Kildare North — week of Mon, 6 Mar

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Mar – 12 Mar 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 128 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages

2023-03-08 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–78

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

High Energy Costs

2023-03-08 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 69–59

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

The motion · motion passed 69–59

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 3 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if Enfield train station can be included in the Leap card zone; if plans are in place for the station to be included; the timeframe for when this will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to include more frequent trains from Enfield train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11064/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if there are any plans going forward to update the policies on the powers the local authority has in relation to the parking of camper vans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11988/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11644/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the status of a drivers licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12159/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the number of County Kildare businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11368/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of persons in County Kildare who are eligible to claim the rent tax credit; the number of persons in County Kildare currently claiming it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11369/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in place regarding index-linked gratuity payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10898/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11026/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-03-08 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of a pension increase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11748/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-03-09 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12020/23]

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 3 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Agriculture 9 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time, specifically-qualified climate scientists employed in his Department; the level of qualification of each, for example, post-doctoral and so on; their specific areas of expertise within climate science; if he will list their peer-reviewed specialist publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11632/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specialists in each of the areas rewilding, diversification and biodiversity that are employed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent scientific, safety analyses of chemicals used by Coillte that have been undertaken in each of the past ten years; if he will publish the results of same; if he will publish the list of chemicals used by Coillte and their listed potential and actual side effects, in tabular form in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an annual audit of public health in the areas surrounding Coillte plantations; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints/concerns that have been made by the public about the use of chemicals by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the list of cited medical complaints, if any, deemed by members of the public to be associated with such chemical use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the veterinarian and or wildlife inspections of lands planted by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish any significant illnesses, losses, and impacts identified in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety for humans, flora, fauna and insect life, particularly pollinators of any chemicals used by Coillte; the scientific basis of that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what independent and State inspections of air, water-table and watercourses in and adjacent to Coillte forestry have been undertaken in each of the past ten years in relations to chemical use; if he will publish the findings of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety of chemicals used by Coillte; what in-house and external expert examinations of the lands and the chemical processes used on them comprise, and have been undertaken; if he can guarantee them safe to pollinators in particular; if he will publish the results of any examinations undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when parents in Kilcock can expect confirmation of school-places, locally, for their children starting primary education in 2023, given the understandable anxiety regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10923/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what can be done for a child in the following circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12018/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health based on the HSE flow chart (details supplied), where in North Kildare the community can access treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11042/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health whether any neurological, dermatological, respiratory or oncological illnesses are reported in higher proportion around Coillte planted areas than others; whether public health undertakes any evaluation or data collection on same; if not, if his Department will commit to doing so; if he will publish any data available on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will examine raising the age of children from 13 years for parents to qualify for parental leave, given the high number of parents with mid-teenage children who want the opportunity to take such leave and in the context of Tusla's insistence that children under 16 years cannot be left alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Taoiseach if each Government Department now has a full-time, dedicated climate scientist on its staff; and if they do not, the reason therefor. [11634/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of specifically qualified climate scientists employed by his Department; the level of qualification of each; their specific areas of expertise within climate science; if he will list their peer reviewed, specialist publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to intervening and facilitating SUSI to use discretion. [12067/23]