Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 11 Sept

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 · 0 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 4 returns

Oxfam Ireland Justice and Equality
- Letter to all members of Oireachtas committee to ask ask that the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice review Ireland’s position and actions regarding rule of law violations at EU borders by EU member states.
Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland Finance
- Brokers Ireland pre 2024 budget submission
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 2 returns Environment · Agriculture
- EUNature Restoration Law
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 20 questions · 6 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Finance 6 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend inheritance tax in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37201/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the concept of a 'notional spouse' for single persons with respect to capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37202/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the changes he will make to inheritance tax in Budget 2024 with respect to single persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37203/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering the treatment of family members such as sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews as a notional spouse, in order to decrease the amount of inheritance tax paid by relatives of persons who do not have children or a spouse to pass property onto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37672/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if, in the context of Budget 2024, he has any plans to empower the charity sector to seek philanthropic support through a strong incentivisation of fundraising and giving, which would ultimately help to alleviate some of the significant pressure on the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38937/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance following several inquiries from younger persons eager to access the property ladder, if he is considering measures such as individual savings accounts (ISAs) to enable first-time buyers to work towards a deposit, which would also act as an alternative mode of investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39076/23]
Environment 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the basis for the standing charge for a person that owns the physical mater attached to a residential property on which energy is metered and subsequently charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37423/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to consider, given that as the country in general will be spending so much more going into the future on gas, a proposal that the Government set about compiling a list of energy savings that each and every householder can make in order not have to spend as much on their energy usage, or gather all the 'experts' in this field together to pool their ideas, and then from that print a leaflet or booklet and send it to each householder in the country. [37633/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if public servants of semi-State or commercial semi-State companies, and other hybrid public service organisations under the aegis of his Department, such as An Post, are entitled to work until they are 70 years of age and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38939/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on any research that is being, has been or continues to be undertaken in relation to the rising incidence of autism both at home and internationally (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37378/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the proposals by an organisation (details supplied); his views in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is considering the measures proposed by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to direct provision and asylum seekers in Budget 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38517/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to set out in a tabular form the funding provided by his Department and the HSE to each of the local drugs and alcohol task forces in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [37345/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has established an implementation group to progress the operational recommendations made in the Report of the Independent Review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the chair and membership of the group and its relationship with the Clinical Advisory Forum on termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37675/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his views on the plea from persons with disabilities in relation to section 39 organisations providing services to people with disabilities, namely, that Government action is needed to bring the section 39 issue to resolution (details supplied). [37754/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what schemes are available for shared equity scheme for self builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37589/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what plans he has to introduce a shared equity scheme for self builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37590/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if there is a mandatory number of hours an ambulance driver is legally allowed to drive, similar to tachographed articulated truck drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37700/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education to provide a detailed update with regard to completion works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38202/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is planning to launch a further community recognition fund round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38967/23]

New lobbying 6 returns

Novartis Ireland Limited Health
- Ensuring the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is added to the heel prick test in a timely manner
Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland Finance
- Brokers Ireland pre 2024 budget submission
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol, including increase in excise duties, social responsibility levy on alcohol industry, establishment of an Alcohol Office, funding for services for all impacted by alcohol harm
Illumina Cambridge Ltd Health
- Provide an introduction to Illumina and highlight the need for timely implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 2 returns Environment · Agriculture
- EUNature Restoration Law
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 36 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 36 total

Housing 8 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will appoint an independent body to gather data in relation to hare coursing as currently data that is gathered in relation to hare coursing comes from the ICC reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37483/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the context of the record high numbers of homeless, he will reinstate the eviction ban without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37685/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 25 July 2023, if he will instruct Fingal County Council to engage with the landlord specified to buy some or all of the 47 residential properties mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37687/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to protect tenants whose landlord refuses to renew part four tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37688/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to change the law that allows landlords to refuse to renew part four tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37689/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is prepared to take steps to establish a system of compulsory purchase of residential properties from corporate landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37690/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 25 July 2023, the steps he will take before 24 August 2023 to make sure that the families and children specified will not be made homeless. [37701/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the loans which Uisce Éireann has taken out since its launch as Irish Water; the interest rate of those loans; and to outline the loans still outstanding. [38678/23]
Health 6 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that Australia has banned the importation of non-prescription vaping products (details supplied); if he will outline his Department's plans for the future of vaping in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37577/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help two persons (details supplied) obtain their medical records. [37857/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 11 July 2023, if he will advise how the HSPC is monitoring community transmission of Covid-19, the defined thresholds being used to determine high and low periods of transmission as it relates to universal masking in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38623/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 11 July 2023, if he will elaborate on his Department's statement that masks in healthcare settings were being worn in 'various incorrect and ineffectual manners' and risks with inappropriate use offset any purported benefits of universal use; specifically, what incorrect and ineffectual manners are being referred to, what risks inappropriate use carried, how these were weighed up to the benefits of universal masking, how widespread of an issue inappropriate use was, for an outline of any efforts that were made to correct this behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38624/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 11 July 2023, the IPC measures that are in place across healthcare settings for airborne pathogens, the effectiveness of these measures at preventing spread of airborne pathogens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38625/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is an extension provided in relation to the date that the HSE requires students to provide their transcript from their final degree in medicine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38699/23]
Education 4 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to primary and secondary school teachers who are not on fixed term or permanent contracts, if she is aware of the difficulty they face getting paid over the summer break; if she agrees that it is unacceptable that the teachers previously mentioned, who are due back to school next week have still not received their jobseeker’s having applied for on 29 June 2023, in order to ensure that this does not happen next year as her Department knows there will be an influx of paperwork; if her Department respond accordingly and either funnel resources that way or hire more people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38285/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if parental leave is included in service history (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38286/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if, given that Ireland is facing a huge surge in Covid cases due to new variants with high transmissibility, she will commit to ensuring that there is clean air in schools, without any further delay; if, given that her Department’s promise in December 2021 to make funding available for the purchase of Hepa filters was not a successful method of ensuring each school received a filter, she will guarantee that Hepa filters are provided directly to schools by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39179/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, INTO budget 2024 campaign (details supplied) "Building a brighter future for every child"; if she agrees with the measures put forward; and if she will ensure these are implemented in the upcoming Budget. [39201/23]
Social 4 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement a shared travel pass for carers of children with special needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37570/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the fuel allowance threshold for people who live alone in Budget 2024, considering that it costs the same to heat a home regardless of the amount of people there, and that the threshold for a couple is double that for someone living alone. [38705/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by 19 weeks for mothers and 43 weeks for fathers to bring paid leave entitlements for both parents to 52 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39123/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulty experienced by a person (details supplied); if she will assist in getting this claim processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39208/23]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1895 of 26 April 2022, for an update on the Irish Coursing Club's traceability system for coursing greyhounds which was scheduled for completion during quarter three of 2022 (details supplied); the statistics his Department has received from ICC regarding deaths and exports of coursing greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37755/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to (details supplied) to confirm how Irish thoroughbreds are being slaughtered in the UK; if he will provide details of the true slaughter figures of thoroughbreds in Ireland and the UK per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37869/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has concerns about Greyhound Racing Ireland partnering with a company (details supplied), considering the public funding that GRI is in receipt of, and the unethical practices of the company. [38676/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he and other Ministers visited a farm (details supplied), considering allegations; if he will investigate these allegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38722/23]
Children 4 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the huge financial burden placed on those using a service (details supplied) for supervised visits with their children; if he will provide the State support needed to ensure money is not a barrier for parents who want to see their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37879/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of abolishing childcare fees for parents through increasing the universal childcare subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39124/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of meeting a union's (details supplied) wage increase claim for childcare workers if the increase was to be paid for by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39125/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of expanding the number of childcare places to meet an estimated unmet demand for early years and after-school care currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39126/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the IACP Pre-Budget Submission 2024; if he will ensure that their main demands as per (details supplied) are included in the upcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38835/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise, in relation to oversight and accountability of the FSPO, how a person can submit a complaint in relation to the FSPO; and who this office is accountable to. [39086/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will consider relaxing the 100-year rule for releasing census data, making it a shorter 30- or 50-year rule so that the census can be useful for genealogy purposes. [37815/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 13 June 2023, which was referred to the National Transport Authority (NTA) for reply, if he will ask the NTA for concrete actions it will take to resolve the issue with public transport in the Knocklyon area; if he will follow up with the NTA directly to ensure these actions are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39219/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if, in relation to the sports capital funding programme, she agrees that funding would be best used for sport clubs that are available to all in the community; and if she will outline how common it is for private clubs to be allocated this funding. [37569/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice in relation to the civil servants within An Garda Síochána who do not want to lose their status as civil servants, if she will ensure that they are given the right to choose whether they wish to be a public servant or civil servant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37856/23]

New lobbying 4 returns

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 4 returns Agriculture · Environment
- Nitrates Derogation
- EUNature Restoration Law
- EUNature Restoration Law
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 5 returns

Alcohol Action Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol, including increase in excise duties, social responsibility levy on alcohol industry, establishment of an Alcohol Office, funding for services for all impacted by alcohol harm
- Sale of Alcohol Bill
Illumina Cambridge Ltd Health
- Provide an introduction to Illumina and highlight the need for timely implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 2 returns Environment · Agriculture
- EUNature Restoration Law
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

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Questions asked 20 total

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Questions asked 36 total

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