Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 2 Feb

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 17 questions · 6 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 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 1 Peter Burke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for funding for a special class for a school (details supplied). [7487/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a new school building (details supplied). [7488/26]
Health 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of a paediatric neurology appointment for a child (details supplied) awaiting assessment in Sligo University Hospital; if steps can be taken to expedite the appointment given the clinical circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8242/26]

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 4 returns

Irish SME Association · 4 returns Employment · Budgetary matters · Economic Development and Industry
- Filling of Labour Court Division
- Review of missed opportunities in Budget 2026
- Amendment of Section 897C of the Finance Act 2022
- Key priority areas for SMEs ahead of the EU leaders' summit in February 2026

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 4 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will ensure that the OPW prioritise works to an area (details supplied). [8650/26]
Social 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will urgently review the possibility of a supplementary winter payment for those with a disability given the continually high energy costs. [8020/26]
Children 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of funding which the early years services are receiving (details supplied). [8034/26]
Health 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [7812/26]

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish SME Association · 2 returns Budgetary matters
- Review of missed opportunities in Budget 2026
- Amendment of Section 897C of the Finance Act 2022

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Education 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of people who have applied for redress in respect of institutional abuse in each year since the establishment of the redress scheme; and the number of applicants who have received redress; and in what form, broken down by category. [7718/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all local authorities with and without a Gaelcholáiste, in tabular form. [8922/26]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if home checks carried out by an organisation (details supplied) officials or their agents for prospective "forever" homes for non-coursing greyhounds are classified as "welfare checks" by Greyhound Racing Ireland and included as part of the official figures given for "welfare checks" by the industry; and if so, if he can provide a breakdown of home checks and welfare checks carried out by Greyhound Racing Ireland for each of the years 2020-2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8206/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds in total that were homed, domestically and internationally, by Greyhound Racing Ireland's two care homes (details supplied) between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8207/26]
Health 2 questions
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there is a clinical psychologist currently assigned to the CAMHS team serving Mullingar; and the number of WTE posts filled and vacant. [8053/26]
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not collect and monitor data relating to adult waiting lists and times for dental treatment provided under the dental treatment service scheme, or data relating to private patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8424/26]
Rural 2 questions
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if the cut in the rural development spend in budget 2026 is a trend he sees persisting throughout the lifetime of the current Government. [8710/26]
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he is satisfied that Town Centre First, Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, and Rural Regeneration and Development Fund are being matched with sufficient delivery capacity within local authorities; and the concrete changes have occurred on the ground as a result of the policy. [8709/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-02-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether, prior to the introduction of revised engineering qualification requirements for local authority staff on 25 July 2025, any assessment was carried out to determine how many serving local authority engineers would be affected by these changes, including loss of eligibility for promotion; whether workforce retention and service delivery impacts were considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8828/26]
Transport 1 question
- 2026-02-05 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he will recognise road-traffic collision and fatality data as public-health data, given that such data relates to preventable deaths and injuries that cluster at identifiable locations; and if he will support the routine sharing and publication of anonymised collision location data for prevention and research purposes, in line with the April 2024 guidance of the Data Protection Commissioner. [9086/26]