Dublin South-Central — week of Mon, 19 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Sept – 25 Sept 2022 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 31 questions · 118 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 74–64

Voted for 1 Patrick Costello

Voted against 2 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Bríd Smith

Did not vote 3 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Measures to Assist with Household Bills

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 59–80

Voted for 2 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Bríd Smith

Voted against 1 Patrick Costello

Did not vote 3 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Security of Electricity Supply

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 13–6

Voted against 2 Bríd Smith · Joan Collins

Abstained 2 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Patrick Costello

Did not vote 3 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Energy Security

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–65

Voted for 1 Patrick Costello

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Bríd Smith · Joan Collins

Did not vote 3 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Aengus Ó Snodaigh — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 3 questions · 10 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Social 2 questions
- 2022-09-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the job initiative scheme payment is €11.56 per hour, the community employment and TUS schemes are €11.56 per hour yet will raise to €13 hourly for the duration of fuel allowance (details supplied). [45623/22]
- 2022-09-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that job initiative participants are still not entitled to fuel allowance given that many are now suffering from fuel poverty. [45624/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-09-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if and when the new weight loss injections may be covered under the drug payment scheme card (details supplied). [45841/22]

New lobbying 10 returns

An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland · 2 returns Development and Zoning · Heritage
- Government amendments to the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill
- Various - heritage protection in Dublin (specifically around Tailors' Hall), Sinn Fein's climate position, prescribed body funding
Cuala Senior Care Limited Communications
- Meeting Demands of Home Care
Heneghan PR Housing
- Pre budget submission
Irish Road Haulage Association Transport
- Road haulage sector, Brexit & Northern Ireland Protocol, Issues facing haulage industry, Budget Submission 2023
Children's Books Ireland CLG Education and Training
- We are asking that, in Budget 2023, the Department of Education: Maintain the €20m investment in books for children and young people, commit to a timeline on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Education, Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science in its Report on Leaving Certificate Reform, in particular: All schools should have a School Library, School Librarian and full access to the School Digital Library Service, and to expand the number of JCSP libraries
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited Health
- Meeting to discuss access to cystic fibrosis medicines in Ireland
Ibec Finance
- Financial Services Ireland campaign “Financial Services in Ireland – Skills of the Future”
Friends of the Earth Energy and Natural Resources
- Joint recommendations on energy poverty and energy pollution
Mag Mell Energy Ireland Ltd. Energy and Natural Resources
- Email to Oireachtas members to share Mag Mell Energy Ireland's white paper 'Keeping Ireland's Energy Flowing' which outlines how existing physical infrastructure at the Kinsale Head Gas Field should be repurposed for the offshore importation of non-fracked liquified natural gas (LNG) using floating storage regasification units (FSRUs).

Catherine Ardagh — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 17 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 17 returns

Irish Family Planning Association Health
- National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
Montague Communications Ltd Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.
Construction Defects Alliance Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.
Law Society of Ireland Employment
- Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022
Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland Finance
- Pre budget submission 2023
Ibec Finance
- Financial Services Ireland campaign “Financial Services in Ireland – Skills of the Future”
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Health
- Wrote to members of the Oireachtas Autism, Health and Disability Matters Committee expressing our concern at the proposal to exclude Autistic people from the CAMHS prescribing audit
DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs
- Dóchas Pre-Budget Submission 2023: Global good crisis, Horn of Africa, ODA, Climate
Irish Cancer Society · 5 returns Health · Finance · Social Protection
- Health Policy
- Pre-Budget Submission 2023
- The work of the Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
- 'Right to be Forgotten' legislation
- Maternity Leave entitlements
National Infertility Support and Information Group Health
- NISIG is the only Irish charity supporting and advocacy on behalf of those experiencing fertility issues. NISIG is part of a broader AHR Coalition Group comprising LGBT Ireland, 221 Plus group, Equality for Children, Rainbow Families Equality Network, Irish Gay Dads & Independent Living. Main aim of the coalition is to ensure that equality is secured, and the human rights of children conceived using AHR, their intended parents and families are protected and advanced in legislation and policy.
Trócaire Foreign Affairs
- Business and Human Rights
Mag Mell Energy Ireland Ltd. Energy and Natural Resources
- Email to Oireachtas members to share Mag Mell Energy Ireland's white paper 'Keeping Ireland's Energy Flowing' which outlines how existing physical infrastructure at the Kinsale Head Gas Field should be repurposed for the offshore importation of non-fracked liquified natural gas (LNG) using floating storage regasification units (FSRUs).
National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Health
- Calling for the publication of the Disability Action Plan on foot of the Disability Capacity Review

Jen Cummins — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Máire Devine — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.