Cork North-West — week of Mon, 2 Mar

What your Cork North-West TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Mar – 8 Mar 2026 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026

2026-03-04 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 to regulate the use of recommender algorithms by video-sharing platform services

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–63

Voted for 3 Aindrias Moynihan · John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 81–63

Voted for 3 Aindrias Moynihan · John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2026-03-03 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–68

Voted for 3 Aindrias Moynihan · John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

Aindrias Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Culture 2 questions
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on Sport Ireland’s research in the area of adult safeguarding; when this research will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16777/26]
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if specific funding can be provided to NGBs towards coaching costs (details supplied), to assist in providing sporting opportunities and pathways leading from local sport to national and international competition for their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16778/26]
Health 2 questions
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a medication (details supplied) being available on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17677/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on progressing a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17678/26]
Housing 2 questions
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of registration applications submitted to Tailte Éireann for 2024 and 2025 that are still pending; the measures being taken to address these backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17690/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ acquisitions by Cork County Council since 1 January 2026; the number of these are progressing; the number of these are not progressing; the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17689/26]

John Paul O'Shea — Fine Gael 3 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Health 10 questions
- 2026-03-03 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health when she intends to commence a review of the reimbursement process, as committed to in the Programme for Government; whether such a review will specifically include the way in which orphan medicines are assessed and reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/26]
- 2026-03-03 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health in light of Rare Disease Day taking place on 28 February, if she will commit to introducing an early access scheme in Ireland for people living with rare diseases to access EMA-approved orphan medicines; if such an early access scheme will include orphan medicines products licenced for non-oncology conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/26]
- 2026-03-03 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if the Oversight Implementation Group for the National Rare Disease Strategy has been established, given that the Strategy was published in August 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16950/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of persons nationally, broken down per HSE region, who are awaiting home support hours; the average waiting time involved; the efforts the HSE are making in recruiting home support workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16273/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of approved general practitioner posts currently vacant in Cork; the measures being taken to recruit and retain GPs, particularly in rural areas of Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16272/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE health regions; whether local drug and alcohol task forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18028/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health Regions in making funding decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18029/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18030/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health whether under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including local drug and alcohol task forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level the safeguards that will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18031/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthodontist posts currently vacant in HSE south-west Cork and Kerry, the plans to recruit same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18122/26]
Housing 6 questions
- 2026-03-03 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the local authorities now operating the choice-based letting system for the advertising of available social housing units within local authorities and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16211/26]
- 2026-03-03 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on an affordable housing scheme in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the funding allocated to Cork County Council under the community monuments fund in 2024 and 2025; the projects approved in Cork during these years; when recipients of the 2026 fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16274/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the funding allocated to Cork County Council under the historic structures fund in 2024 and 2025; the projects approved in Cork during these years; when recipients of the 2026 fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific rules (details supplied) in applying for the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People for people who wish to replace their windows and doors in the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the CAS scheme to allow it to be used for the purchase of second-hand properties for the disability sector which could then be retrofitted to suit the needs of the sector; if he will consider increasing the financial threshold so it would meet the cost of the adaptations required to meet fire regulations and HIQA and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/26]
Children 2 questions
- 2026-03-04 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support an increase in the ECCE rates for childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17442/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality as a result of the publication of the HSE Capital Plan for 2026, if she will provide more detailed information on the projects planned to progress with disability services in Cork and Kerry during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18125/26]
Culture 1 question
- 2026-03-03 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/26]
Climate 1 question
- 2026-03-04 Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the full list of the 500 or so capital projects to be delivered as part of the €18.9bn investment in the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/26]

Michael Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns