Kildare North — week of Mon, 19 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Sept – 25 Sept 2022 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 110 questions · 131 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 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Voted against 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Measures to Assist with Household Bills

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 59–80

Voted for 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Voted against 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Security of Electricity Supply

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 13–6

Abstained 4 Bernard Durkan · Catherine Murphy · James Lawless · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Energy Security

2022-09-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–65

Voted for 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Voted against 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

Aidan Farrelly — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

James Lawless — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 3 questions · 21 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2022-09-22 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport his plans to tackle reliability issues on bus routes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45999/22]
- 2022-09-22 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Royal Canal Greenway between Leixlip and Clonsilla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45998/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-09-20 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/22]

New lobbying 21 returns

One Family Justice and Equality
- Parental Alienation
Family Carers Ireland Budgetary matters
- Pre budget submission 2023
Irish Road Haulage Association Transport
- Road haulage sector, Brexit & Northern Ireland Protocol, Issues facing haulage industry, Budget Submission 2023
Gibney Communications Education and Training
- To promote the potential opportunities that exist if there is a greater focus on research and development in physics and physics-based industries in Ireland.
Premier Lotteries Ireland Designated Activity Company Public Expenditure and Reform
- Briefing on the operation of the National Lottery and the allocation of Good Causes funding
EPIC Empowering People in Care Justice and Equality
- Pre legislative scrutiny on the draft general scheme on inspection of places of detention
Uplift Communications
- Matters involving Online Safety Media Regulation Bill
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”
Irish Penal Reform Trust Justice and Equality
- IPRT report on the rights, needs and experiences of foreign national and minority ethnic groups in prison
DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs
- Dóchas Pre-Budget Submission 2023: Global good crisis, Horn of Africa, ODA, Climate
Insurance Ireland Banking and Financial Institutions
- On behalf of members, to raise awareness of consumer campaign launch.
FTI Consulting Trade
- The need to address inconsistencies around current tobacco price lists displayed in retail outlets in relation to differing sizes, fonts, artwork and the selective nature of the products listed.
KARE Promoting People with Intellectual Disabilities Community
- Urgent request for the publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review.
Irish Council for Civil Liberties · 2 returns Justice and Equality
- Data Protection
- UK Legacy Bill
Friends of the Earth Energy and Natural Resources
- Joint recommendations on energy poverty and energy pollution
Alcohol Action Ireland Justice and Equality
- Sale of Alcohol Bill
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd Justice and Equality
- Discussions regarding the EU’s proposed regulation on Child Sexual Abuse Material
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).

Joe Neville — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Naoise Ó Cearúil — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Réada Cronin — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 4 questions · 19 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 4 questions
- 2022-09-20 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the length of time that the review of funding for the Mater Hospital long-Covid clinic will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45482/22]
- 2022-09-20 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if certain charges apply in the case of patients with long-Covid requesting their files from a hospital (details supplied); if so, if in the circumstances of the pandemic, still ongoing, such charges could be waived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45517/22]
- 2022-09-20 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if long-Covid will be classified as a long-term illness given the number of persons with the condition who have been unable to work at all, or as usual, in the past two years, the cost of numerous general practitioner and consultant visits and various medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45518/22]
- 2022-09-22 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Dublin Fire Brigade paramedics who worked on the front line during the worst phases of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46421/22]

New lobbying 19 returns

Family Carers Ireland · 2 returns Justice and Equality · Budgetary matters
- Implementation of recommendations on gender equality
- Improvements for carers in budget 2023
Irish Road Haulage Association Transport
- Road haulage sector, Brexit & Northern Ireland Protocol, Issues facing haulage industry, Budget Submission 2023
Technological Universities Association Education and Training
- Recommendations made by the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality. THEA was invited to make a written submission on same, and then to address the JOC on Gender Equality at a meeting on 5th May 2022
National Youth Council of Ireland Local Government
- To ensure support for examination of extension of voting rights for 16 and 17 year olds in Electoral Reform Bill
Pender & Associates Ltd Health
- Examination of medicine shortages and supply issues impacting patients
Ibec Finance
- Financial Services Ireland campaign “Financial Services in Ireland – Skills of the Future”
The Union of Students in Ireland Education and Training
- Lobby on USI Pre-Budget Submission 2023
Wind Energy Ireland Energy and Natural Resources
- Cost of renewable electricity
KARE Promoting People with Intellectual Disabilities Community
- Urgent request for the publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review.
Huhtamaki Cup Print Ltd. Environment
- Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022
Friends of the Earth · 3 returns Energy and Natural Resources · Environment
- Joint recommendations on energy poverty and energy pollution
- National and EU legislation re fossil gas infrastructure
- Sectoral Emission Ceilings
Irish Cancer Society Social Protection
- Maternity Leave entitlements
Trócaire · 2 returns Foreign Affairs
- Sustainable Food Systems
- Business and Human Rights
Mag Mell Energy Ireland Ltd. · 2 returns Energy and Natural Resources
- Correspondence to members of the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action ahead of its meeting with Minister Eamon Ryan TD, the CRU and Eirgrid on Tuesday, 30th August.
- Meeting requests to discuss the detail of 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)