Kildare North — week of Mon, 12 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Feb – 18 Feb 2024 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 119 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model

2024-02-14 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–57

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 78–56

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

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2024-02-14 · 1 vote

Amendment again put: · motion passed 73–64

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-02-13 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 67–56

Voted for 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Voted against 1 Catherine Murphy

Did not vote 4 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil · Réada Cronin

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 4 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Education 3 questions
- 2024-02-14 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education to report on the current oversubscription crisis in schools in County Kildare, and specifically Prosperous and Clane; what her Department is planning to ensure that all children will be educated in a school environment in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6775/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education for an update on the current status of the proposed new post primary school (details supplied); the current status of an extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6776/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education what plans/structures are in place to assist secondary school children that are currently being home schooled in securing a school place as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6778/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-02-14 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans for the reform of CAMHS (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6679/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to review the urgent need for regulations and reform of CAMHS; what plans are currently in place to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7193/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if in a scenario where broadband is running at less than the legal requirement, the steps NBI can take in order to rectify the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6047/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the current security arrangements surrounding Weston Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6117/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the issue of the recent councillor gratuity payment announced to be based on years of service, rather than a maximum limit of 20 years. [6115/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice her views in relation to the nuisance mechanical noise being emitted from Mountjoy Prison this is having a severe impact on the residents in the surrounding areas, who have brought it to the attention of officials in the prison but have not received a satisfactory response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-02-15 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what legislation anticipated will be updated if each of the referenda planned for March are passed; what those updates will consist of in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7238/24]

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 · 11 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 11 total

Education 10 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many children in north Kildare are currently left without a school-place in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6476/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how long each child now relying on home tuition due to a lack of a school-places is availing of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6477/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if, as per an RTÉ interview, she is now guaranteeing a first-year school place for each child who requires one in north Kildare in the school year 2024; if she can further guarantee a school place in second year for the children currently without a school place in first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6478/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if, as per RTÉ interview, she is now guaranteeing a first year school place for each child who requires one in north Kildare in the school year 2024; if she can further guarantee a school-place in second year for the children currently without a school-place in first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6479/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many times her Department has forced a school to take a child who was not awarded a school place in each of the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will, as a matter of urgency, be ‘requiring’ schools in north Kildare to accept a child who has not been successful in being awarded a school-place in first year and other years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6481/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education to outline any plans her Department has to make online home schooling available to children for whom in-class education is problematic for a variety of reasons, and who thrived in the online learning situation during the lockdown phases of the ongoing Covid pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6482/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the plans her Department has to recruit teachers who would teach on an online only basis, such an option proving attractive to many; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6483/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide clean air in school given public health announcements regarding measles, which, like Covid-19, is a highly contagious, airborne infection, easily transmitted and contracted in enclosed spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6484/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will introduce a mechanism, or extend any mechanism extant, as in the case of special needs, to compel schools to accept children who have not been offered a place in secondary school in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6690/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to secure properties either selected for asylum-seeker/immigrant accommodation or publicly deemed to be a prospect for same, given the spate of arson which degrades society and poses a threat to human life locally, and to that of firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6544/24]

New lobbying 1 return

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Justice and Equality
- January 2024 Emails issued about the proposed referendums on ‘family’ and ‘care’, enclosing FLAC’s recommendations for strengthening and clarifying the proposals for constitutional reform