Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 2 Dec — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Dec – 8 Dec 2019 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018

2019-12-05 · 1 vote · Fianna Fáil PMB

A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Maintenance Recovery Unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to make a District Court applic…

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A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Maintenance Recovery Unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to make a District Court application for a Payment Order, in respect of jobseekers transitional payment to one parent families, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a 'liable relative', a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment

The motion · motion passed 82–39

Voted for 2 John Lahart · Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Colm Brophy · Katherine Zappone

Did not vote 2 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage

2019-12-04 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–27

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · Katherine Zappone

Voted against 1 Paul Murphy

Did not vote 3 Ciarán Ahern · John Lahart · Seán Crowe

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2019-12-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 91–34

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Katherine Zappone

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019

2019-12-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–30

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Katherine Zappone

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

2019-12-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 53–56

Voted for 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Colm Brophy · Katherine Zappone

Abstained 1 John Lahart

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

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 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Education 2 questions
- 2019-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be offered a place in national school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49801/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of works being carried out on a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; if he is satisfied that the level of works being carried out at the school is safe while the school is open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49814/19]
Transport 2 questions
- 2019-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income received by Dublin Bus from advertising in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49874/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State subvention supplied to Dublin Bus in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49875/19]
Health 1 question
- 2019-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the home care budget for 2019 in the CH07 region; the amount that was allocated; the additional funding provided; the estimated spend for the remainder of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50333/19]
Children 1 question
- 2019-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a facility (details supplied) was only awarded 30 weeks access and inclusion level 7 additional assistance for a child attending for 38 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49813/19]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 4 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Public 2 questions
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish the daily telephone allowance for travel inside the European Union in view of the fact that roaming charges have been abolished. [49736/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Deputies and Senators continue to be paid enhanced subsistence rates for overseas travel. [49737/19]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the status of the work of the international division of his Department. [50372/19]
Business 1 question
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason only two out of seven joint labour committees are functioning and have produced employment regulation orders; and her plans to ensure that other sectors including agriculture, cleaning and so on are represented by joint labour committees. [50379/19]
Justice 1 question
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the two-year delay for a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [49690/19]
Employment 1 question
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the high incidence of low pay within the meat industry; and her plans to address same. [50380/19]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Foreign 2 questions
- 2019-12-05 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice that food products from the illegal colonial settlements of Israel in Palestine must be clearly labelled as products originating in occupied territories to allow consumers to make informed choices when they shop; his plans to ensure that products from illegal Israeli colonial settlements will now be labelled accordingly in order to enter the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50716/19]
- 2019-12-05 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new documents released in the media regarding the mass detention of Uighur and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang; if he has raised this issue with his Chinese counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50717/19]