Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 14 Sept

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 2 votes · 0 questions · 13 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 13 returns

Licensed Vintners Association Trade
- Developing a plan to allow Dublin pubs to survive the Covid-19 crisis
Misean Cara Foreign Affairs
- Misean Cara urges Government to ensure that Budget 2021: Underlines Ireland’s 0.7% ODA/GNI commitment, Supports the full, coordinated cancellation of all bilateral, multilateral and private sovereign debt repayments due in 2020 & 2021 from low- and middle-income countries. Acts on the recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on FAT&D , in its Review of Irish Aid Programme, that the Government "examine opportunities to increase funding to missionary bodies.
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health
- Implementing the Neuro-rehabilitation Strategy/Implementation Framework
Plan International Ireland Foreign Affairs
- Email to newly appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy, to congratulate him on his appointment and send information about Plan International Ireland
ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Chambers Ireland · 4 returns Economic Development and Industry
- Latest COVID-19 Business Impact Survey
- Submission to Special Committee on COVID-19 response re impact on economy
- Open letter calling for a National Taskforce for Town Centres, resourced by the Department of the Taoiseach
- COVID-19 supports for business
Ibec · 2 returns Agriculture · Economic Development and Industry
- Ibec's "Reboot & Reimagine" Campaign
- Ibec's July Stimulus submission
National Women's Council of Ireland Health
- To request that the Oireachtas Committee on COVID consider women in their deliberations
Family Business Network Ireland Limited Economic Development and Industry
- Meeting on the negotiations for the Programme for Government

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 10 questions · 6 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Social 3 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to assist those over 50 years of age who have found themselves unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, especially those who were self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23936/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if a series of matters regarding taxi drivers will be addressed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23605/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was awarded a pandemic unemployment payment and then subsequently had it withdrawn; the reason subsequent requests for information by this Deputy to the pandemic unemployment payment team have been declined; if there is an ongoing examination of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24249/20]
Finance 2 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if taxi drivers will be transferred to the wage subsidy scheme in view of the fact they have lost 80% of their business and have been removed from the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23605/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering incentives for households in view of the success of the home renovation incentive for persons to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24032/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to further streamline Covid-19 testing and to increase its capacity to reduce the number of days of schools missed by schoolchildren and work days by their parents and guardians, who currently will be forced to isolate for two to five days; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the inconvenience to families will result in some parents not getting their children tested due to the amount of time off school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23811/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of persons permitted to attend weddings and civil ceremonies if the venues allow for full adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23830/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken in respect of children of highly vulnerable parents or grandparents who still have to attend school, potentially endangering their vulnerable parent or grandparent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23570/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a backlog in felling licences leading to the importation of the raw material for pallets while thousands of pallets are burned at Halloween each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23571/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-09-16 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans and timelines he in mind with regard to the holding of a referendum on the public ownership of water. [24204/20]

New lobbying 6 returns

Licensed Vintners Association · 2 returns Trade · Finance
- Developing a plan to allow Dublin pubs to survive the Covid-19 crisis
- On-Trade VAT Rate on Alcohol - Campaign by LVA, VFI, Drinks Ireland
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health
- Implementing the Neuro-rehabilitation Strategy/Implementation Framework
Womens Aid Social Protection
- Women's Aid set out its recommendations for improved domestic violence services for the next programme for Government and called for a cohesive Government response to address identified system deficiencies.
ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Ibec's "Reboot & Reimagine" campaign

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 17 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23684/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [22655/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Education will next meet. [22654/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Housing will next meet. [22652/20]
Health 4 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that persons who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the Pandemrix vaccine receive appropriate compensation without the need for expensive court cases. [23676/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the full reopening of paediatric emergency services at Tallaght Hospital as was promised earlier in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23675/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the latest restriction on groups of 15 outdoors will be clarified with regard to caravan parks in which families are only allowed use their own caravans, campers or tents and in which no clubhouse or other group facilities are open and all other public health and distancing advice is observed: and if such caravan parks can open and remain in compliance with current restrictions. [23547/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his policy with regard to the care of persons with special needs, in particular the apparent change in the level of care to be provided under service level agreements between the HSE and care institutions (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that day services reopen five days a week and that there is a full resumption of transport and respite services [23880/20]
Social 4 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the EWSS are also eligible to apply for the short-time work support (details supplied). [23716/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the benefits workers are entitled to claim when they are not working but are still on their employers' books and their employer is in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and the related hours and wage thresholds. [24283/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the benefits workers on reduced working hours are entitled to claim when their employer is in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and the related hours and wage thresholds. [24284/20]
- 2020-09-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason newly approved applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment are not being given an initial payment which includes arrears due from the date on which their application was received rather than being informed that arrears will be paid at an unspecified date down the line and in a context in which there is no appeal or investigation of the approved claim (details supplied). [24517/20]
Finance 4 questions
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 3% Covid-19 tax on the total assets of natural persons, whatever the legal form of tenure, of €1 million and over, rising to a 5% tax on assets of €10 million and over. [24295/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 3% Covid-19 tax on the assets of investment funds and holding companies. [24296/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 3% Covid-19 tax on the market value of all property transfers by legal persons. [24297/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 2% Covid-19 tax on the market value of property transfers by natural persons of €1 million and over. [24298/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention and that of NPHET and the HSE have been drawn to the fact that the exchange of teenage school students from other European states continues to be facilitated by secondary schools here despite Covid-19 restrictions on travel and household gatherings; if they have approved that secondary schools should continue such exchange programmes; the number of students associated with the programmes; and the measures her Department, NPHET and the HSE have taken to reduce the risk of travel-related infection from the international exchange programmes. [23546/20]

New lobbying 2 returns

ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Agriculture
- Seeking ban on hare coursing

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
The Prevention and Early Intervention Network Children and Youth Affairs
- Lobbying activities related to both the Programme for Government 2020 and COVID-19 supports and challenges facing Tusla and partner organisations in the community and voluntary sector.

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Votes this week

New lobbying 13 returns

Questions asked 10 total

New lobbying 6 returns

Questions asked 17 total

New lobbying 2 returns

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