Dublin Central — week of Mon, 11 May

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 11 May – 17 May 2020 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 21 questions · 33 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-05-13 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 10–32

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Neasa Hourigan

Did not vote 3 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald · Paschal Donohoe

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 1 vote · 13 questions · 10 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Employment 6 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions have been made to financially support lone parents unable to work due to lack of childcare during mandatory school and childcare closures. [4983/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if regular social welfare payments will be advanced in order to reduce the need for persons to attend post and social welfare offices. [4990/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the fuel allowance period to the end of April 2020 to help persons with additional heating costs associated with self-isolation and illness. [4991/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment will continue to be paid to families even if there is a reduction in their working hours. [4992/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supplementary welfare allowances will be made available to support low-income lone parents caring for sick and self-isolating loved ones that cannot afford unpaid leave. [4993/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to pausing all energy disconnections and social welfare sanctions. [4994/20]
Housing 6 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the provisions made for members of the Mincéirí in overcrowded accommodation with little access to water during the Covid-19 outbreak (details supplied). [4984/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist the self-employed, freelancers and those in the gig economy who will not be able to work during self-isolation and may fall behind on rents as a result. [4985/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist persons that will not be able to pay the rent due to the shortfall between the higher €305 a week illness benefit rate and normal wages in circumstances in which the employer refuses to top-up the benefit. [4986/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist persons that will be unable to pay their rent due to self-isolation. [4987/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to assist people in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist persons that are self-isolating and have an upcoming notice of termination which requires them to leave the property. [4988/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist persons living in overcrowded accommodation and will be unable to self-isolate. [4989/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if reassurance will be provided to the staff at a facility (details supplied) that once the current health emergency has alleviated they will be permitted to return to their place of work. [4995/20]

New lobbying 10 returns

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) · 8 returns Taxation · Public Expenditure and Reform · Education and Training
- Flat-rate expenses
- Pension parity
- Investment in second-level education
- The use of FEMPI legislation to freeze increment dates of ASTI members.
- Student and Parent Charter Bill, 2019
- Teachers' Terms & Conditions
- Curriculum change
- Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company Arts
- information on allocation of Dublin City Council Buildings
National Centre for Youth Mental Health Children and Youth Affairs
- Jigsaw provided a Covid 19 Impact Statement to politicians regarding Jigsaw's response to the crisis

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company Arts
- information on allocation of Dublin City Council Buildings

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 5 questions · 7 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 5 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if funding will be released to the HSE disability section for a person (details supplied) to avail of residential services. [4124/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the participant payment for a service (details supplied). [4826/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if alternative accommodation has been secured for a service (details supplied) in view of the fact the leases are due to expire. [4827/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent HSE staff employed at a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2019. [4828/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if funding will be released for a home care package for a person (details supplied) in order that the person can leave the Mater Hospital. [5049/20]

New lobbying 7 returns

Social Justice Ireland · 3 returns Budgetary matters · Communications
- Wrote to a number of TDs, setting out what a new Programme for Government based on a new Social Contract for the post-Covid-19 world might look like
- Wrote to a number of TDs on the issue of Social Partnership/Social Dialogue
- We sent an initial analysis and critique of the FF/FG Framework framework negotiating document, welcoming the positives, raising concerns on several fronts and made concrete policy proposals that could be put into a new Programme for Government under the 10 mssion statements contained in the Framework.
Irish Federation of University Teachers Education and Training
- Funding of Higher Education
Christian Aid Ireland · 2 returns Foreign Affairs
- Follow up letter CA Ireland Election Manifesto 2020
- Contact in relation to Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
National Centre for Youth Mental Health Children and Youth Affairs
- Jigsaw provided a Covid 19 Impact Statement to politicians regarding Jigsaw's response to the crisis

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 11 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 11 returns

Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland Finance
- Covid-19 - Clarification on Pandemic Unemployment Payment
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Health
- Inclusion of dementia in Programme for Government
Irish SME Association Economic Development and Industry
- Economic effects of Covid 19
Milford Care Centre Health
- Seeking financial support, as Chairperson and on behalf of the Voluntary Hospices Group, in order to address funding anomalies between Voluntary and Statutory Hospices on an ongoing basis and in order to ensure the ongoing financial sustainability of Voluntary Hospices in the context of COVID-19. In their submission the Voluntary Hospices Group highlighted the major additional demands that this pandemic would place on the Sector and how it would decimate it fundraising base for 2020 and beyond.
Property Owners Association of Ireland Limited (IPOA) Finance
- Some non bank lenders are not engaging with customers and facilitating Mortgage Breaks, which is causing financial difficulties where tenants are not currently in a position to pay rent.
Linked P2P Ltd Finance
- The subject matter was on Government COVID-19 supports for SME's. A letter was written to Minister outlining the case that any new Government supports for SME's should utilise the non bank sector as part of the solution.
Presentation Interprovincial Justice Desk Communications
- Government Formation 32nd Dail
GME Media Employment
- Support for national and local newspaper publishers during the Covid-19 pandemic
Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport Sports and Recreation
- FIS General Election 2020 - Manifesto - Sport Matters Submission
The Institute of Directors Ireland Trade
- Companies Act 2014, as it pertains to the provision around personal liability of directors regarding reckless trading
National Centre for Youth Mental Health Children and Youth Affairs
- Jigsaw provided a Covid 19 Impact Statement to politicians regarding Jigsaw's response to the crisis