Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 30 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 30 Nov – 6 Dec 2020 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 30 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance Bill 2020

2020-12-02 · 4 votes · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

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A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–80

Voted for 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

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

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–71

Voted for 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Did not vote 2 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–77

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

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

Did not vote 2 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy

The motion · motion passed 80–49

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

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 2 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy

State Pension Age

2020-12-02 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–66

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives

2020-12-02 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 79–72

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 79–72

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

2020-12-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 32–12

Voted against 1 Paul Murphy

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · 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 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2020-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for his introduction of e-scooter related legislation. [40833/20]
- 2020-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to ensure an increased take-up of cycling by females; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40834/20]
- 2020-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the amount expended by the NTA to date on the BusConnects project since its inception. [40843/20]
- 2020-12-03 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the commuter numbers for 2019 and to date in 2020 using all public transport modes in Dublin, including LUAS and trains or DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40844/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-12-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age group (details supplied). [39538/20]
- 2020-12-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the proportion of his Department’s budget allocated to mental health from 2010 to 2019 and to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40455/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the inadequate number of special education teachers in schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools are operating with at least twice the number of students per special education teacher than is recommended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39907/20]
Rural 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the ongoing progress with regard to the establishment of county volunteer corps; the way in which it will be recruited, operate and be resourced; and the objectives for such a corps. [40454/20]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 6 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the status of plans for reopening after level 5 Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. [38834/20]
- 2020-12-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with foreign affairs will next meet. [40064/20]
- 2020-12-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if his Department plans to publish a statement of strategy. [40065/20]
Social 3 questions
- 2020-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce paid leave from employment for those experiencing domestic violence. [40023/20]
- 2020-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all workers from the performing arts and live entertainments industries including those who by the nature of their work are self-employed and who might have gaps or periods of unemployment between contracts and based upon such workers being certified by a reference from a relevant previous employer or cultural organisation here, are made eligible for full payment of the pandemic unemployment payment for the duration of the shutdown of live entertainments and artistic events due to Covid-19. [39983/20]
- 2020-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the rate of carer’s allowance to the full pandemic unemployment payment rate for the duration of the Covid-19 restrictions in recognition of the work of family carers especially during the Covid-19 restrictions; if she will instruct the HSE to redirect funding not spent on HSE respite services to the carers themselves to facilitate them getting respite care from private providers for those who have had reductions in HSE respite provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/20]
Education 2 questions
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the method used to decide the allocation of special education teachers for a school (details supplied) in the context of a current school population of 330 rather than the earlier 171 and the high number of children with special and additional needs, including 12 children with complex needs in the ASD evergreen unit classes; if she will make a recommendation to the NCSE to review the number of special education teachers allocated to the school and to consider the request from parents for a minimum allocation of six special education teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39981/20]
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the method used in the new SNA allocations model (details supplied). [40041/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the funding students receive from the student assistance fund will be regarded as taxable income for those students who are not eligible or in receipt of a SUSI grant; and if so, if he will consider exempting all payments from the student assistance fund from being regarded as taxable income. [39685/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the ban on hare coursing will be extended until at least the end of March 2020 in a context in which any extension of the current coursing season into March 2021 would be to allow coursing during the height of the breeding season and potentially disrupt the reproduction of the Irish hare population. [40240/20]
Foreign 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current expected cost of the European Peace Facility to Ireland for each of the years 2021-2027 noting that the Athena mechanism and the African Peace Facility are funded through his Department and the Department of Defence, respectively; the Department that will have primary policy responsibility for the European Peace Facility; the expected timetable for bringing the European Peace Facility before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether a scenario in relation to a person (details supplied) is fair and equitable; if he will request the university to cease demanding such charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39743/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-12-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the availability to patients with PKU in Dublin and throughout Ireland of the HSE-approved medicine kuvan; the reason kuvan it is not being made available to children with PKU at Temple Street Hospital or adults with PKU at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the reason the care pathway stipulates that patients must be admitted for 48 hours to have blood spot tolerance tests done since these are the same tests that patients do on a weekly basis at home leaving some with no option but to travel to another country to have the testing done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-12-03 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of times for the period from 2004 to date UK immigration officials have been present in Irish airports or ports whether this be in any role, including advisory or training course or exercise; when and the location this has this taken place; the role of liaison officers; the departments and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40803/20]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Social 2 questions
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines that Intreo offices have been issued in relation to the sanitisation of electronic signing equipment used by the public. [39884/20]
- 2020-12-03 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines that Intreo offices have been issued in relation to the sanitisation of electronic signing equipment used by the public; and the number of persons currently required to sign on for any social protection service or payment. [39924/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-12-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the average time it takes for a naturalisation applicant’s passport to be returned after receipt by the INIS. [39883/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-12-03 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when he expects the third national paediatric rheumatologist position currently open for applications to be filled; if children with Down's syndrome face a four-year waiting list to be assessed for arthritis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of children with Down's syndrome were promised a reduction in this referral time to three months under the previous Government; his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists further; the status of the planned information campaign for general practitioners and other healthcare professionals on Down's syndrome-related arthritis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40976/20]