Kildare North — week of Mon, 5 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 5 Oct – 11 Oct 2020 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 137 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Sittings and Business of Dáil

2020-10-08 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–19

Voted for 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Did not vote 4 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil · Réada Cronin

Election of Vice Chairman

2020-10-08 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 8–6

Voted for 1 James Lawless

Did not vote 4 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil · Réada Cronin

Dying with Dignity Bill 2020

2020-10-07 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to make provision for assistance in achieving a dignified and peaceful end of life to qualifying persons and related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 65–86

Voted for 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Voted against 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 81–71

Voted for 4 Bernard Durkan · Catherine Murphy · James Lawless · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Disability Services

2020-10-07 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–67

Voted for 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Voted against 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Pandemic Unemployment Payment

2020-10-07 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–62

Voted for 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Voted against 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Aidan Farrelly — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

James Lawless — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2020-10-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have retired from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28995/20]
- 2020-10-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have joined the force from 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/20]
- 2020-10-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice the current number of gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28997/20]
Finance 2 questions
- 2020-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to determine a case (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28291/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance his views on the steps that have been taken to determine a case (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/20]
Defence 2 questions
- 2020-10-08 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the outcome of the review of mandatory retirement ages for commissioned officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29133/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the role his Department plays in national cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/20]
Foreign 1 question
- 2020-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the call by the Hungarian President for the resignation of the European Commission Vice President for Values and Transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28484/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if additional staff and testers will be hired in the Naas driver test centre in order to clear the backlog of driver test applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28907/20]

Joe Neville — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Naoise Ó Cearúil — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Réada Cronin — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 5 questions
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being paid for fully or partially by the State in the various nursing homes run by a private operator (details supplied); the amount paid to each facility operated by the group in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28417/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to private nursing homes here in each year of the past five years; the nature of the funding; the number of patients involved; the type of services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28418/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if an inquiry will be carried out into the care of a patient (details supplied) with schizophrenia in a nursing home; the psychiatric qualifications of the staff responsible for their care in each year of their residences; the details of consultation and care plans devised between the nursing home, the social worker of the patient and local psychiatric services; the number of visits by the social worker; the number and nature of liaisons with local psychiatric services and local general practitioners involving their care; the nature of the dental care organised by the facility for the patient; if the full record of the patient at the home will be provided to their next of kin by categories (details supplied); the amount paid by the State to the home for the care of the person in each year of their residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28419/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours and home care packages provided nationally in each of the past five years; the number of such hours in north County Kildare in the same time frame; the cost of such provision to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28587/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE audiology has not been ring-fenced as an essential service for children who are deaf and hard of hearing; if he will make a commitment to ring-fencing that vital service in the future even in the event of further Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29319/20]
Finance 3 questions
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the steps taken to determine the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal, not to grant a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29316/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the steps taken to determine the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal, not to grant a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court (details supplied) he plans to provide a statement on the continued processing of applications for primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/20]