Mon, 15 Jun – 21 Jun 2020 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 27 questions · 1 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 ·
13 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked13 total
Business5 questions
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have drawn down funds under schemes (details supplied); the steps she has taken to ensure companies here are aware of other schemes available from the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11345/20]
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland has had business schemes approved that take the form of repayable advances and has not sought grant aided schemes to date from the EU in view of the fact businesses are struggling. [11346/20]
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure businesses can access the proposed European Recovery and Resilience Facility which offers opportunities to Ireland with supports available of over €300 billion in grants and up to €250 billion in loans; and the preparations she has made to ensure that businesses can access funds and loans. [11347/20]
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts that have been made to draw down and enable businesses to access the Next Generation EU fund of €750 billion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11348/20]
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for cinema opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11352/20]
Education3 questions
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a planned new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10531/20]
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) which is set to lose a teacher for the 2020-2021 academic year; if the retention of a teacher in the school will be supported in order to keep class sizes to the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10757/20]
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that can be made in respect of July provision for those students with special needs attending a school (details supplied) which is undergoing works and cannot open for such provision; if he will work with the school to remedy the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the urgency for a nationally-coordinated domestic sexual and gender-based violence infrastructure that is political, legal and social has never been more important with clear high-level, integrated responsibility for policy and provision needing to be held at a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11350/20]
Health1 question
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if there have been cases of tuberculosis in private or State-run nursing homes. [11351/20]
Children1 question
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Tusla is planning to decentralise its national remit for domestic sexual and gender-based violence to local structures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11349/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she considered the request from an organisation (details supplied) with regard to implementing a time extension on pandemic supports to photography and videography businesses, giving its members the certainty required to keep their companies going until there is a recovery for the industry. [10689/20]
Culture1 question
2020-06-16Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for theatre opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11352/20]
Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity
0 votes ·
13 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked13 total
Employment7 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously earned less than €200 a week in wages and were in receipt of a social welfare payment when they became unemployed by scheme type (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10891/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously earned less than €200 a week in wages and are in receipt of rent supplement, HAP, or are living in social housing. [10892/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if cash tips are to be included in assessing the eligibility of a person for the higher rate of the pandemic unemployment payment. [10893/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons due to have their pandemic unemployment payment cut from 30 June 2020 who were earning over €200 a week in wages on that date in 2019. [10894/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons due to have their pandemic unemployment payment cut from 30 June 2020 who are less than and more than 25 years of age, respectively. [10895/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated savings from cutting the pandemic unemployment payment in view of the resulting increases in other benefits for current recipients. [10896/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease the child benefit of a person (details supplied) on the grounds that the person is no longer in the country will be reconsidered in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the particular circumstances. [10628/20]
Health2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the details of the existing grant agreement between the State and St. Vincent's Healthcare Group under which the Nutley Wing was funded by the State; the other public healthcare facilities funded under the agreement; the amount expended on each facility; and if he will provide a copy of the agreements. [11026/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount expended to date on the preparatory works under way on the St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group site relating to the new maternity hospital; the detail of the works involved; the funding provided to date for each of the works; the dates of the payments made in this regard; and the budgetary allocation that has been made for the continuation of the works. [11027/20]
Education1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request and urge UCD to revoke the cancellation of all outgoing Erasmus arrangements for 2020 in circumstances in which the receiving institutions are willing to accept students from Ireland and in view of UCD preparing to accept international students onto campus-based courses from September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11199/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to unsanitary or unsafe conditions in the direct provision centre at a location (details supplied); if his officials or the international protection accommodation service, IPAS, will be instructed to arrange for an inspection of the building or to publish the findings of a recent inspection of the building, its accommodation and facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10707/20]
Transport1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct an airline (details supplied) to discharge its responsibilities to customers who booked flights with the airline which were subsequently cancelled due to Covid-19 and promptly provide refunds to those customers who want them and vouchers to those who are willing to accept them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/20]
Culture1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Arts Council has decided not to create a new platform to host the work of the recipients of the Covid-19 response award; and the alternative means that will be used to disseminate the work of the recipients. [10888/20]
New lobbying1 return
National Bus and Rail UnionTransport
Staggering starting times of schools, colleges and other workplaces to lessen the peak time demand on Public Transport. Incentives for people who work from home, like a tax credit. Introduction of park and ride facilities to eliminate congestion. Introduction of Bus Rapid Transit and the establishment of a transport forum.
Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.