What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 16 Feb – 22 Feb 2026 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 39 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

International Protection Bill 2026
2026-02-18 · 10 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation …
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A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast); to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967; to provide for the gathering of information from applicants for international protection; to provide for the removal from the State of certain persons; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Binse um Achomhairc i dtaobh Tearmainn agus Filleadh or, in the English language, as the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals and to provide for its functions; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Oifig an Phríomh-Chigire Nósanna Imeachta Teorann um Thearmann or, in the English language, as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures and to provide for its functions; to amend, or repeal certain provisions of, the International Protection Act 2015; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Immigration Act 1999, the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000, the Immigration Act 2004 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 76–61
Voted against 1 Pádraig Rice
The motion · motion passed 81–64
Voted against 1 Pádraig Rice
Did not vote 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 41–101
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 39–103
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 63–79
Voted for 1 Pádraig Rice
Voted against 2 Micheál Martin · Séamus McGrath
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–78
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 62–81
Voted against 2 Jerry Buttimer · Séamus McGrath
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 62–80
Voted against 2 Jerry Buttimer · Séamus McGrath
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
The motion · motion passed 77–62
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 62–78
Voted against 2 Jerry Buttimer · Séamus McGrath
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021 [Seanad]
2026-02-18 · 1 vote
Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 62–78
Voted against 2 Jerry Buttimer · Séamus McGrath
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
Ban on Investment Funds Purchasing Family Homes
2026-02-18 · 2 votes
An amendment to the bill · motion passed 78–62
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
The motion · motion passed 78–62
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
Work Life Balance (Right to Remote Work) Bill 2026
2026-02-18 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB
A bill to provide for an entitlement of an employee to remote working arrangements where reasonably practicable, for this purpose to amend the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneou…
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A bill to provide for an entitlement of an employee to remote working arrangements where reasonably practicable, for this purpose to amend the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, and to provide for related matters.
Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 57–82
Voted against 2 Jerry Buttimer · Séamus McGrath
Did not vote 1 Micheál Martin
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-02-17 · 1 vote
The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 79–63
Voted against 1 Pádraig Rice
Did not vote 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 9 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 12 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns
Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns
Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 15 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 15 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total