Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 3 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Oct – 9 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 56 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022

2022-10-06 · 1 vote · Govt (Housing)

A bill to provide that Irish Water shall be known only as Uisce Éireann

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A bill to provide that Irish Water shall be known only as Uisce Éireann; to provide for the reorganisation of Uisce Éireann, the separation of Uisce Éireann from Ervia, the removal of Ervia’s functions relating to Uisce Éireann, and for those purposes to make certain amendments to the Gas Act 1976, the Water Services Act 2013, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, the Water Services Act 2017 and certain other enactments; to make further provision for the board and chief executive officer of Uisce Éireann; to amend the accounting and reporting requirements of Uisce Éireann; to provide for accountability by Uisce Éireann to a Committee of Dáil Éireann; to provide for the transfer of certain staff, rights and liabilities and records from Ervia to Uisce Éireann; to provide for the dissolution of the Water Advisory Body; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 4–6

Voted against 1 Francis Noel Duffy

Did not vote 5 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · John Lahart · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Defective Concrete Products Levy

2022-10-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–60

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

The motion · motion passed 72–59

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 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Public 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative total of spending measures in budget 2023, with a specific focus on tackling cost-of-living issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48229/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has set aside a contingency fund for further one-off spending measures in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48230/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-10-05 Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [48122/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory by the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/22]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 2 votes · 50 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 50 total

Health 9 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason that evusheld has not been made available in Ireland given that it has been approved by the European Medicines Agency and is in wide use in Europe and America. [47935/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a public inquiry is conducted in relation to the lives that were lost in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic in order to help inform the reforms that are needed in the care system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48161/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the health inspection report of a hospital (details supplied) that was carried out in July 2021 and the fact that it reports that the pine ward has failed on matters repeatedly since 2014; the actions that he will instruct the HSE to take to address this urgent matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48184/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the deepening crisis in the provision of radiation therapy to cancer patients and the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has been seeking an independent review of radiation therapy in an effort to deal with recruitment and retention; if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the establishment of the independent radiation therapist review; if he will commit to implementing any recommendations which could emanate from the review dealing with the crisis in recruitment and retention of radiation therapists and or service improvements, including advanced practice and safe and adequate staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48186/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are approximately 600 children waiting on disability services in the Tallaght area (details supplied); if he will take all the necessary steps to reduce this wait time; and if he will ensure the long-term improvement of these services by filling the need for more staff and college places to allow more qualified therapists to work in the service. [48467/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to reopen one of the PCR testing centres in Tallaght in view that that all PCR testing centres around the area have been closed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48867/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will make antigen tests free of charge and readily available to all frontline workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48868/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way that a criterion (details supplied) was developed; and the person or body that was involved in the development of same. [49223/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Social 8 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the high cost of alternative foods for those with allergies, especially those with dairy allergies; if she will ensure there is financial assistance provided to those who have allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48008/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a change in policy that would see those who are in receipt of the widow’s allowance also able to gain access to jobseekers' payments; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48108/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will request her Department to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been disallowed the disability allowance; and if the disability allowance will be provided. [48129/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that a person (details supplied) should proceed when their claim for disability allowance has been rejected, despite a letter from their doctor advising that they are unable to work for at least a year; and the way that they can receive the much-needed support from the welfare system. [48876/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there have been any changes in the fuel allowance for jobs initiative scheme participants to assist with fuel poverty. [49225/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 27 September 2022, if a series of issues in relation to the pension payment will be clarified (details supplied). [49230/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason in relation to a back-to-school allowance decision for a person (details supplied) it is stated things are means tested when the means test does not take into account all the means of the household incoming and outgoing; the way it can be that based means testing, carers benefit, domiciliary care and a medical card has been approved for this person and their family, yet this particular service is not available; and if she will introduce an appeals process for this allowance which takes outgoings into consideration. [49233/22]
Children 8 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 20 September 2022, if he will examine the information (details supplied) and reconsider the request for those workers in Section 56 agencies who have not had their pay restored, to receive a pay increase in line with inflation and the cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48118/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the decision-making process regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations for re-designating sections 38 and 39 residential childcare organisations as section 56. [49217/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the consultation regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations that took place with the management and staff of these organisations before being re-designated as section 56 organisations. [49218/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if management and staff of section 38 and 39 organisations were informed by either his Department, the HSE or Tusla of any potential changes to their terms and conditions regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations. [49219/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis on which section 56 organisations were informed that their funding would be reduced by an initial 5% if they refused to sign section 56 service level agreements with Tusla regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations; if any of these organisations lost funding as a result; and if so, the number. [49220/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that having had their pay cut during the economic crisis, as Section 38 and 39 organisations funded by the HSE, that Section 56 organisations were excluded from pay restoration following the re-designation of children’s residential care organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49221/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which the relationship between organisations (details supplied) differs from the employment relationship between section 39 organisations that received pay restoration and the HSE, which funds them. [49222/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department have given consideration to the potential impact on children in the care of voluntary organisations when the staff who look after them on behalf of the State, have been excluded from pay restoration and have had no pay increase for more than 12 years and are allowed to fall further and further behind their colleagues in the statutory and private sectors following the re-designation of children’s residential care organisations. [49224/22]
Taoiseach 5 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [46019/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [44842/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [48749/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [48336/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [48337/22]
Finance 4 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department takes a different view from the Department of Social Protection on the employment status of workers (details supplied) recently adjudged to be employees through the Department of Social Welfare on the one hand, and through the Eversheds Report on the other. [48408/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that renters on licence agreements will be included in the eligibility to avail of the Budget 2023 renters €500 tax credit. [49266/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if data centres will be able to avail of the temporary business energy support scheme. [49153/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been paid to an organisation (details supplied) and its affiliated clubs by the Government and or Greyhound Racing Ireland in the past five years, including in the form of loans, grants or payments for mating, greyhound, litter registrations, earmarking, microchipping, DNA sampling services, advertising and so on. [48001/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident in relation to one of his staff members which occurred on 5 September 2021; and if he will ensure that there is an internal investigation into this incident. [49285/22]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will discuss concerns regarding the energy crisis with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure workers in this industry are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47940/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 14 September 2022, if he will clarify the definition of the supplement form; if it is a completely different document from the RFA1 form; if the supplement form has a specific name; and if the form can be filled in and submitted by a resident of Ireland at any time of the year, unlike the RFA1 form. [48017/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will contact the Russian authorities in relation to the abduction and forcible conscription of a Russian national (details supplied) who is a Ukrainian resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48021/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with Top Security. [49262/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is another route of getting into biological sciences and biomedical sciences if one cannot gain access through the traditional route of the CAO system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49251/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns