Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 13 Jul

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Jul – 19 Jul 2020 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 44 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension

2020-07-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–64

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

The motion · motion passed 79–64

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Employment Rights

2020-07-16 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–58

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-07-14 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 29–16

Voted for 1 John Lahart

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

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 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Business 5 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the review of the business restart grant has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15800/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in the July stimulus package for taxi drivers and the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15953/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to assist companies that have been closed for the past number of months by way of cash injection to meet their deferred debts and deferred payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16146/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure there will be no delay in payments to SMEs such as the employee assistance scheme in order to ensure SMEs can continue to pay their staff on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16147/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to continue the business continuity voucher, which has expired and was beneficial to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/20]
Education 3 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure a person (details supplied) will get a place in a school that suits the person's needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15375/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of moving a school (details supplied) to another location; and the setting up costs associated with same. [15670/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the outcome of the tendering process in respect of a school (details supplied); and when it can be anticipated that on-site work will commence. [16345/20]
Transport 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to monitor and enforce the wearing of face coverings and masks on public transport; the penalties that apply to those that do not comply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14970/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the alternative public transport arrangements available for commuters who, for valid reasons, are unable to wear face coverings and masks on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14971/20]
Employment 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the pandemic unemployment payment and self-employed persons who will not be able to return to full employment due to space restrictions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15513/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans and guidelines in place to help employers get their staff back to work; if there is an option to bring staff back on a two- or three-day week while they remain on the pandemic unemployment payment; if there are guidelines for businesses to assist them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15519/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to make adjuvant immunotherapy, nivolumab and pembrolizumab available to public patients with stage 3 melanoma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15926/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the proposed new national plan for rare diseases will be completed; if a consultation process will be run to allow input into this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15930/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-07-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to continue the trading online voucher, which has expired and was beneficial to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-07-16 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance his priorities following his election as chairperson of the Eurogroup of EU finance ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16284/20]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Finance 6 questions
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to respond to the ruling of the General Court of the European Union in regard to a case (details supplied) which was due on 15 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to ensure that profitable companies do not benefit from significant corporate welfare in the context of supports being made available in the July stimulus. [16314/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if highly profitable companies will be excluded from the suspension of rates. [16310/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to stop banks charging interest on Covid-19 mortgage breaks. [16311/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax on net wealth exceeding €1 million in order to fund public investment. [16312/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent on a case (details supplied) to date. [16313/20]
Transport 3 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has approved the cancellation by Dublin Bus of all school transport contracts operated by private bus companies in the Dublin area; his plans for the way in which those private bus operators that depend on school transport contracts will continue in business if the school transport contracts are cancelled; his further plans for the way in which and by which service operator a comprehensive school transport service is to be provided at least to the level previously provided when the schools reopen if the private school transport contracts are cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14954/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a series of matters relating to the non-renewal of school transport contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15964/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct each airline (details supplied) that operates flights out of Ireland on pain of forfeit of Government financial support to discharge their responsibilities to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16257/20]
Justice 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing a statutory instrument to extend carer’s leave and allowance until the end of 2020 for certain cohorts of persons (details supplied). [15144/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay for a review by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [16027/20]
Culture 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Famine Commemoration will take place on the third Sunday in May 2021 in Buncrana, County Donegal. [16032/20]
Employment 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will accept self-assessed income for 2019 from self-employed persons, as would be accepted by the Revenue Commissioners for tax purposes, as reference year evidence of income for the purposes of determining the level of continued payment of the pandemic unemployment payment rather than only using 2018 as self-employed reference year income to determine the level of continued payment (details supplied). [15577/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the carbon emissions reductions he expects will be achieved annually in this term of Government. [16042/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reopen the redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in schools and require it to act in accordance with the recommendations from a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16376/20]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Employment 4 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the reduction of the pandemic unemployment payment to taxi drivers in view of the serious continuing impact on passenger numbers as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15780/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place to ensure that those who have lost out due to the change in pension rate bands in 2012 will be given funds owed to them. [14923/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the reduction of the pandemic unemployment payment to taxi drivers in view of the serious continuing impact on passenger numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15781/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in accessing Springboard courses; the reason some who have applied in recent days have been told that their employment status is unknown, including those whose sectors are still closed down due to Covid-19 restrictions but are still employed by their respective companies or businesses; the reason these persons are being told to refer to their local case workers when they have not been assigned such a case worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15782/20]
Education 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation that was held with the management and board of a school (details supplied) prior to the announcement of its relocation to Citywest, County Dublin. [15777/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the high number of children with special needs attending a school (details supplied) was taken into consideration before the decision was taken to relocate the school to Citywest, County Dublin. [15778/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent report carried out by UL and NUIG, headed by a person (details supplied), which has found that as much as 31% of plastic exported from Ireland for recycling is not recycled; his views on whether such a practice could harm public confidence in recycling; his plans to decrease this figure to zero; his further views on whether Ireland cannot adopt an out of sight, out of mind mentality when it comes to the disposal of plastic waste; his further plans to improve downstream traceability to ensure plastic exported from Ireland for recycling is actually recycled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15776/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a stimulus package or other forms of support for the taxi sector are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15780/20]
Foreign 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic missions, such as embassies and consulates, that were closed and not reopened as part of cost saving measures in the past ten years; if a cost analysis has been carried out on reopening the missions; and if so, the cost. [14660/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private hospitals are charging as much as €275 for Covid-19 testing before patients can access treatment; if this will be the case for patients referred under the NTPF; his views on whether this is appropriate in view of the fact that while these hospitals were in public hands patients were not previously charged for tests; his plans to cover the costs for testing for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/20]