Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 22 May

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 22 May – 28 May 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 39 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 53–66

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Did not vote 3 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · Paul Murphy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–67

Voted for 1 Seán Crowe

Voted against 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Did not vote 3 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · Paul Murphy

Hospital Waiting Lists

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 3 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · Paul Murphy

The motion · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 3 Ciarán Ahern · Colm Brophy · Paul Murphy

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 0 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Justice the new measures that have been taken to ensure that communities are safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25172/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Justice the level of criminal offences committed by under-18s to date in 2023 in comparison with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25173/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a complete breakdown of the cost incurred by drone disturbance in the past two years in Dublin Airport; the amount of this cost that has been covered by the State; if counter-drone technology is now operational; the estimated amount that anti-drone technology will cost on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25146/23]

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 3 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason that the current governance model used in other CHO areas cannot be used in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24917/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a specialist service for Huntington's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health for a timeline on the consultation process committed to in respect of drug cost reimbursement including the cost of drugs for rare diseases. [25387/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider including houses built as part of multi-unit developments that are currently included in the defective apartments and duplexes redress scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24486/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider including qualified adult payment recipients in the Christmas bonus double payment and any such double payment in future budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24942/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the neurological rehabilitation team in CHO7 to be in place to deliver services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24916/23]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Agriculture 8 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1895 of 26 April 2022, the current status of the 12,483 non-coursing greyhounds born in 2021 as recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system or RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24403/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 203 non-coursing greyhounds listed as dead of natural causes for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24404/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 272 non-coursing greyhounds listed as euthanised on humane grounds for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 53 non-coursing greyhounds listed as euthanised due to terminal illness for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24406/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 98 non-coursing greyhounds listed as euthanised due to being deemed unsuitable as a pet for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24407/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 1,241 non-coursing greyhounds listed as deaths notified by the Irish Coursing Club, ICC, for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24408/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the cause of death in the case of the 1,241 non-coursing greyhounds listed as deaths notified by the ICC for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24409/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the horse and greyhound racing industries are grossly more funded than any other sports; if he agrees that there are many projects that could bring better social benefits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24843/23]
Taoiseach 5 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22920/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22921/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22922/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update those goals. [24736/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [24737/23]
Education 4 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will agree to the establishment of a DEIS+ band within the DEIS programme. [24396/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the amount of money spent annually on transporting children with special educational needs outside their local school catchment area. [25414/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special educational needs who are waiting for appropriate school places for September 2023. [25415/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education to outline the number of occasions on which she has used her powers under section 37A to direct a school to provide places for children with special educational needs. [25416/23]
Justice 4 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice in relation to the fact that the Irish prison population has confirmed overcrowding issues, if he will confirm whether prisoners who are entitled to early release by international standards are being detained to disguise homeless figures; if this is not the case, the reason for their extra judicial detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24377/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of students in the students of sanctuary programme who have been served with a deportation order during their studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24849/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of students with legal status to remain in Ireland that have gone on to higher education in Ireland in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24850/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24913/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 25 April 2023, to outline how many children are in Tusla's care, broken down by CHO; and how many of them have allocated social workers, broken down by CHO. [24412/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 25 April 2023, how many social workers are employed by Tusla broken down by CHO; how many social care workers are employed by Tusla broken down by CHO; and how many unfilled positions for social workers there are, broken down by CHO; and how many unfilled positions for social care workers there are, broken down by CHO. [24413/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure an assessment of needs is provided urgently for a four-year-old child (details supplied), who has been waiting over six months since August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25155/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the call from Home and Community Care Ireland, HCCI, to ensure that the new home care tender 2023 is not delayed again; if he will fulfil the HCCI request for an urgent meeting with Minsters (details supplied); if the HSE will agree funding for a new rate on tender 2023 that reflects increased costs of care and that allows home care staff to receive a living wage, travel time and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health with regard to the supports promised to student nurses and midwives, as announced on 13 December 2022, that are yet to implemented, given that his Department issued a circular to the HSE on 27 February approving the payments and the particular arrangements, if he agrees that the €500 subsistence grant to cover the cost of food, transport and other expenses needs to be implemented urgently; if he will instruct the HSE to implement the rolling out of this grant without further delay and before the start of the 2023-24 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to address the anomaly whereby someone who was on one social welfare payment and was entitled to the Christmas bonus, and has moved to another social welfare payment is not entitled to the spring cost-of-living payment, despite having been on a social welfare payment for longer than 12 months. [25362/23]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns