Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 15 Apr — Watch Them Work

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Apr – 21 Apr 2019 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 54 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018

2019-04-18 · 1 vote · Fianna Fáil PMB

A bill to create an Office of Tax Simplification for a time limited period of five years to advise the Minister for Finance on such matters

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 63–48

Voted for 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Michael McGrath

Voted against 1 Simon Coveney

Did not vote 4 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Public Transport

2019-04-18 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–64

Voted for 1 Simon Coveney

Voted against 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Michael McGrath

Did not vote 4 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 44–69

Voted for 2 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Michael McGrath

Voted against 1 Simon Coveney

Did not vote 4 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

The motion · motion failed 36–77

Voted for 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Voted against 2 Michael McGrath · Simon Coveney

Did not vote 4 Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2019-04-16 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 71–46

Voted for 1 Micheál Martin

Voted against 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Did not vote 3 Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here, which has been reported as being the case since 2013. [17358/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times firearms certificates have been granted to personnel from other jurisdictions; the personnel granted certificates; and the circumstances in which they were granted. [17359/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the memorandum of understanding between the PSNI and An Garda Síochána regarding security arrangements for a person (details supplied) will be completed. [17360/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if primary legislation will be required for the establishment of a national security co-ordinator; and if not, if proposals will be brought to Dáil Éireann for discussion and scrutiny. [17361/19]
Housing 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the new parts of a district will be included in the rent pressure zone in circumstances in which an electoral area or municipal district has been designated a rent pressure zone but has been subsequently redrawn; and if it will continue to apply for the district as a whole or parts of same, for example, in the case of a district (details supplied). [17717/19]

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Taoiseach 9 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [16669/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to or met Prime Minister May before the EU Council meeting on 10 April 2019; if so, the issues regarding Brexit that were discussed; if protection of the Single Market was discussed; and if citizens’ rights and direct rule were also mentioned. [17619/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; and the meetings he attended and the issues that were discussed. [13886/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the role his Department is playing in preparing for a hard Brexit. [14282/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the details of the way in which Northern Ireland will be treated differently post Brexit in view of his comments in Dáil Éireann on 27 March 2019 on same; if he has spoken with Prime Minister May since then; and if his or other officials have been in further discussions on contingency plans. [15378/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since she made her public announcement on reaching out to the Labour Party on 2 April 2019. [16362/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy being led by his departmental officials. [15376/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F on national security last met. [16364/19]
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the Northern Ireland Executive with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May, recently; and his views on whether there will be direct rule in Northern Ireland due to the lack of progress. [16668/19]
Health 3 questions
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the children’s unit in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18277/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when the extension and-or expansion of the children's unit in Cork University Maternity Hospital will be allotted; the stage the planning process is at; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18278/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the capital allocation to Cork University Maternity Hospital for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/19]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set up an operations centre similar to the model being established in Northern Ireland to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. [11931/19]
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Good Friday Agreement, and in particular regarding strands 1 and 2 being suspended in their entirety; and if he has spoken with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on same recently. [17817/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school building (details supplied) has been sold to a private developer who plans to demolish the buildings in order to build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/19]
Business 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/19]
Justice 1 question
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if complaints by a person (details supplied) of Garda discrimination against Travellers have been received; the actions that were taken to address the complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18147/19]

Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.