Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 21 Oct

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Oct – 27 Oct 2019 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 88 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions

2019-10-24 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–47

Voted for 3 Michael McGrath · Micheál Martin · Simon Coveney

Did not vote 4 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network

2019-10-24 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–87

Voted for 1 Simon Coveney

Voted against 2 Michael McGrath · Micheál Martin

Did not vote 4 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 27–106

Voted against 3 Michael McGrath · Micheál Martin · Simon Coveney

Did not vote 4 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

The motion · motion passed 87–50

Voted for 2 Michael McGrath · Micheál Martin

Voted against 1 Simon Coveney

Did not vote 4 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the top ten personal insolvency practitioner, PIP, providers for vouchers redeemed under the Abhaile scheme for financial advice in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [43120/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vouchers redeemed by the top ten PIPs for financial advice under the Abhaile scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019, in tabular form. [43121/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded personal insolvency arrangements arranged by the top ten PIPs under the Abhaile scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018, and to date in 2019. [43122/19]

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 4 votes · 38 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 38 total

Taoiseach 15 questions
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the UN; if he held bilaterals; and the issues discussed. [39631/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he held with business leaders while in the United States of America; and the issues that were discussed. [39894/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with EU leaders and others when he attended the UN meeting in New York; and if the backstop was discussed. [39633/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to EU leaders since 18 September 2019 about Brexit or other issues. [39632/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken directly to the German Chancellor recently. [41957/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the conversations he has had with the UK Prime Minister since 8 October 2019; and if he subsequently met him, the issues that were discussed. [41956/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the proposed veto was discussed when he met with the UK Prime Minister in Liverpool; and the rationale for same. [42309/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if a timeline on the backstop was discussed when he met the UK Prime Minister; and the response that he gave. [42310/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the UK Prime Minister since the EU Council meeting on 17 and 18 October 2019; and if so, the matters that were discussed regarding Brexit and the Northern Assembly. [43222/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the withdrawal treaty; and if he has spoken with the UK Prime Minister since the October 2019 European Council meeting. [43597/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the agenda for the EU Council on 17 October 2019 and if he contributed on the discussion in regard to the multi-annual framework and EU reform items. [41958/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he had bilateral meetings while attending the EU Council on 17 and 18 October 2019; and if so, the issues that were discussed. [43221/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Council meeting in October 2019. [43600/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he held bilateral meetings at the October 2019 European Council meetings. [43601/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which covers housing. [43602/19]
Health 11 questions
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children's research and innovation centre in the new national children’s hospital project. [43282/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of information and communication technology in the new national children’s hospital project. [43283/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children’s hospital integration programme in the new national children’s hospital project. [43284/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the electronic healthcare record in the new national children’s hospital project. [43285/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an investigation of deaths involving CPE in Limerick University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has received an application for funding for the oral chemotherapy agent osimertinib; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43393/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the governance discussions based on the Mulvey report of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street when it transfers to the St. Vincent's hospital site; the areas that will be covered outside the Mulvey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43505/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to protect the significant investment of the State in the new maternity hospital on the St. Vincent's hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43506/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the State has invested either in capital or current funding in a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43507/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials have discussed the option of removing the definition to vaping on the HSE website in view of the fact that it may be encouraging persons to take it up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/19]
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2018 a team from hospitals (details supplied) carried out two operations on the damaged spinal cords of babies in the womb, the first surgeries of their kind in the UK; if such specialist foetal surgery for spina bifida will be available in here; if it is likely to become available under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43909/19]
Foreign 7 questions
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his Spanish counterpart recently. [42932/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Catalonia was discussed at the most recent EU meetings. [42933/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details that were agreed or partially agreed regarding the withdrawal treaty at the General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council meetings in October 2019. [43225/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a plan to address the serious and real concerns relating to citizenship consistent with the letter and spirit of the Good Friday Agreement following a ruling (details supplied). [43224/19]
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent ruling on a case (details supplied) with his UK counterpart; if there were actions taken after the Taoiseach spoke to former UK Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May regarding same; and if there are implications for the Good Friday Agreement. [43223/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Northern Ireland Assembly will be reconvened in the short term. [43598/19]
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reform the Good Friday Agreement as it applies to the voting mechanism and petition of concern in particular. [43599/19]
Business 2 questions
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the number of work permits is being increased to allow for the genuine shortage that is impacting on hospitals and the community and nursing home sectors; if she has met or written to the Minister for Health to discuss same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43866/19]
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has listed healthcare assistants as one of the groups that should receive work permits in view of the shortage of same here and across the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43880/19]
Justice 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he was notified of the cost of overtime for An Garda Síochána from 5 to 12 October 2019 to cover the demonstrations of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43389/19]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns held by persons (details supplied) regarding the status of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of healthcare assistants being trained is being increased through FETAC and-or SOLAS training programmes in view of the shortage of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43866/19]

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.