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Next Public Café dates Friday 30th October - The Coach House, Palmerstown 9:30-10:30am Saturday 31st October - O'Brien's, Super Valu SC, Lucan 9:30-10:30am Monday 2nd November - Green Isle Hotel, Clondalkin - 9:45-10:45am (NB note change of venue) Friday 6th November - Earl Bistro, Spa Hotel, Lucan - 10-11am Dodo & Co, Newcastle "Not just at election time" - Any time! As well as calling door to door, I regularly visit cafés throughout the constituency, making myself available

2nd November 2026 - Recent PQs submitted - will upload responses when received To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that representatives from the Irish music industry, including IMRO, RAAP and the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland are legally mandated to hold board seats or advisory positions within the upcoming AI Office of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade a

This update 28th October 2026 As of October 2026 our office team have decided to put all replies from the NTA and Transport Infrastructure Ireland on my website for easier access by constituents. ---- Newcastle & Rathcoole Bus Service Issues The National Transport Authority (NTA) is reviewing the 2027 Budget allocation for public transport services with the Department of Transport and transport operators. A Service Plan setting out the NTA's planned programme of service enhan

This update 28th October 2026 As of October 2026 our office team have decided to put all HSE replies that are not of a personal nature on my website for easier access by constituents. --- Adamstown Primary Care Centre - October 2026 REPDR/26/01729 Question I would be grateful for an update as to the staggered and/or actual opening date of the Primary Care Centre in Adamstown. Specifically: When will it be open to the public for GP services and how many GPs will be present? Wh

This update 28th October 2026 As of October 2026 our office team have decided to put all PQ replies that are not of a personal nature on my website for easier access by constituents. These can still also be accessed at the main Oireachtas website.

This is the location for all my Dáil contributions for this half-year period, a mixture of video and text. There may be a time lag getting some things uploaded as other office work takes precedence. January to June 2026 debates are here at this location: https://www.paulgogarty.com/post/d%C3%A1il-jan-june-26 . All transcripts are searchable on the Oireachtas website. As of now I do not have a resources to put up contributions in my two Committees, EU Affairs and Enterprise,

See link here: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2026/63/ There's been a lot of correspondence on this issue, so I am posting an overview of my position as it stands on the proposed legislation. There are varying views nationally on what our neutrality constitutes and and insofar as our policy has evolved, there's a good summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_neutrality . As Independent opposition TD not bound by any agreement to support the Government and no

This is the location for all my Dáil contributions for this half-year period, a mixture of video and text. All transcripts are searchable on the Oireachtas website. s of now I do not have a resources to put up contributions in my two Committees, EU Affairs and Enterprise, Tourism and Economic Development; these are also searchable on the Oireachtas website. --- Court-ordered Maintenance Payments - 24th June, 2026 Each week, thousands of mothers face the worry of not knowing w

Short cuts to rezoning areas (click on name): Clondalkin - Lucan/Adamstown - Newcastle - Rathcoole - Saggart/Citywest Contact Cllrs (some phone most email) This update - Supplemental 22nd October 2026 - St Edmundsbury raised in Dáil after vote and Government urged to extend Special Amenity Area up to Lucan Road pending a regional or national park plan. --- This update 20th October 2026. Disappointing day for communities in Lucan and Clondalkin St Edmundsbury lands saved from

First published February 2025 and updated as pairing arrangements are inputted Pairing of votes "NB - Precluded from voting as was officially paired - speech below outlines my position" If you see the above comment beside a Dáil video or written transcript this means I was unable to vote by prior arrangement. Government Ministers routinely ask opposition TDs to “pair” with them or refrain from voting on given days to allow them to carry out their business elsewhere, largely w

Rolling update following news reports on 22nd May 2025 - and confirmation on 17th June - of Government plans to purchase part of the former Citywest Hotel and Conference Centre site, currently used as an IPAS centre. This news has caused concern in terms of local capacity as well as the long-term loss of a valuable community amenity for the residents of Saggart, Citywest and Rathcoole. The former golf course of the hotel has already got planning permission as a cemetery. I h

Introduction - An inflationary budget "more Westlife than Fontaines DC" --- Main Budget Speech including impact on constituency "Tá sé soiléir inniu - Ní mór a rinne an buiséad seo do mo dháilcheantar." - It's clear today, this budget has done very little for my constituency. --- Cigarette Excise Duties, Vapes, Psychoactive substances