Kildare North — week of Mon, 12 Jun

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Jun – 18 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 184 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Retained Fire Services

2023-06-14 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 71–62

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 70–62

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

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022

2023-06-14 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to remove the lower minimum wage rates imposed on those employed between the ages of 16 and 20

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–59

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 · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Foreign 5 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27704/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite the passport applications of two persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28141/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28717/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he is taking to promote accountability for the most serious international crimes; the support being provided for the work of the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he and his Department will play in defending and promoting a safe, secure, free and open global cyberspace, with robust telecommunication infrastructures and regulated by international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28103/23]
Transport 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine a matter (details supplied) concerning petrol cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28313/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28453/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27067/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27572/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if she can offer some support to a neuro-divergent child (details supplied) who has limited educational opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28082/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on adoption applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27988/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27560/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the lack of access to eye care services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28142/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28341/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-14 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding is available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28670/23]

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 · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to offer financial support for practical home assistance, such as cleaning, to healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid, whose infection was contracted in the line of duty, including where PPE provided and depended on was inadequate, and now are debilitated to the degree they cannot work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to assist healthcare workers who developed long-Covid from infection contracted in the line of duty, including in situations whereby they lacked sufficient PPE, and who are debilitated to the degree they are no longer able to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health what plans his Department has, and if it is working with the Department of Social Protection, to ensure the SLWP scheme continues for HCWs who contracted Covid in the workplace and are now suffering serious, long-term debility, such debility affecting their career, their financial, psychological and physical health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if all the children awaiting school places in Kilcock have now been accommodated there, such children being the subject of previous Parliamentary Questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27947/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine and act upon the information outlined in correspondence from a person (details supplied), in relation to their experience regarding the nearest available school, to ensure that in this coming academic year, children are guaranteed the bus places they need on the basis of eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29007/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department will commit to extending the SLWP scheme for HCWs and other public servants, who have developed and are seriously debilitated by long-Covid from infection caught in the line of duty, this having a profound impact on their career and financial security, to the degree they are unable to work as normal, or at all, some now depending of walking aids for mobility even at a young age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27379/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to entering into a formal agreement to address the pay disparity of Section 39 organisations; if he will develop a multi-annual, sustainable funding model for voluntary organisations; if he will conduct a review of the out-of-date Health Act (2004) which does not reflect the reality and essential nature of services provided by Section 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27895/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied that the State is at a proper preparedness level to counteract any possible cyberattacks on the national grid and other essential services by bad actors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/23]