Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 28 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Feb – 6 Mar 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 34 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022

2022-03-03 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 5–2

Voted for 1 Francis Noel Duffy

Did not vote 5 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · 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

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021

2022-03-02 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Tra…

full description

A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Transitional Payment to one parent families, to include any necessary application to the District Court for a Payment Order, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a “liable relative”, a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment and related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–46

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Healthcare Waiting Lists

2022-03-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

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 76–57

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

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 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 8 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 8 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [10084/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a report on the implementation of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [11430/22]
Public 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional expenditure undertaken due to the Covid pandemic since February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the recently announced package on the cost of living will require any revised estimates to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11478/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will give an indication of when voretigene neparvovec, Luxturna, will be added in line with the Health Act 2013 and the national framework agreed with the pharma industry in which a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10868/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the groups with whom he has engaged with regard to the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the rationale behind the groups that have been engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11475/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-03-02 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the new retrofitting grants for homeowners will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11938/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the first of the proposed one-stop-shops will open to advise householders in relation to retrofitting and insulation; the locations of same; the persons or bodies that will operate them; the existing locations; if premises need to be leased or purchased to facilitate these information outlets for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11939/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 19 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 19 total

Taoiseach 5 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11434/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7690/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [7691/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11435/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11436/22]
Public 4 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the public finances of renting and leasing buildings from private property owners in total and broken down by Department or State agency over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that outstanding increases to pensions for semi-State workers are being authorised and paid over to pensioners by all Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11498/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay agreement before the expiration at the end of 2022 considering the real difficulties faced by low and middle income workers in the view of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11497/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the likelihood that that impact will grow ever greater over future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/22]
Foreign 4 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10856/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish guidelines in relation to the use of diplomatic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of the total cost of sending and receiving diplomatic bags over the past five years with individual costs associated with each expedition laid out (details supplied). [11651/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 22 February 2022, the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that persons can come to Ireland from Ukraine in the quickest way possible given the current urgency of the situation. [11740/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when those in the 12 to 15 years of age cohort who received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine over three months ago will be given access to booster vaccines [10883/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to register with the Medical Council Ireland; and if the application will be expedited urgently in order that they can work in the health service in Dublin. [10935/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a ban on horsedrawn carriages in Irish cities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10855/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by the Irish League of Credit Unions which is calling for his Department to make the necessary regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market and honour the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the demonstration (details supplied) to demand that the contract between The National Gallery and a company (details supplied) be revoked; his views on the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11610/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide specific details regarding each of the racing fatalities at tracks in 2021; if any were caused by broken necks and or heart attacks; and if he will provide full details of the post-mortem results and the locations at which the related dogs died. [10853/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 4 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 4 total

Health 4 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form. [11665/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form [11666/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating within the dental treatment services scheme per CHO area in each year for the past four years in tabular form. [11667/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when he expects agreement to be reached with an association (details supplied) to ensure that the dental treatment services scheme is able to provide more than emergency dental procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11668/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.