Waterford — week of Mon, 22 Jun

What your Waterford TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Jun – 28 Jun 2020 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed)

2020-06-27 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 93–63

Voted for 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government

2020-06-27 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 91–66

Voted for 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Cullinane — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Employment 11 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of JobPath; when it will end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11867/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for labour market activation schemes after JobPath expires; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11868/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend JobPath referrals and the relevant contracts for an additional 12 months in view of the likely economic fallout due to the Covid-19 public health emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11869/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding child maintenance services; her plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11870/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process regarding the provision of the local employment service; the impact of Covid-19 on this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11871/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by age claiming jobseeker’s allowance in each month of 2020 to date in tabular form. [11872/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by age claiming jobseeker’s benefit in each month of 2020 to date in tabular form. [11873/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisors and their pension claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11875/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments that the self-employed are and are not entitled to, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11968/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost per payment of extending each social welfare entitlement to the self-employed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11969/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of a €1 increase in each weekly social welfare payment in 2021 based on forecasted unemployment figures and controlling for the exceptional circumstances of 2020. [12495/20]
Education 2 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accommodate the needs of children with intellectual disabilities who may need to repeat this year of school in view of the disturbance caused by the Covid-19 public health emergency; if additional resources will be made available to this end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the reopening of schools regarding enhanced cleaning regimes; if deep cleaning of schools will be a requirement for all schools; if there will be a requirement for the use of professionals rather than allowing schools use volunteers in administering same; if schools will be expected to pay for the enhanced regime from their own budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12609/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if maternity benefit will be extended in view of comments in Dáil Éireann on 11 June 2020. [12413/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-06-23 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the latest plans in place for the reopening of day services for persons with disabilities; if there is a timeline for the reopening of these services; if so, the timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12351/20]

John Cummins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Finance 1 question
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding specific financial supports available to seasonal publicans that also serve food but have been closed during the Covid-19 pandemic months and will incur significant expenses in preparing their premises to reopen; his views on whether seasonal proprietors in such a position might not be in a position to reopen without tailored financial supports; his further views on the way in which such seasonal businesses can be supported; the position regarding the availability of the temporary wage subsidy scheme to seasonal proprietors in view of the fact they cannot provide payroll data for reference months such as January and February 2020 due to the fact they are primarily open in the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12607/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be considered for DEIS status; his plans to conduct a review of schools seeking DEIS status; if the programme will be opened to a new round of applications; his further plans to amend the system to allow applications in order that schools can be more proactive in seeking DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12606/20]