Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 9 Dec

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 9 Dec – 15 Dec 2019 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019

2019-12-12 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as amended) to provide for a rent freeze for all existing and new tenancies

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 83–36

Voted for 3 John Lahart · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 1 Colm Brophy

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018

2019-12-12 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 5–3

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy

The motion · motion passed 5–3

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy

Message to Dáil

2019-12-12 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 5–3

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy

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 · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Justice 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of gardaí per head of population in each of the Dublin metropolitan divisions in each of the past five years. [51612/19]
Transport 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to include a feasibility study on the recommendation in the recent Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly recommendation to complete the construction of MetroLink from Swords to Sandyford and to UCD and Knocklyon from Charlemont; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51188/19]
Housing 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action he has taken to include a feasibility study on the recent Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly recommendation to complete the construction of MetroLink from Swords to Sandyford and to UCD and Knocklyon from Charlemont; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51187/19]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2019-12-10 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [50290/19]
- 2019-12-10 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [50373/19]
Housing 2 questions
- 2019-12-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new build homes to be completed by each local authority by the end of 2019. [51370/19]
- 2019-12-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the most recent figures on the housing waiting list for four Dublin councils (details supplied). [51371/19]
Children 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support a network (details supplied) that includes the vital local service provided by an organisation in view of the 16 days of action to promote domestic violence awareness, which has highlighted that 60% of abuse starts before 25 years of age and that Ireland has only one third of the recommended number of refuge spaces; and her views on whether women's domestic abuse refuge centres are an important aspect of her Department. [51357/19]
Foreign 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland has scaled back by a third the number of observers it sent to the recent elections in Belarus compared to previous elections in 2015 and 2016; the names of the two observers sent; the basis on which they were selected; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that no open call issued to the official election roster for the mission; his plans to ensure future opportunities are advertised and filled on a transparent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/19]
Communications 1 question
- 2019-12-12 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of individual homes in each of the four Dublin local authority areas that do not have access to fibre broadband. [52182/19]

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

Questions asked 2 total

Foreign 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the new initiative on sexual and reproductive health and rights promised in A Better World; when the initiative will be launched; the level of funding to be allocated for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51237/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-12-10 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the staff shortage in the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the shortage is severely impacting on the service it provides and persons seeking to avail of its services are being directed to other DDLETB centres due to the shortages in south-west County Dublin; the reason for the staff shortage; the way in which he plans to ensure the shortage is ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51343/19]