Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 23 Sept

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Sept – 29 Sept 2019 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 45 questions · 9 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Offshore Islands

2019-09-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 38–79

Voted for 1 Simon Coveney

Voted against 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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

Agriculture

2019-09-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 38–84

Voted for 1 Simon Coveney

Voted against 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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

Special Needs Education Places

2019-09-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–39

Voted for 1 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Voted against 1 Simon Coveney

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 5 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 4 questions
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding to third level institutions by 1%. [38561/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of restoring the non-adjacent SUSI grant level from 24 km to 30 km, 35 km and 40 km, in tabular form. [38562/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of restoring the SUSI grant scheme to pre-2011 levels. [38563/19]
- 2019-09-25 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to delays to the granting of home tuition hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38969/19]
Justice 1 question
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the immigration status of the persons who were adversely affected by the recent student recruitment agency closure; the measures to be put in place to ensure that international students are protected against another closure of this nature; the status of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the agency which was carried out by the Garda National Immigration Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38746/19]

New lobbying 2 returns

Pender & Associates Ltd · 2 returns Health
- Enhance access and affordability of medicines
- Enhance access and affordability of medicines

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Pender & Associates Ltd Health
- Enhance access and affordability of medicines

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 17 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a guidance issued by the Revenue Commissioners in May 2007 that advised that food supplements were allowed to be supplied at a zero VAT rate as they were defined under the Value-Added Tax Act 1972. [38222/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestions by his EU colleagues to revamp the eurozone fiscal rules; if the matter is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the introduction of duty free in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/19]
Health 4 questions
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will collect improved data and research on suicidal behaviour as outlined in the National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [38338/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in each health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the most recent waiting list and waiting times for children waiting for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/19]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU ministers discussed extending the longer period of transition by consent instead of a hard Brexit on 31 October 2019. [38266/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been written proposals circulated from Prime Minister Johnson in relation to alternatives to a disorderly Brexit. [38267/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the request made by the Prime Minister of Finland to the UK to submit its written alternatives on Brexit to the European Commission and Council by 30 September 2019; if the matter was discussed with him beforehand; and his views on same. [38842/19]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mrs. Arlene Foster of the DUP and the topics discussed relating to Brexit and the Northern Ireland Assembly. [38841/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the way in which he responded to Mrs. Arlene Foster regarding her comments on the constitutional position of unionism when they met to discuss Brexit on 18 September 2019. [38843/19]
Children 2 questions
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if communication has been recently received from a group (details supplied); if she has received a report carried out by it outlining difficulties dealing with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38494/19]
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has discussed a group (details supplied) with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38495/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital projects planned to provide extra places in schools for pupils with special needs; if the waiting times for such projects are double the waiting time for building mainstream schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38838/19]
Culture 1 question
- 2019-09-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the funding and staging of the procurement process of the new convention centre in Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38322/19]

New lobbying 2 returns

Pender & Associates Ltd Health
- Enhance access and affordability of medicines
Gaeloideachas Education and Training
- Riachtanais na nAonaid lán-Ghaeilge agus tacaíocht do dhaltaí le Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais

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.