Mon, 8 Jun – 14 Jun 2020 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
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
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
John Lahart — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
7 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked7 total
Health4 questions
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); the reason Ireland has chosen a different course of action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9963/20]
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing persons with holiday homes outside the 20 km zone to be given permission to travel to them to carry out essential maintenance and upkeep on these homes earlier than the anticipated date in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9777/20]
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); when construction can begin on the site; and the facilities which will be available to the public therein. [9823/20]
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of work to secure the implementation of a nationwide smoky coal ban; if he has engaged with officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment since January 2020 on the matter; his views from a health perspective regarding ongoing delays in implementing a nationwide smoky coal ban; if he has studied the report on the health consequences from poor air quality by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9906/20]
Communications1 question
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of work to implement a nationwide smoky coal ban; if he has reviewed the recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency on the need for a nationwide smoky coal ban; the status of the threatened legal challenge by a number of coal suppliers to the smoky coal ban; if he has met with officials from the Department of Health on the implementation of a smoky coal ban; if he has provided additional resources to local authorities to carry out enforcement of the existing smoky coal ban in their respective areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9907/20]
Transport1 question
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when protective plastic screens will become mandatory for taxis. [10120/20]
Housing1 question
2020-06-09Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is considering an exemption for self-catering holiday homes that have been inadvertently affected by planning rules introduced to reduce the impact of a company (details supplied) on the available housing stock in general; and his views on the position taken by an organisation which is seeking a fair exemption from these planning laws for those that have been legitimately operating in tourism accommodation for at least the past five years [9965/20]
Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity
0 votes ·
6 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked6 total
Business3 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the WRC appears to be making no preparations to redeploy its workplace inspectors to work with the HSA to carry out Covid-19 workplace inspections. [9797/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has instructed her officials at the WRC not to redeploy their workplace inspectors to work with the HSA doing Covid-19 workplace inspections. [9798/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the areas from which she plans to draw additional Covid-19 inspectors in view of the fact the HSE will need to deploy its own inspectors to carry out food safety and Covid-19 checks in restaurants and pubs when they reopen in June and July 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9799/20]
Health2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when outpatient appointments will recommence in view of the cancellation and postponement of many due to the Covid-19 crisis. [9794/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if persons under 18 years of age that are admitted to the adult section of Tallaght Hospital will be permitted to have a parent or guardian stay with them overnight. [10075/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the Covid-19 guidelines to permit small civil marriages on and after 8 June 2020 with restricted attendance of up to ten persons only including the persons getting married under the strict condition of social distancing and with the agreement of the registrar and celebrant in view of the fact up to ten persons are being permitted to attend a funeral while observing social distancing. [9865/20]
Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
10 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked10 total
Culture3 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding a potential cut in the arts allocation in the budgets of local authorities following a downturn in the economy post the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. [10302/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the loss in income for many artists due to Covid-19; and the supports in place or being prepared for a post-lockdown scenario. [10303/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the local and national campaign to save the remains of a cottage (details supplied); and if her Department has raised specific concerns with the local authority regarding the building, particularly its historical significance and the fact that many of the 1916 leaders and other historical figures had visited and stayed in the cottage. [10304/20]
Foreign2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the continued targeting of human rights and labour activists in Columbia resulting in hundreds of murders. [10307/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent influx of US special forces into Columbia; his views on whether this will only ratchet tensions in a fragile peace higher, while also having a further destabilising impact on the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/20]
Communications2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the trading online scheme under south Dublin LEO is oversubscribed; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the scheme is currently paused; if this is the case in other LEO areas; his views on whether the projected funding allocated is insufficient; and his plans to increase funding and meet the demand from businesses impacted by the fallout from the lockdown and other responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. [10305/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that Eir remains under the universal service obligation (details supplied); and if the terms and conditions of the obligation will be reviewed before June 2021 in view of the fact some conditions such as minimum data speed are outdated. [10306/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the problem in many communities in which it is unwise and not safe to walk due to the use of scramblers, mopeds and quads in parks and greens; if his attention has further been drawn to the different approaches to this problem in different Garda divisions; and if there is a code or best practice being used in different areas. [10301/20]
Health1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when the cervical smear test screening programme will be resumed; his views on whether other life-saving elements of the health service cannot be neglected during the crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/20]
Transport1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is examining or proposing new legislation in the area of the use of scramblers, mopeds and quads in parks and greens. [10301/20]