Mayo — week of Mon, 2 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Mar – 8 Mar 2026 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 16 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 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

The motion · motion passed 81–63

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 2 Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Alan Dillon

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2026-03-03 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 1 Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Enterprise 2 questions
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the SBCI scheme will open for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17256/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he expects the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025 will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17911/26]
Housing 1 question
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if individuals may avail of Government schemes such as the help-to-buy scheme, and first home scheme when purchasing a modular home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16541/26]
Social 1 question
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to enable payment of child benefit to be split between parents, in view of the fact that modern families may require this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17856/26]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to alleviate concerns over the use of tangle nets in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17250/26]
Justice 1 question
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision on a visa application by a medical doctor (details supplied) who wishes to reside in Ireland will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18123/26]

Paul Lawless — Aontú 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the mandatory retirement age currently applied to members of the retained fire service, including the requirement for personnel to retire before reaching sixty-two years of age. [17810/26]
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the medical fitness requirements for retained firefighters, including bi-annual medical examinations after forty years of age and annual medical examinations after fifty years of age; and to confirm that these requirements remain in place. [17814/26]
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with unions (details supplied) which are actively campaigning for reforms to the retirement age and conditions for retained firefighters; and outline any planned or ongoing consultations. [17817/26]
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the retrospective defective concrete blocks scheme; the timeline for full sign off, assurances that once signed off, funding will be made available without delay; to ensure commitment that the team are resourced and ready to process payments the moment approval is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18124/26]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first meeting of the delivery and monitoring committee for the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030, which he chaired on 8 December 2025. [14305/26]
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework published by his Department. [14306/26]
Health 2 questions
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who qualified in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the number of those graduates who subsequently entered employment within the Irish Health Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16236/26]
- 2026-03-03 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays for patients seeking GP appointments at a particular primary care centre, where waiting times of up to two weeks are common; if she is further aware that elderly patients with scheduled appointments are often waiting over an hour beyond their allotted time with no prior notice; the measures being taken to address GP capacity pressures in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16243/26]
Finance 1 question
- 2026-03-04 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address the sharp rise in home-insurance premiums, with many households seeing increases from €300 to €550 in a single year; the reason insurers are raising prices due to flooding and climate-risk factors even where policyholders have no claims history; the measures he will take to ensure home insurance remains affordable for ordinary homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/26]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2026-03-05 Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he plans to issue the commencement order for the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025, given that although the Act was signed into law on 16 December 2025, it has not yet come into operation pending such an order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17906/26]

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns