Wicklow — week of Mon, 26 Sept

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Sept – 2 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 15 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 Simon Harris · Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

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 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Voted against 3 Simon Harris · Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

The motion · motion passed 92–62

Voted for 3 Simon Harris · Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 3 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Social 4 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officer positions that are filled and vacant, respectively by county; the number of community welfare officers in each Intreo office in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46850/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons that a service (details supplied) was shut down; if there are plans to reopen this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46851/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will complete the review of the operation of the exceptional and urgent needs’ payments by community welfare officers; if this review will include staffing requirements for INTREO offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46852/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection if provision will be made for parents whose domiciliary care allowance application is delayed due to the long waiting list for an ASD assessment for their child; if not, the other options that are available to the parents to expedite the process in absence of an assessment in the short-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47064/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Finance the reason that mandatory registration fees for veterinary nurses is not currently tax deductible when the mandatory registration fee is for other professions such as doctors, nurses, opticians, and veterinary surgeons; if there are plans to change this in order to make it a tax-deductible fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47063/22]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Health 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment has been paid to firefighters and paramedics to date; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47036/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-09-28 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide the details of the Government's response to the continued detention of a person (details supplied) in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47443/22]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — 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