Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 4 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Nov – 10 Nov 2019 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 14 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages

2019-11-06 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 27–75

Voted against 2 Colm Brophy · Katherine Zappone

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · John Lahart · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2019-11-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 91–32

Voted for 2 John Lahart · Katherine Zappone

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 2 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy

Finance Bill 2019

2019-11-05 · 2 votes · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

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A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.

The motion · motion passed 5–2

Voted against 1 Paul Murphy

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Seán Crowe

The motion · motion passed 5–3

Voted against 1 Paul Murphy

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Seán Crowe

Ciarán Ahern — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Colm Brophy — Fine Gael 1 vote · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Finance 1 question
- 2019-11-07 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Finance if rules apply selectively under European Union VAT to a reduction on the rate of VAT to specific categories of house purchases, namely those bought by first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45915/19]

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 5 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 5 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2019-11-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use by coach companies of the NTA-provided coach park in the vicinity of a location (details supplied) on the quays in Dublin; the reason it closes at 7 p.m. each evening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44534/19]
- 2019-11-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the NTA coach parking facility at the quays in Dublin; the number of spaces it contains; the average number of coaches that park there each evening including weekends; the cost of parking; the operating hours from Monday to Sunday; his views on whether it represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/19]
Finance 1 question
- 2019-11-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance when the transfer of funds to the rainy day fund will commence; and when the intended €500 million will be transferred into same in the event of an orderly Brexit. [44415/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-11-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for a student that has particular needs and has the use of a laptop while attending school when it comes to the sitting of State exams; if there is criteria that must be met by the students that allows them to use the laptop during an exam; the length of time in advance of sitting an exam the student will be advised that they can use it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45636/19]
Culture 1 question
- 2019-11-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the residents in the Glenamole region of the Dublin Mountains use parts of the national park in that area to graze animals and that there have been numerous requests to the local authorities to install cattle grids in the area to prevent the sheep from roaming onto the four public roads the run through the park; if her attention has been further drawn to a precedent that exists of installing cattle grids on public park lands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45629/19]

New lobbying 1 return

Vulcan Consulting Limited Transport
- Micro Mobility policy and use of electric scooters

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will discontinue the strategic housing development scheme. [45238/19]
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an outside legal firm was employed in the drafting of the Water Services Act 2013; and if so, the name of same. [45333/19]
Health 2 questions
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the carbon emissions specifications of the designs of the new national children's hospital and the new national maternity hospital. [45314/19]
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has spent €7 million on private ambulance services in the first eight months of 2019; and the expected expenditure on private ambulance services for 2019. [44333/19]
Transport 1 question
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a change made to a flight path above Firhouse, Dublin 24, impacting on areas, including Aylesbury, Knocklyon and Ballycullen, in view of the fact there have been local complaints in relation to early morning disturbance due to increased plane traffic. [44338/19]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2019-11-07 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the record of Dáil Éireann regarding the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 October 2019 (details supplied) will be corrected. [45888/19]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Foreign 2 questions
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent large public protests in Chile and opposition to the current Government and its alleged dire handling of the economy, which has led to rampant inequality; his views on the fact the Chilean Government declared a state of emergency and deployed the army; if his attention has been further drawn to the scenes of police and army brutality, which has led to more than 1,000 Chileans being injured and more than 100 partially blinded after being shot in the eye; and his views on these alleged human rights violations against protesters. [45163/19]
- 2019-11-05 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will take a leadership role against the human rights violations in Bahrain in the United Nations Human Rights Council, particularly in view of the numerous statements by him that Bahrain is one of Ireland’s priorities and his own statements that he is following the issue closely and is very concerned; and if he will work to ensure a joint statement on the human rights situation in Bahrain is tabled at the next meeting of the council in March 2020. [45164/19]