My constituency of Dublin Mid-West is one of the constituencies in the State in which hundreds and thousands of new homes are being built for families. It is important that infrastructure keeps up with this rapid housing growth and one particular area is public transport. Congestion is now a feature of life for people in Lucan, Clondalkin, Adamstown and Clonburris. This is why it is important that we bring forward th…
TDs / Shane Moynihan
Shane Moynihan
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789
questions asked
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words spoken in the chamber
Across 241 contributions
420
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Across 19 departments
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| October 2026 | 30 | 2 |
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- constituency Dublin Mid-West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Is mór agam é labhairt ar cheist na meabhairshláinte tráthnóna agus tréaslú leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta de Buitléir, as an obair atá déanta aici ar an gceist seo. We all know that access to counselling and talk therapy at an early stage makes a significant difference in helping people to manage challenges before they meet crisis points. That is why I want to focus particularly on the work done by the Minister of S…
I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate on migration and citizenship. One of my biggest regrets of the past few years is that in the social media age there is a tendency to run immediately to the black or white. Immigration policy has fallen into a trap whereby there is little nuance afforded to it in public debate and everything gets into lumped into one bucket or the other. A lot of the discussion that ha…
14. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis and consideration that has been given to introducing a second-tier child benefit payment for households, as a taxable payment. [67532/26]
I appreciate this opportunity from the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach.
I thank the Minister. I do not for a second doubt his personal commitment, or that of the Taoiseach, to dealing with child poverty. When I look at the taxable payment that has been recommended by the ESRI, it has a lot of things going for it: its effectiveness; it could take up to 20,000 children out of poverty; it could eventually subsume the child support payment; and it could tackle a lot more of the children who …
Today, I speak to the Minister of State about the need for expansion and reform of our approach to dyslexia, dyspraxia, apraxia of speech and the other associated difficulties around literacy for children in our schools in particular. As the Minister of State knows and as I have discussed with him on many occasions, this is something that is very important to me but also something that affects 10% of our population, …
I particularly thank the Minister for State for his acknowledgement of the need for reform in this area. That is a very welcome statement by him because I know of his personal interest in this matter and his personal commitment to the whole area of special education. I emphasise again that I am not doing down the amazing work that is done by front-line staff in our area but it is about making sure that the full gamut…
Ba mhaith liom labhairt inniu maidir le cúrsaí a bhaineann leis an gceadúnas tiomána. I ask for some common-sense interventions with regard to certain categories of driver licensing that we have in the country. Two issues have been raised with me by constituents regarding the removal of code 78, which restricts a licence holder from operating a manual vehicle if he or she demonstrated proficiency in an automatic vehi…
Is ábhar imní agus buartha é líon na ndaoine atá ag cailliúint a gcuid saolta ar bhóithre na hÉireann. Tá mé ag caint ní hamháin faoi líon na ndaoine atá ag cailliúint a gcuid saolta, ach freisin faoi líon na ndaoine atá á ngortú go trom agus iad ag úsáid bóithre na hÉireann.
Road deaths and serious injuries continue to devastate families and communities across Ireland, in particular on rural and regional roads. Uns…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach as na freagraí sin. Cuirim fáilte roimh an méid atá leagtha amach aige i dtaobh na gcéimeanna atá á dtógáil le déileáil le sábháilteacht ar ár mbóithre. As the Taoiseach mentioned, the number of fatalities this year alone is the highest it has been in the last ten years. There is now urgency and a need for political priority to be centred on this issue. While fatalities are one side…
Is mór agam é labhairt ar an mBille seo, Bille a cuirfidh le nua-aoisiú An Gharda Síochána agus a chinnteoidh go bhfuil na cumhachtaí atá aige oiriúnach don lá atá inniu ann.
I welcome this Bill as a programme for Government commitment and as a very important step for An Garda Síochana and the way in which its members do their work, the context surrounding the way they do their work and the legislative framework und…
12. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on existing school building projects in Dublin Mid-West which are not yet approved; the current stage of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54070/26]
The schools I intend to address are St. Thomas Junior National School and Scoil Aíne Naofa in Lucan and Divine Mercy junior and senior national schools and St. Kevin's Community College. What is the current status of the Lucan Community College project and Scoil Chrónáin? I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.
I thank the Minister for her very comprehensive answer. I see first hand the progress that is being made with school buildings across the constituency but there are also buildings that need to be addressed as a matter of urgency. The Minister mentioned Scoil Chrónáin. In answers she has given me in parliamentary questions, she is aware there is a delay on the tender with that particular school. I would very much welc…
Hopefully, we will not need to extend the planning. That is the intention of all. Similarly for Lucan Community College, we need to get the planning right now for phases two and three. I wish to speak about the pipeline because it is important that the message we get out to parents is that there is a pipeline and that we are not taking a stop-start approach to prioritising schools. I wish to emphasise how important i…
I am taking this Topical Issue with my colleague, Deputy Lahart, on behalf of the children and parents affected by Nexus preschool, which is a service provider based in Knocklyon, but which has centres and provision in communities across Dublin Mid-West and Dublin South-West. Nexus preschool provides specialist educational programmes for children with autism spectrum disorder, many of whom have been unable to secure …
I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response. The providers in question have indicated that they are exploring the possibility of securing education provider status. I understand they have started those discussions. I fully acknowledge the parameters of the regulations, as set out in the response from the Department of children.
Like Deputy Lahart, what I am asking for is certainty. Paths forward ha…
25. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach for an update on the implementation of the Dublin city task force report. [51126/26]
I thank the Taoiseach for his update, especially with regard to the Dublin city task force. This week, the Garda Commissioner has been in front of two Oireachtas committees, speaking about the issue of e-scooters, and has given his thoughts about the enforcement side of things.
I was pleased to hear this morning that the Garda Commissioner is also of the view that e-scooters are propagating drug supply lines in my c…
5. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shane Moynihan den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cén tacaíocht atá á cur ar fáil ag a Roinn maidir leis an gclár Gaeilge365; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.. [53548/26]
Fiafraím den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobal agus Gaeltachta faoin tacaíocht atá á cur ar fáil ag a Roinn maidir leis an gclár Gaeilge365, faoi mar atá leagtha amach sa chlár Rialtais. Is clár é seo atá ar bun sna húdaráis áitiúla i mBaile Átha Cliath, agus tá sé i gceist é a leathnú amach ar fud na tíre. An ndéanfaidh an tAire ráiteas ar an ábhar seo?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht an fhreagra chuimsithigh sin. Faoi mar a dúirt sé, is é ceann de na rudaí a dhéanann idirdhealú idir Gaeilge365 agus tograí agus tionscadail eile Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta de chuid an Státchórais ná an tomhas atá air maidir le haischur. Cruthaíonn sé deiseanna cainte do dhaoine dul i ngleic leis an Státchóras agus le seirbhísí poiblí. Is cur chuige nuálaíochta é sin. Ba chór dúinn …
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Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht an fhreagra sin. Ag eascairt as an méid atá ráite aige, tá mé an-sásta cloisteáil go mbeidh deachleachtais á bhfoghlaim maidir lena bhfuil bainte amach ag Gaeilge365. Cuirim fáilte roimh an tomhas atá á dhéanamh ar dheiseanna cainte chomh maith.
An bhfuil sé de thuairim ag an Aire go leathnófar é seo amach go dtí na húdaráis áitiúla ar bhonn moillithe, is é sin, go dtosófar le c…