Kildare North — week of Mon, 3 Oct

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Oct – 9 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 102 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defective Concrete Products Levy

2022-10-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–60

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

The motion · motion passed 72–59

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 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the frequent delays of the 8:20am commuter to Grand Canal Dock service; if there is a plan in place for Iarnród Éireann to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48101/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for when the young adult Leap card will be extended to include 16 to 18-year-olds in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48616/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to include Naas in the €2 90-minute fare zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48865/22]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48107/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will be advising any Irish citizens currently in Russia to leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48983/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Union General Affairs Council. [48982/22]
Defence 2 questions
- 2022-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 30 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48888/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the impact that the increase in expenditure announced in Budget 2023 will have on serving members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48887/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48370/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the dates for the remaining nursing home staff to receive their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48417/22]

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 2 votes · 11 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 11 total

Children 4 questions
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme services that are of standard capitation given that his Department states that a standard capitation ECCE service will receive at least a 9.5% increase through core funding; the number that were higher capitation; the percentage increase awarded by core funding to higher capitation sessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49245/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date in establishing a definition for reasonable profit within the meaning of the Crowe Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49246/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the attention of his Department has been drawn to a penalising effect of the core-funding allocation wherein smaller independent services face closure thereby reducing choice for parents who want part-time care or early childhood care and education scheme-only provision, something that is not catered for in many full day care creches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49247/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department accepts that a 40-week preschool should be funded, wherever such provision is profitable, and that the Departmental policy extant could lead to the eradication of small, home from home services of which up to 1500 exist across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49248/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any practice of banks operating in the Irish market of assigning debt or chose in action to vulture funds but of failing to give notice to the debtor of the amounts assigned. [48541/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether any instrument of assignment of a debt or chose-in-action in cases in which there has been a failure to pay duty on a chargeable instrument, is inadmissible to prove the assignment, subject to the provisions of section 127(4) of the Stamp Duty Consolidation Act 1999; if he is satisfied that all banks and vulture funds so called must and do produce certificates of proof that duty has been paid on certain instruments of assignment; if he is satisfied that any such failure to produce such certificates of proof would render those instruments inadmissible to prove the assignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48542/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners are providing certificates for all payments of duty made on chargeable instruments; if he will publish copies of all such certificates issued by the Revenue Commissioners, together with details of same in tabular form; if deemed necessary if he will request an investigation into the issuing of certificates of proof of payment of duty on chargeable instruments of assignment or debt or choses-in-action; and if so if will inform Dáil Éireann of the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48543/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will undertake a thorough investigation of a matter at Maynooth University whereby a decision has been taken not to proceed with a long promised student centre and for which levies had been placed on students over several years; if so, if he will publish the findings of such investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49249/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if former students at Maynooth University who paid levies for the construction of a designated student centre will be refunded those monies paid and with interest due, now that the structure as envisioned is not to go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49250/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if the case of students (details supplied) will be examined; if further information will be provided in relation to same [48159/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will clarify a matter (details supplied). [48094/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Baxter Healthcare Ireland Ltd Energy and Natural Resources
- To ask climate action committee members what supports towards electricity will be in place for these medically vulnerable patients