Donegal — week of Mon, 2 Feb

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 15 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 1 Pat the Cope Gallagher

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Education 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus issue can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8865/26]
Social 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if a pension matter can be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/26]

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of DT1 forms submitted each year since 2016; the total estimated market value at time of disposition for each year; the total revenue raised by the discretionary trust tax both in the form of the initial 6% charge and annual 1% charge, in tabular form. [7613/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which fees applied by the data protection commission are incorporated within revenue projections; if the large volume of outstanding fees are currently contained within revenue projection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 29 January 2026, if he will confirm that neither his Department or the Central Bank collect data on special purpose vehicles whose primary economic activity is purchasing and owning commercial and residential property, as this is not at category in either the statistical publication or the registration guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 if he is aware of any engagement between the Central Bank and national competent authority in Luxembourg, Netherlands, Cyprus, Germany and Jersey in relation to macroprudential measures for property funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; the number assigned to each station; the number who are fluent in Irish in each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8124/26]
Health 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund refused funding for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7432/26]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the appalling conditions that students and teachers must endure at a school (details supplied), due to the existing, dilapidated old school buildings and the long delayed new school project; if she will accept the invitation from the Student Council of the school to come to the town at the earliest opportunity and meet with them and tour the existing school to fully understand the urgency of making progress. [8604/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if plans have advanced for a new school (details supplied) on the new site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford; and if she will discuss the unacceptable conditions for the children, teachers and staff at the school with her two predecessors in her role, who both visited the school and witnessed those conditions for themselves. [8779/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider changes to the criteria for the refunding of motor tax in circumstances where the cost of repairing a motor vehicle is uneconomical and costs more than the vehicle is worth, while the motor tax paid has a substantial period left before it expires. [7681/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when homeowners who have spent money since March 2024 under the defective concrete block grant scheme will be reimbursed up to the new maximum cap, following the passing of recent legislation. [8018/26]
Social 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that some former political prisoners released under the Good Friday Agreement may just miss out on the State contributory pension due to the impact of their years of imprisonment on their ability to build up enough PRSI contributions; and if his Department will consider a resolution to this issue, in the spirit of that peace agreement, endorsed by the Irish people, north and south. [8603/26]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he can assure consumers that seafood labelled as Irish, is indeed caught by the Irish fishing fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8749/26]
Health 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a carer will be appointed to fulfil an approved home care package in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7593/26]