Hospital campus; the lengths of waiting periods, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9044/26]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the proposed EU-India Trade Agreement includes a mobility agreement; and, if so, what this will mean for Ireland in terms of citizens from India moving to Ireland and Irish citizens moving to India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8149/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on Ireland's implementation of, and adherence to, the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, which Ireland co-sponsored, arising from the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the case of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. [8626/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she intends to open a passport office in the north [8627/26]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the annual amount in fees which third level institutions received from students on Stamp 2 permissions in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8967/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detail of any assessments or reports on the fees generated by international students in third level education carried out or received by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/26]
Rural 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7772/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the average yearly allocation to the Leader Programme since 2007, by programme. [8633/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year 2023-2024, and per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful, the number that were unsuccessful, in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8632/26]
Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7763/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the capitation grant for a school (details supplied) which has seen significant increases in costs of heating the school following a substantial energy retrofit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9045/26]
Children 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that the recently implemented Tusla structural reform will not alter the national programme status, ring-fenced programme budget, local governance and autonomy, and cradle to grave community development approach by family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7565/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Circular 25/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7759/26]
Climate 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7760/26]
Defence 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7762/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7775/26]
Finance 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/26]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016 [7764/26]
Culture 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7761/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7769/26]
Social 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7773/26]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/26]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 3 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a total knee replacement for over five years at Beaumont Hospital; the reason, despite the length of time on the waiting list and the clinical complexity of the case, surgery has still not being scheduled; the steps which are being taken to prioritise long-waiting patients whose quality of life has been severely impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7715/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the arrangements in place to ensure patients can access their dental records and continuity of care in such circumstances; if any guidance is available to patients who have paid for treatment that was not completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7740/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had an appointment cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8065/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting the exchange of an Australian driver licence for an Irish licence through the NDSL; the current processing timelines for such exchanges; if consideration can be given to expediting this application in view of the individual’s circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8312/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IRP card will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7798/26]