Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 26 Sept

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Sept – 2 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 30 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax

2022-09-27 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 85–67

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019

2022-09-27 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 66–87

Voted for 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

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

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

The motion · motion passed 92–62

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

Local Ireland (representing the Regional Newspapers and Printers Association of Ireland) Taxation
- Campaign for reduction of VAT on newspapers and their digital editions to Zero Per Cent

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Finance 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the reason that private pension holders continue to pay a pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46711/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-09-28 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment (details supplied); and when he expects this treatment will be made available to patients in Ireland. [47424/22]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Health 6 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan to move therapists from the children’s disability network team to special schools; if any obstacles have arisen in the transfer; and the action that is being taken to overcome them. [47080/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1817 of 8 September 2022, the reason those running the long-Covid clinics were not included in the discussion in relation to which hospitals were allocated and funded for long-Covid clinics. [47386/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1817 of 8 September 2022, the person who will be reviewing the business case by the Mater hospital; and when his Department will notify them of a decision. [47387/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the overall allocation to the drugs initiative budget in his Department has risen every year since 2017, there has been no increase in the core budgets for community drug projects since 2013; and if he will increase funding for community drug projects in budget 2023. [47477/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to tackle the shortage of qualified staff in an industry (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the calls from the industry for more third level places and a reduction of needless paperwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47658/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1899 of 8 September 2022, the category private cleaning staff who were working in a hospital during the pandemic fall under, regarding the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied). [47700/22]
Education 4 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 865 of 8 September 2022, if she will request schoolbook companies to provide licences for eBook downloads to schools which would eliminate the need for parents to buy costly physical copies of schoolbooks which will not be used once the non-transferable code for the eBook has been retrieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46948/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she agrees that a new school building is required for a school (details supplied) given the multiple infrastructural problems in its current building. [47096/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure the provision of school transport for a pupil (details supplied). [47626/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure the provision of school transport for pupils (details supplied). [47655/22]
Social 4 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all of those in receipt of the State pension receive the same increase in Budget 2023, guaranteeing that there are no penalties for those who took time out of their working life for caring responsibilities; and if she will confirm that this will be the case for a person (details supplied). [47003/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the action that she has taken to rectify the erroneous information put to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Welfare in December 2019; and the action that she has taken in relation to the repetition of the erroneous information by the Secretary General of the Department at the Public Accounts Committee in 2021 (details supplied). [47057/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be any changes to the assessment to qualify for the working family payment in budget 2023; and if there will be an increase in the payment persons will receive. [47715/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) regarding improved access to the free travel scheme for persons with epilepsy in Ireland in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47656/22]
Transport 3 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the issues in relation to the 175-bus route; if he will change to a provider that is capable to deliver the service given that the company (details supplied) cannot perform its duties which should be contractually agreed. [46956/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that his Department is taking to reduce the NCT waiting lists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the problems being experienced by persons using the number 17 bus route; if he will request the company (details supplied) to provide two additional number 17 buses during the morning and evening rush hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47694/22]
Housing 3 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the qualifications that a National Parks and Wildlife Service inspector has; if a vet with experience attends the inspections at the zoo; and if it has been considered that it should be a multidisciplinary team inspecting if there is such a range of animals. [47200/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service requested or attended an inspection at Dublin Zoo with an authorisation officer under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and have them issue a welfare notice at any stage since the legislation was enacted in 2014 (details supplied). [47201/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details on the cause of death for each of the 300 animals in locations (details supplied), including euthanasia, gender, age at time of death and the origin of these animals. [47651/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the use of a live goat will be prohibited during the Puck Fair going forward, given public opinion was hugely in favour of prohibiting the use of a live goat in future.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47474/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2110 of 8 September 2022, if he agrees that by this logic, an animal is not considered wild unless it is a protected species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47475/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the regulations on the keeping, breeding, sale or supply of exotic pets, following the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce regulations; if there will be a public consultation; and when the regulations will be introduced. [47652/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the frequency of the Revenue Commissioners not following the lead role of the Department of Social Protection in relation to employment status; when this has occurred; the areas in which this has happened; and the way that a difference in employment status determination between the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection is resolved (details supplied). [47056/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to reduce the size and capacity of the Criminal Assets Bureau in its move to a new premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47134/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland agreed to reconvene the European Union-Israel Association Council in October 2022, given Israel's actions on the ground in Palestine show it remains a serial human rights abuser and international law violator. [47708/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for 2023 to increase funding for youth work and youth work organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47703/22]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns