Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 15 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Nov – 21 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance Bill 2021

2021-11-17 · 2 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 3–6

Voted against 1 John Lahart

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–5

Voted against 1 Francis Noel Duffy

Did not vote 5 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-16 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 23–16

Voted for 2 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy

Did not vote 4 Ciarán Ahern · John Lahart · Paul Murphy · 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 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans for the reintroduction of contact tracing into schools given the rising figures being experienced. [55872/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the 29-day sick certificate for teachers given that there appears to be confusion in relation to extended sick leave beyond the 29 days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55873/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-11-18 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent attendance at the second Plenary Session of the Conference on the Future of Europe. [56376/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to the port of Dunkirk for the inauguration of the Irish terminal. [56377/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-17 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age group (details supplied). [56415/21]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [54566/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the extent to which further potential risks have been identified in the context of the national risk assessment. [55799/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [55800/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the full extent of the special and exceptional arrangements made by the Government to facilitate the appointment of the Attorney General in June 2020, which allowed for the continuation of private litigation while at the same time they were serving as Attorney General. [54567/21]
Health 4 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the dates of termination of pregnancy services carried out in Limerick Maternity Hospital in the past two months. [55717/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied); if he will meet with those working with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55733/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied) to extend the list of x-ray referrers to include registered physiotherapists and to create the grade of advanced practice physiotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55815/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the restored overtime pay as set out in HSE HR Circular 31/2021 will be paid for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if they will also be paid for back pay accumulated since July 2021. [56420/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason it was decided not to send any Irish long term observers to the OSCE election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan; the number of roster members by gender that applied to participate as short term observers for the election in Kyrgyzstan ; the number by gender that have been nominated for this mission; if nominated observers are not members of the current roster; if he will provide details of grants and other supports being provided to these observers; if his Department will pay for additional expenses of an observer that contracts Covid-19 while on the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55791/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget for the election observation programme in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the amount spent in each year; if he will provide details of the budget in 2022; the number of observers projected to be deployed; his plans to replace the current roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue concerning the formula for averaging the qualifying period for the State pension (contributory) (details supplied). [55839/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if supports are available to persons who are in receipt of disability allowance who are trying to pay off a mortgage in view of the fact that a person in receipt of social welfare payments can avail of rent assistance. [55863/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if it is still the plan to appraise the three options on the southside of Dublin in relation to MetroLink (details supplied). [56418/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a series of matters in relation to the continuing of MetroLink on the southside of Dublin (details supplied). [56419/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the criteria for the drawdown from the fund for former workers of a company (details supplied); and when this criteria was adopted by SOLAS. [56416/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the use which will be made of remaining funds of the outstanding balance of the €3 million allocated to the fund for former workers of a company (details supplied) at the end of the two year period of the fund. [56417/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the equipment available to the Tallaght fire brigade in view of the events following the recent fire in which there was a need to get an aerial platform used to conduct the rescue from Tara Street station; if there are plans to reduce the valuable response time to fight fires in high rise buildings by getting the equipment needed in Tallaght fire station in view of the approved and planned increase in high rise residential buildings in Tallaght; the other areas that are in the same predicament with waiting times for aerial platforms; and the estimated waiting times are for these areas. [55789/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a coroner’s inquest has not been ordered in respect of the Tuam burial site and other institutional sites of unmarked graves; if he will provide clarity on whether the Government will order inquests into the deaths and burials of mother and baby home residents; the reason the proposed certain institutional burials (authorised interventions) Bill disapplies the coroner’s powers relating to these exhumations; and the steps being taken to ensure the birth information and tracing Bill will comply with the State’s obligations under international law (details supplied). [56281/21]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.