Kildare North — week of Mon, 30 Jan — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 30 Jan – 5 Feb 2023 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 112 questions · 10 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2023-02-01 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 66–74

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

Amendment again put: · motion failed 64–74

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

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–66

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

Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021

2023-02-01 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 to make provision for an entitlement to bereavement leave to an employee who is a bereaved parent of a child who has died a…

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A bill to amend the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 to make provision for an entitlement to bereavement leave to an employee who is a bereaved parent of a child who has died and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–64

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-01-31 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 73–56

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 5 votes · 9 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2023-01-31 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if the regulation of electric scooters will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3986/23]
- 2023-01-31 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the repair works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4155/23]
- 2023-02-02 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will address an issue with the student Leap card (details supplied) whereby a person is not eligible for the card if they are working a part-time job as well as studying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5531/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-01-31 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the further action he expects to be taken against the Russian Federation in view of its ongoing illegal war being waged on Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4364/23]
- 2023-01-31 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his attendance at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 23 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4363/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-01-31 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an urgent update regarding the provision of works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4026/23]
- 2023-02-01 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education the status of a situation regarding Ukrainian children who cannot attend school until Bus Éireann sanctions travel insurance (details supplied) in relation to the school they are attending. [4998/23]
Defence 2 questions
- 2023-02-02 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his trip to Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4736/23]
- 2023-02-02 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel current serving on United Nations missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4737/23]

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Self Catering Federation Tourism
- Invitation - Buswell Hotel Meeting in Dublin, providing them with a fact sheet on Self-Catering in Ireland and an ISCF position paper
Oxfam Ireland Foreign Affairs
- Foreign affairs policies specifically Climate Justice, Business and Human Rights, Vaccine access, Sustainable Food systems

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 5 votes · 5 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 4 questions
- 2023-02-01 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will list the additional services for which the €10 million announced regarding school transport has been provided; the areas the services are in; the number of additional children accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4820/23]
- 2023-02-01 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when she will publish her Department’s review with the Department of Transport of the school-bus allocation system, given that parents are now trying to decide which schools their children should apply for to be based on the school-bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4821/23]
- 2023-02-01 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will publish interim reports on the review of the school-bus allocation system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4822/23]
- 2023-02-01 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to address the current shortage of places in secondary schools in north Kildare and to build the capacity of same in the longer-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4823/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-01-31 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the situation whereby a young worker, already struggling with exorbitant rent, the high cost of fuel, and a cost-of-living crisis generally, is now struggling even more, given the increases to benefit-on-kind on their company car, which they regard as essential to the fulfilment of their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4070/23]

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Self Catering Federation Tourism
- Invitation - Buswell Hotel Meeting in Dublin, providing them with a fact sheet on Self-Catering in Ireland and an ISCF position paper
Oxfam Ireland Foreign Affairs
- Foreign affairs policies specifically Climate Justice, Business and Human Rights, Vaccine access, Sustainable Food systems