Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 29 May — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 29 May – 4 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023

2023-05-31 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability

full description

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–74

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 67–64

Voted for 3 Francis Noel Duffy · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Voted against 1 Colm Brophy

Abstained 1 John Lahart

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Home Ownership

2023-05-31 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–65

Voted for 3 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

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 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Finance 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Finance if the recent announcement to make solar panels VAT-exempt will be applied so as to refund the VAT portion to those who placed orders prior to the announcement; and if there will be a retrospective clawback for those who have purchased and fitted in 2023. [26150/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of vacant posts waiting to be filled in the Mid-West Disability Team providing services to children living in County Clare in 2022 and 2023; if he will outline the vacant posts, by discipline, in tabular form; the status on the recruitment for these vacant posts and efforts being made to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/23]

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Enterprise 4 questions
- 2023-05-31 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he and his Department have had with the employees who have recently lost their jobs in a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26456/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he and his Department have had with the employees who have recently lost their jobs in a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he and his Department have had with a company (details supplied) following the recent redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26458/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he and his Department have had with a company (details supplied) following the recent redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26459/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position, in general terms, when an application is under review with An Bord Pleanála, in terms of whether any activity relating to the said application can be entered into. [25782/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if the working group that is to review governance arrangements to support HSE drug reimbursement process has been set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25663/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the apprenticeship process to allow students from Dublin to complete their apprenticeship in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25665/23]

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Children 3 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he anticipates being able to provide suitable accommodation for all refugees and asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25935/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether local authorities and public servants delivering services should be required to put the rights and best interests of the child first when helping families presenting as homeless, including factors such as access to their school, medical and therapeutic needs, and also supporting family relationships and wider social support; if he agrees that every child who needs timely access to a child support worker should have it; if he will ensure that these supports for children facing homelessness are enacted immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25936/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many social workers are employed by Tusla in children in care teams; how many social care workers are employed by Tusla in children in care teams; how many unfilled positions for social workers there are in children in care teams; and how many unfilled positions for social care workers in children in care teams, broken down by CHO area. [26831/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the members of the public that were involved in the survey in relation to the first major public consultation into the impact of deer, that is, gun clubs, farming groups and so on; the research that has been carried out into non-lethal deer population control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 16 May 2023, if he will outline the person or body that will be the stakeholders in the ‘stakeholder working groups to develop recommendations to managing the deer population effectively’. [25617/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that a company (details supplied) has responded positively to appeals and banned cruel animal snares from its website; if he agrees that Ireland should follow the example of Wales, which is poised to ban them; if he will take actions to ensure that this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he anticipates that legislation to reform the abortion law will be passed within the lifetime of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will place a cap on the figure that uplifts each year's loan to the 'current' rate in relation to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26826/23]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that students who secure a third level place are not prevented from taking-up their place as a result of the housing and cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26709/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that a living wage is provided to all PhD workers and to end precarity for academic workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26708/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm whether every new candidate will have to hold QQI certification as part of the new licence system for construction workers; and if so, if Solas and QQI will reimburse those who have to pay for the course and certification, including any wages lost for the time taken to complete the course. [26848/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason the finalised SPHE curriculum was changed from the published draft in order to remove the terms 'LGBT', 'transgender', 'cisgender', 'homophobia' and 'racism' from the appendix 2, glossary of key terms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26558/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will appeal the decision made in relation to the salary credit of a post-primary teacher (details supplied) who has returned to Ireland from teaching abroad and allow their experience at a school from August 2016 to August 2021 to be counted towards salary credit. [26837/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the cost of The Hare Release Survey, conducted jointly by an organisation (details supplied) and the NPWS. [26814/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if permission was given, overriding the section 42 licence, for pregnant deer to be shot at a location in County Meath on 3 April 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26832/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the current situation regarding the spent convictions legislation committed to in the programme for Government. [25553/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that have been issued to children that fall under the parameters of a judgement (details supplied). [26812/23]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns