Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 2 Feb

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 14 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 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Health 7 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the steps which are being taken to ensure urgent access to Welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease where clinicians advise that delay risks irreversible loss of neurological and functional ability; whether compassionate or exceptional access mechanisms are available while national reimbursement processes are ongoing; and the safeguards which are currently in place to protect such patients from avoidable permanent harm during administrative delays. [7745/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensurecardiovascular registers, audits and research collect and publish disaggregated data on sex and equity. [7796/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if the forthcoming National Drug Strategy will outline alternatives to the current local and regional drug and alcohol task forces. [8232/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regionals structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8233/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the way in which population-based planning, that will be used for new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8234/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the consultation which has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8235/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8236/26]
Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact number of places currently available in Portmarnock South and North, not the whole Portmarnock School Planning Area as this is a much wider geographical area; and if she will confirm the exact number of children under five (born in the years 2021 to 2025) based on child benefits statements in the area, who will need a junior infant school place in the next five years (2026 to 2030), in tabular form. [7690/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options which are available to ensure a person (details supplied) will get a place in an appropriate school in the local area. [8255/26]
Finance 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on reforming the current capital acquisitions tax (CAT) thresholds (details supplied) which continue to create significant inequality and discrimination within the Irish tax system. [7719/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the redress scheme for the Stardust survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7747/26]
Children 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans which are in place in Swords, Fingal East for increased availability of crèche places, particularly for children under one year of age; if this will include greater flexibility within the national childcare scheme, including consideration of regulated childminders, and immediate short-term supports for parents who are unable to return to work due to the childcare crisis. [7714/26]

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Foreign 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens her Department has been advised of as being detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, agency of the United States in 2025 and 2026; the number of Irish citizens in the United States currently being assisted by consular services due to an interaction or detention by ICE; the number currently detained; if their locations are known in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8647/26]
Education 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if any school projects in Donabate are included in the recently announced prioritised school projects that will progress to tender or construction in 2026/2027, given the Donabate area is one of the fastest growing areas in the country with children already leaving the peninsula to avail of a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/26]