Dublin Rathdown — week of Mon, 2 Feb

What your Dublin Rathdown TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 26 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 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

Maeve O'Connell — Fine Gael 1 vote · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Transport 12 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the criteria to be applied in determining the proposed locations of cameras in Dublin urban areas under the National Safety Camera Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7748/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the total number of public bodies, including local authorities, State departments and semi-State organisations, that have jurisdiction or authority for transport matters across County Dublin. [8066/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will review road design guidelines, as some estates and communities are encountering exit turning circles that are too small to be practical. [8447/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will make it mandatory for cyclists and e-scooter users to wear helmets and high visibility clothing in an effort to improve road safety and reduce accidents. [8448/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department are investigating the way in which to address road accident black spots and increase road safety. [8449/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the number of road accidents, per local authority area, in tabular form. [8450/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a road safety theory test requirement for users of electric bikes and electric scooters given the higher speeds these vehicles are capable of. [8451/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the criteria the National Transport Authority uses to assess funding applications. [8453/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the criteria the National Transport Authority uses to assess additional funding requests for projects that have exceeded their initial budgets. [8454/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department collects data on the amount of accidents and injuries caused by e-scooters and e-bikes. [8455/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is considering enabling cyclists to turn left at red traffic lights. [8456/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the Safe Routes to Schools projects funded, completed, and under construction in the Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown Council area. [8912/26]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process for the way in which HEI’s can seek designations to enable their graduates to become Seanad electors. [8911/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has any plans to develop a college (details supplied) [8913/26]

Neale Richmond — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Shay Brennan — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Foreign 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her response to the suppression of peaceful protestors in Iran; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8625/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action she is taking with regard to the crisis in Venezuela; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8624/26]
Finance 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a review can be conducted of the primary medical certificate criteria to include children with severe intellectual/behavioural or safety-related mobility issues. [8778/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current processes in relation to emergency taxation; and if he will address related issues raised in correspondence (details supplied). [8830/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport if he can support the expansion of the disabled parking permit scheme to include “flight risk” diagnoses where specialised equipment is required. [9232/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an assessment of the number of staff currently employed in local authorities which will be adversely affected has taken place before implementing the new engineering qualification criteria for engineers progressing their careers in the local authority; if his Department identified the number of serving local authority engineers which will lose eligibility for promotion; if his Department has considered the workforce retention and attrition risks arising from blocking progression for experienced staff; and if they assessed the operational and service delivery consequences for local authorities nationwide (details supplied) [8657/26]

Sinéad Gibney — Social Democrats 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Foreign 6 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has concerns regarding the ability of citizens to exercise their rights under GDPR and the EU AI Act being undermined by the provisions currently proposed in the digital omnibus simplification packages; whether these concerns have been raised in early discussions on the packages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8708/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on her Department’s stance on the amendments to the EU-Morocco trade deal; the use of provisional application for the deal; the way in which it interacts with the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8707/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department will prioritise overseas aid and development as a key topic during the EU presidency, particularly in the context of decreasing overseas development aid budgets across Europe, and the impact those cuts are having on communities around the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8704/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department is taking to support the establishment of a humanitarian corridor in northern Syria; the action being taken diplomatically to protect the Kurdish population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8706/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the progress of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8705/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department’s position on the digital omnibus, particularly relating to the proposed changes to the EU AI Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1737/26]