What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Apr – 19 Apr 2026 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 18 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

International Protection Bill 2026
2026-04-15 · 4 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.
A change the Seanad made to the bill · motion passed 83–61
Voted against 1 Gary Gannon
A change the Seanad made to the bill · motion passed 86–64
Voted against 1 Gary Gannon
A sub-amendment · motion failed 62–84
Voted for 1 Gary Gannon
The motion · motion passed 86–62
Voted against 1 Gary Gannon
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 93–74
Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald
Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe
Confidence in Government
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
The motion · motion passed 92–78
Did not vote 1 Paschal Donohoe
Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-04-14 · 2 votes
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–114
Voted for 1 Mary Lou McDonald
Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock
Did not vote 1 Paschal Donohoe
A budget financial resolution · motion passed 113–54
Voted for 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock
Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald
Did not vote 1 Paschal Donohoe
Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
A budget financial resolution · motion passed 115–52
Voted for 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock
Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald
Did not vote 1 Paschal Donohoe
Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 9 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 3 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

New lobbying 2 returns

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.