Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 12 Oct

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Oct – 18 Oct 2020 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 27 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax

2020-10-13 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 91–53

Voted for 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018

2020-10-13 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Trade Union Act 1941 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to confer on authorised unions the right to have their representative duties to their …

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A bill to amend the Trade Union Act 1941 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to confer on authorised unions the right to have their representative duties to their members for collective bargaining and disciplinary matters recognised by employers and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 62–84

Voted for 1 Kathleen Funchion

Voted against 2 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Catherine Callaghan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns raised by employers that the delay of up to six weeks to receive subsidy payments under the employment wage subsidy scheme could cause cashflow problems; if he will adjust the employment wage subsidy scheme to enable access for lower paid and seasonal workers who primarily work within the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29611/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if the threshold for voucher bonuses from employer to employer will be increased from €500 to €1,000; if it will be made available across at least two payments over 12 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to price increases on new developments being imposed on first-time buyers availing of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30158/20]
Environment 2 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if the criteria for the local enterprise office trading online voucher will be broadened to include social media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29613/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if the provision of electricity connection for a business (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30248/20]
Social 2 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if the criteria for the white van grant (details supplied) will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29612/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the possibility of reducing the minimum threshold a person must be in receipt of social welfare in order to gain access to a community employment scheme in the context of the pandemic (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30105/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if protection is being put in place for schools that integrate children into mainstream classes to indemnify them against litigation in the event of a Covid-19 case causing the death or long-term injury to a pupil resulting from that integration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30159/20]

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 8 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 8 total

Health 3 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if teachers will be eligible for the free 'flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30149/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the date on which the cardiac rehab services will resume at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if same will be expedited. [30761/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will review the decision of the HSE to not grant maximum financial assistance to a person (details supplied); if the financial assistance will be backdated to the date on which they became resident of the nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30774/20]
Education 2 questions
- 2020-10-15 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to an application submitted to her Department by a school (details supplied); if she will engage with the schools to bring about the best outcome for the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30769/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided in an area for persons (details supplied); her plans to provide a direct service from the general location of the homes of the persons; the reason this transport issue has not been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30826/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay in renewing an application to remain here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite the matter. [30144/20]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department is providing for the SME sector through budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30592/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the issues relative to the land title in the name of a person (detail supplied) have been resolved; if the documents submitted in June 2020 to the stamps office will be processed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30797/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Revolut Payments Ireland Ltd Finance
- General briefing on Revolut in Ireland, including: having more than 1m retail customers; the provision of free day-to-day payment services; enhancing financial literacy among children via Revolut Junior; innovations including Open Banking and SEPA Instant transfers, benefiting consumers and business. Analysis of national and local consumer spending data, and its value to policy-makers. Setting out Revolut's aim to achieve authorisation by the CBI and act as a post-Brexit EU hub for the business.

Natasha Newsome Drennan — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter 'Chap' Cleere — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.