Limerick City — week of Mon, 27 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Limerick City TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 25 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022

2023-03-01 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

Voted for 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Voted against 3 Brian Leddin · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

2023-03-01 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background

full description

A bill to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background; for those purposes to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 69–55

Voted for 3 Brian Leddin · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

National Ambulance Service

2023-03-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–58

Voted for 3 Brian Leddin · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

The motion · motion passed 71–59

Voted for 3 Brian Leddin · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

Conor Sheehan — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Kieran O'Donnell — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Self Catering Federation Tourism
- Registration for Short-term legislation Bill (STTL)
Darragh Murphy Development and Zoning
- With regard to a recent announcement of a design competion for social housing for a site in Sligo Docklands, to query whether the Dept of housing planning and local government were aware of a previous more comprehensive Masterplan put forward for Sligo Docklands from 2017

Maurice Quinlivan — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the extent to which he and his colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the illegal supply of drugs, particularly heroin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug-dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of €13,000 in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí employed in each of the divisional drugs units respectively in each of the years 2015 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [9847/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of seizures of crack cocaine and estimated value of same by the Limerick divisional drugs unit in 2021 and 2023, in tabular form. [9848/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the planned funding for drug and alcohol task forces in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the engagements his Department has had with the Shannon Foynes Port Company regarding the Vision 2041 master plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9948/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the reference within the Shannon Foynes Port Company Vision 2041 master plan to the need, over the lifetime of the plan, to acquire an additional 127 ha of port development land; if he will discuss what planning has taken place with Shannon Foynes Port Company on acquiring this land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county for the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9850/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed at the Workplace Relations Commission; how this compares with the allocated number of labour inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10311/23]

Willie O'Dea — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Social 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9476/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection why an application for the invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) was refused on the basis that they did not have sufficient contributions; the reason they have not received credits for the past two years in view of the fact that they have been in receipt of the disability allowance for the past seven years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10000/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10503/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to tackle the use of the so-called dirty fuels across the country. [9945/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of businesses that have registered with Re-Turn, as part of the national deposit return scheme, since registration opened in November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9944/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider not signing any amending Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ 1951 scheme given that the 1951 committee of trustees' independent actuary has confirmed that the 1951 scheme now meets the minimum funding standard provisions of the Pensions Act 1990 and is solvent; if he will ask CIÉ to provide a detailed explanation, including all of the outstanding information sought by the statutory 1951 scheme committee of trustees in respect of the alleged failure of the CIÉ Board to act in a timely manner in relation to investment decisions from the end of March 2020 to 13 May 2020, which lead to an as yet unspecified financial loss to the pension scheme it was responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10087/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport when the all-island strategic review will be completed. [10596/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she will consider allowing students of a third-level institution (details supplied) to apply for the Gaeltacht grant to cover fees to attend mandatory Gaeltacht placements for those studying primary teaching, particularly in light of the cost-of-living increases faced by these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10232/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) for assistance through Caranua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10641/23]