Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 23 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Oct – 29 Oct 2023 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 32 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023

2023-10-25 · 1 vote · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

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A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance; and to provide for related matters.

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted for 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

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

Health Service Funding

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–58

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 75–59

Voted for 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

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

Neutrality

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–56

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 76–56

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 · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 3 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 3 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if additional buses will be added to the number 15 bus route (details supplied); and if not, if alternative services will be added to the route. [46085/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if there have been any reports compiled on the safety of electric vehicles, particularly when parked in multistorey car parks, given there have been a number of fires in the UK caused by electric scooter and bike batteries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46724/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that after forty-five years of working, a person (details supplied) has no entitlement to anything between the ages of 65-66 years; the reason that Covid years have been counted when work was unavailable to the person; the reason that no discretion or flexibility was shown by her Department, given the person's date of birth, work record and contributions, which would mean that they were assessed on four years, 27 days, rather than five years, as per Article 48A; how she can ensure that this matter is remedied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41353/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Nursing Homes Ireland Health
- NHI briefed the Fianna Fail Parliamentary party on the findings of the PwC independent sectoral analysis

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

Questions asked 27 total

Social 7 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the proposals in the Green Paper on disability reform and implement instead a single-tier, non-means-tested disability allowance payment of €350 per week. [46723/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she agrees with an organisation (details supplied) that Budget 2024 is regressive because temporary changes like one-off social protection payments are more concentrated among those on lower incomes, whereas the permanent changes favour the already better off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46428/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she considers that the €4 increase in the qualified child payment will make a significant impact on child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46427/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when she anticipates poverty in this country will be ended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46429/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no additional one-off payment of one-parent family payment was included in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46426/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when she anticipates that poverty among people with disabilities in this country will be ended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46430/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if only DEIS schools are included in the 600 new meals programme outlined in Budget 2024. [46254/23]
Taoiseach 5 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [43870/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [43878/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach for an update on the economic policy unit of his Department. [43879/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the State apologies issued by Taoisigh in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [43880/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [46436/23]
Agriculture 5 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an external review into the discrepancies identified in accounts of the IHRB (details supplied) will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46677/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the compatibility of maintaining a nitrates derogation in any form and combating water pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47012/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress of the agricultural sector in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47009/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has estimated the likely financial impact of climate-induced flooding and other natural disasters on agriculture in the State in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47010/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a need for a separate Irish injured jockeys fund, qualified riders accident fund company and jockeys accident fund; the extent of Government funding for each annually in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47011/23]
Health 4 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the spring being removed from the patients at Temple Street (details supplied) will be retained, in order that it can be analysed as part of the external review. [46135/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to dental treatment available for children in Tallaght, Dublin 24, if the HSE Old County Road clinic only deals with dental emergencies now; if so, where children living in Tallaght can get their dental check-ups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46289/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a call by an organisation (details supplied) for the development and implementation of a national strategy to reduce epilepsy-related deaths; if he will action this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46326/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 10 October 2023, if the external review will include operations carried out on adults at Cappagh Hospital. [46676/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he supports adding additional or express services on the 15-bus route in the mornings to address overcrowding issues in the Knocklyon area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46059/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that roughly 2,260 CIÉ retired salaried staff have not received a pension increase since 2008; if he will ensure that the board of CIÉ assign adequate funds to the CIÉ Superannuation Scheme 1951 to pay increases to CIÉ pensioners in line with the-cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46267/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether sufficient funding has been provided in Budget 2024 for the redress schemes for apartment and duplex defects and for Mica and Pyrite. [46629/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether in situations where apartment or duplex complexes affected by defects receive offers from developers to address redress, he will outline how they will be affected in terms of eligibility for the future redress scheme, in circumstances where the developers’ payments do not cover all of the necessary work and other work needs to be paid for by the OMC; and if this extra money will be recoverable under the coming redress scheme. [46630/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on legal advice and/or legal representation between 2015 to date, broken down on an annual basis. [46136/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the issue of a crackdown on oil pipeline protestors in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47068/23]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Transport 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the date by which the Road Safety Authority will have completed its review of the road traffic collision data sharing policies, and procedures and resume its statutory remit of issuing reports on road traffic collisions. [46190/23]