Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 27 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Nov – 3 Dec 2023 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 40 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)

2023-11-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–69

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

Did not vote 3 Ciarán Ahern · Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Neutrality

2023-11-29 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 46–74

Voted for 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

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

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–51

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

The motion · motion passed 73–52

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023

2023-11-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 110–17

Voted for 4 Colm Brophy · Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart · Seán Crowe

Voted against 1 Paul Murphy

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-11-28 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 75–54

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

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

Did not vote 2 Ciarán Ahern · 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 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Education 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update regarding the provision of a school bus service to a school in Crumlin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51959/23]

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 3 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 3 total

Social 2 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51852/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51863/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed update with regard to the details and timelines in respect of the remediation of apartment defects to help allay any anxieties of apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51865/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Bloomfield Health Services Health
- Mental Health Services at Bloomfield Health Services

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 4 votes · 31 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 31 total

Education 8 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education to outline why a student (details supplied) is not being provided with transport to school despite transport being sanctioned for them under the school transport scheme for children with special needs. [51921/23]
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will act to ensure that oral exams are moved back before the Easter break, as requested by a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52847/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to address the high level of vacant teaching posts at primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52820/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she has liaised with the Department on Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the accommodation crisis for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52823/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she supports significantly increasing teachers' pay to address teacher shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52824/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to increase the availability of substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52822/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the impact of teacher shortages on special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52821/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) will be permitted to hire substitute teachers on a short-term basis to cover SET positions which have been allocated but are unfilled, in order to ensure that pupils with additional learning needs are not further disadvantaged. [52922/23]
Transport 8 questions
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when he anticipates that the inner orbital BusConnects routes will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52843/23]
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when he anticipates that A spine and F Spine of BusConnects will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52844/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his views on further expansion of Dublin Airport, such as the lifting of the passenger cap and the growth in the number of flights by private jets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53114/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the measures he will take to ensure the security of transport workers following the attacks on public transport in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the roll-out of phase 5b of BusConnects; what improvements can be made to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52850/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on progress towards meeting the transport emissions reduction targets under the climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is concerned at the impact that lifting the passenger cap at Dublin Airport would have on local residents, including noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52854/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his views on lifting the cap on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport, given commitments made under the climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/23]
Foreign 6 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he applied to enter Gaza on his recent trip to the Middle East; and if so, whether this application was blocked by Israel. [51816/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the plight of disabled and elderly residents in Gaza (details supplied); the steps his Department will take to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52387/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expel the Israeli ambassador in light of the war crimes being committed by the Israeli Government in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the State referring Israel to the International Criminal Court, as was previously done by Ireland in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50266/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views as to whether or not the deployment of troops by regional arrangements without the authorisation of the UN Security Council is within the parameters of the UN Charter (details supplied). [53027/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he considers that the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was within the parameters of the UN Charter. [53028/23]
Health 4 questions
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate free PCR testing centres for Covid-19 for at least the duration of the winter period, given the likely increase in Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52697/23]
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will act to ensure that a dedicated neurology nurse phone line is reopened in Crumlin Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52729/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether it is accurate that a new HSE directive has said that no patients currently in St. James’s Hospital are allowed to be referred to a HSE nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52921/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether he will take action to address the steeply rising insurance costs facing community drug services (details supplied). [52930/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the minimum notice period for a crèche which decides to withdraw from the core funding scheme, and if consideration is being given to extending it given the disruption it causes to parents and children for a crèche to withdraw. [51879/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the withdrawal of a crèche (details supplied) in Firhouse from the core funding scheme and resultant significant increases in fees for parents, the action he intends to take to ensure that affordable childcare is available in the area. [51880/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase funding for the childcare sector. [51881/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions 302, 303 and 304 of 14 November 2023, if she will address a matter in relation to test cases (details supplied). [51882/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what deployment of troops he envisages will be able to take place within the framework of international law and within the parameters of the UN Charter without a Security Council resolution if the ‘Triple Lock’ is removed. [53026/23]

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the reason the new S8 bus route bypasses UCD, Dundrum town centre, and IADT, leaving many hundreds of students, workers, and shoppers without direct access to their places of work, study and recreation; and what public transport options will be made available to these persons. [51952/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the solutions being considered for residents to improve connectivity via public transport to the thousands of existing and new residents of Dublin south west, particularly those residents who do not live close to a Luas line in Firhouse, Ballycullen, Scholarstown, Knocklyon, Ballyboden, Edmonstown, and Rathfarnham and who rely on bus services that are now being altered resulting in access to central hubs of education, shopping, and work being more difficult than was previously the case. [51953/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; whether guidelines on what documentation and financial information can be requested from patrons will be issued to bookmakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51951/23]