Louth — week of Mon, 13 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Louth TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Jun – 19 Jun 2022 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 50 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 64–50

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 65–51

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Special Educational Needs School Places

2022-06-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 64–51

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

The motion · motion passed 64–51

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Energy Security

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 64–50

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-06-14 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 65–57

Voted against 4 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Peter Fitzpatrick · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ged Nash — Labour Party 6 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of increasing the small benefit exemption to €2,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29430/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the additional revenue raised from capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax respectively when the rate increased from 25% to 30% and then to 33% for each year from 2012 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31051/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce a windfall tax on the super-normal profits of energy companies; if he will provide details of any engagement that he and his officials have had with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, his officials and the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31010/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the warnings from an organisation (details supplied) of an over-reliance on corporation tax receipts; if he will outline his strategy to reduce this over-reliance; the way that he plans to broaden and sustain the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/22]
Public 4 questions
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of plans for a new climate division in his Department; if he will confirm its staffing structure; its overall responsibilities and the function it will play in the allocation, implementation and enforcement of sectoral carbon budgets and ceilings across Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31012/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total underspend on capital spending to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31015/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the impact of rising construction costs on the delivery of the National Development Plan; the total cost to the State in 2022; the estimated cost in 2023 of his Department’s commitment to pay 70% of the construction cost inflation on recently agreed contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31014/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the current 5% spending rule given the cost-of-living crisis; if he agrees that efforts to support households through the crisis combined with the existing Programme for Government’s current spending commitments may see the 5% rule breached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31013/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the issues with the HSE national payroll system which caused the delay in the payment of the pandemic bonus payment to eligible HSE staff in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); the plans, if any, that the HSE has to address the problems outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering taking steps to invoke sections 61 to 63 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 with a view to introducing maximum price orders on certain goods and products in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30940/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30920/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to an issue in relation to a person (details supplied); if his Department has plans to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31101/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a payment equivalent to illness benefit for the five days medical care leave as proposed in the work life balance and miscellaneous provisions Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31406/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when pension increases due to retired public service workers who were employed by FAS, the ETBs and Solas will receive payment of the increases they are owed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31402/22]

Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paula Butterly — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on his engagements with Dublin Airport Authority in relation to the plan that has been put in place for travellers using Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29369/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will report his engagements with the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to ensuring that passengers are compensated in good time for missed flights at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29370/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the status of his plans to address the rising cost of and limited access to public liability insurance; the detail of his recent engagements with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30058/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an emergency budget and targeted measures to support struggling households following a research paper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30059/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the passport applications for a child (details supplied) will be processed before the travel date of 17 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29248/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce a public service oversight body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30060/22]