Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 17 May — Watch Them Work

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 17 May – 23 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 20 questions · 138 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties

2021-05-19 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–79

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

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–79

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

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–79

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

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-05-19 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–75

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

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 46–74

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

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-05-19 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 43–72

Voted for 1 Kathleen Funchion

Voted against 1 Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 5 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · 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 5 votes · 6 questions · 25 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-05-20 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work he is undertaking with third-level institutions to ensure the full return to campus of students for the academic year 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26712/21]
- 2021-05-20 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the 18 new apprenticeship programmes will come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26965/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-05-18 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Carlow currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Wexford currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received the payment since the introduction of the payment; the total expenditure on such payments in each county over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26270/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-05-18 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the status of a Carlow town bus service; if funding will be made available for this service in quarter 3 or quarter 4 of 2021; his plans to provide rural bus services between New Ross, County Wexford, and Saint Mullin's, Tinnahinch and Borris, County Carlow, and Arklow, County Wicklow, to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26470/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-05-18 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse in particular works to the railings at Carlow courthouse being managed by the OPW on behalf of the Courts Service in view of the fact that the building is of historic importance; if there is an update to tender documentation for the repair of ten sections of the railings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26469/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-05-20 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans by his Department to bring a company (details supplied) and An Taisce together to identify issues of concern and deliver an outcome to progress this project without any further delay given the importance to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/21]

New lobbying 25 returns

Sisters of Mercy Environment
- The lobbying concerned the Climate Action Bill going through its second stage and being voted on in the DAIL
Early Childhood Ireland · 2 returns Children and Youth Affairs
- The bespoke Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) for the childcare sector
- Our Annual Childcare Barometer 2021
Inclusion Ireland · 2 returns Education and Training · Health
- School Closures
- Vaccinations, Services & representation for vunerable persons on NPHET
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- South-East region investment priorities for the Mid-term review of the National Development Plan (NDP)
Scouting Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- To increase funding for Scouting Ireland through once off funding of 2 million
Trócaire Foreign Affairs
- Human rights and international humanitarian law in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Alcohol Action Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Public Health Alcohol Act 2018
- Mid term review of National Drugs Strategy – Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery
Pender & Associates Ltd Children and Youth Affairs
- Reopening and long term sustainability of the early learning and child care sector in Ireland
MSD · 2 returns Health
- Immunisation Policies
- Oncology Policy
Irish Penal Reform Trust Justice and Equality
- All Party Oireachtas Group on Penal Reform
National Union of Journalists Communications
- Iconic Media need to recognise the union amongst their members
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED Children and Youth Affairs
- Submission on the General Scheme of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill
National Women's Council of Ireland · 2 returns Justice and Equality
- Seek support to ask the minister for children, equality, disability. Integration and youth to enact commitments from budget 2021 on extending parents leave
- Disabled women's rights
Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland GLC Health
- Seeking vaccine prioritisation from a coalition of 19 patient, carer and medically vulnerable group organisations. The coalition called for people with disabilities and chronic and/or rare condition(s) to be given greater priority for COVID-19 vaccination and for patient organisation leaders and representatives to be included in future policy discussions and decision-making processes related to the national immunisation plan.
Threshold Housing
- Email to the Deputy
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd Communications
- Discussions regarding the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill
The Irish Society for Autism Health
- The impact of Covid 19 and the need for autism specific legislation
Irish Council for Civil Liberties · 2 returns Justice and Equality · Health
- Institutional Burials Bill
- Collection and Retention of Personal Data Pertaining to Autistic Children Taking Legal Action Against the State.
Alcohol Awareness Foundation Limited Health
- Letters sharing Drinkaware's MUP Explainer for the general public as an FYI

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 8 questions · 19 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Social 4 questions
- 2021-05-18 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Kilkenny currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Waterford currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received the payment since the introduction of the payment; the total expenditure on such payments in each county over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26269/21]
- 2021-05-18 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [25669/21]
- 2021-05-18 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the programme for Government commitment to continue to review and expand the roll-out of the new hot school meals initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25063/21]
- 2021-05-20 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and approved as a matter of urgency. [27263/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-05-20 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of theory tests cancelled each Friday by email over the past 12 months and in particular on 7 May 2021; when these tests will be rescheduled; if there is a contact phone number and name for the public to use to have queries dealt with; if contact names and details of Road Safety Authority personnel are published on the RSA website and stationary; and his plans to clear the backlog. [27256/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-05-20 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the way in which the recent recruitment process for the vacant position of Secretary General of his Department was advertised; the number of advertisements placed in publications and through social media; the number of applicants for the position; the number of international applicants; the number of persons on the interview board; the qualifications and gender of same; the number that reached the final interview; if the successful candidate was chosen from a final list of suitably qualified persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27262/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-05-20 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the activity of the Land Development Agency from the date it was established to date in 2021 relative to the number of sites identified and acquired; the number of planning permissions granted or in the process and the overall cost of its operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27250/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-05-20 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application under the young farmers scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) and reverse the decision taken given the circumstances of the case; and if the matter will be expedited. [27199/21]

New lobbying 19 returns

Sisters of Mercy Environment
- The lobbying concerned the Climate Action Bill going through its second stage and being voted on in the DAIL
Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce Public Expenditure and Reform
- Financial supports for businesses and local economies
Chambers Ireland Public Expenditure and Reform
- Financial supports for businesses and local economies
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- South-East region investment priorities for the Mid-term review of the National Development Plan (NDP)
GENERALI SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS S.A. Banking and Financial Institutions
- Response to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach’s letter of 23 February on 'The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and reported increases in premiums as a result'
Alliance for Insurance Reform Banking and Financial Institutions
- Seeking policy decisions that will reduce the cost of insurance for our members and Irish society as a whole and keep them that way.
Trócaire Foreign Affairs
- Human rights and international humanitarian law in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
National Union of Journalists Communications
- Iconic Media need to recognise the union amongst their members
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Finance
- FLAC Submission on pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Firms) Bill, on March 29th to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 2 returns Finance · Agriculture
- Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit Firms) Bill.
- Glanbia's Milk Supply Policy
Hanover Media Strategy Limited · 2 returns Finance
- Cost of Motor Insurance Policies in Ireland
- Consumer protection for SMEs whose loans have been sold to unregulated entities
Threshold Housing
- Email to the Deputy
Cork Chamber Public Expenditure and Reform
- Financial supports for businesses and local economies
Galway Chamber Public Expenditure and Reform
- Financial supports for businesses and local economies
JTI Ireland Limited Taxation
- Excise Duty on tobacco products.
RSA Insurance Ireland DAC Banking and Financial Institutions
- RSA responded to a letter from the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Reform and Taoiseach on matters relating to Covid-19 and insurance.
Dublin Chamber of Commerce Economic Development and Industry
- Communication with Fianna Fail oireachtas members on business issues

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.