Kildare North — week of Mon, 4 Mar

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Mar – 10 Mar 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 120 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

2024-03-06 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

Voted for 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Voted against 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–77

Voted for 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Voted against 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 45–65

Voted for 2 Catherine Murphy · Réada Cronin

Voted against 2 Bernard Durkan · James Lawless

Did not vote 3 Aidan Farrelly · Joe Neville · Naoise Ó Cearúil

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–51

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 4 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 2 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health for an update on a fair deal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9934/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health what measures his Department is undertaking to assist members of the public (details supplied) in accessing GP care in Kildare, where there is a difficulty for patients in securing a place on a GP client list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10018/24]
Education 2 questions
- 2024-03-06 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education how the free schoolbooks scheme works for students who use tablets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10907/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education to confirm the reason the course content and assessment brief for the Irish Junior Certificate has changed, with students no longer required to undertake the oral examination in junior cycle; if there are any plans for a review to be undertaken or feedback from practitioners in this subject area to be considered by her Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11391/24]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2024-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views of the establishment of an international centre for the prosecution of the crime of aggression in Ukraine by Eurojust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the Register of Damage, which aims to serve as a record of evidence and information on claims of damage, loss or injury caused by Russia’s actions in or against Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10862/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice to examine a mater (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10831/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance to examine tax a collection query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11231/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the proposals to proceed with the provision of a second bridge over the River Liffey at Celbridge, County Kildare will occur due to the increasing issue of traffic congestion in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11283/24]

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 4 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Foreign 7 questions
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the joint Irish-Spanish diplomatic initiative demanding a review of how Israel is fulfilling its human-rights obligations in its conduct in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he and his Government are satisfied that Israel is fulfilling its obligations in the matter of respect for human rights and democratic principles enshrined in Article Two of the EU-Israel Trade agreement; if it is not, what actions it is taking and demanding at the highest executive level of the EU in such regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what actions he intends to take at the EU and other relevant international fora, on the so-called Flour Massacre where the IDF fired on starving Palestinians, killing 104 and wounding 760 (at time of questioning) such actions in clear breach of the ICJ directive to ‘not kill members of the group’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he and his Department are satisfied that Israel qualifies as suitable and appropriate as a trading partner for Ireland and the EU given its actions in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank; if he does not, what actions he is currently taking and/or intends to take to address that situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether Ireland will impose economic sanctions on Israel; if it will not, to outline why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work with like-minded countries in the EU, or elsewhere, to organise an airdrop of emergency food and medical supplies to the people of Gaza who are being bombed, shelled, starved and besieged by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what political and/or diplomatic actions Ireland is taking at EU level, in the matter of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s high-profile and unilateral support for Israel, and particularly, given the recent remarks of the High Representative of EU and Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr Josep Borrell, on how those actions have had “a high geo-political cost for the EU”; what mechanisms are in place, or will be put in place in the interest of the union, its values and credibility, to censure such actions already taken, and to ensure they are not repeated by the Commission president or any other senior EU office holder in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10893/24]
Children 5 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the process by which a company (details supplied) was contracted by Tusla; whether he is satisfied that the procurement process, including all due diligence was undertaken including previous clients interviewed, references and all relevant information, qualifications and declarations verified and documented; whether he will publish this documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10564/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department became aware of the issues with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10565/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the investigations that have taken place or are ongoing into the organisation Tusla on its procurement of, relationship with, and examination of the operations of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minors who have gone missing or remain missing from the services offered by a company (details supplied) or any other Tusla contractors; the age of each if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10576/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that from March 2024 the YAT will no longer support individuals attending a Section 38 organisation, such individuals being referred to the clinical supports available within their organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10889/24]
Education 2 questions
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will take special measures to speed the finishing of the interior of the Convent of Mercy, Naas, given the unnecessary and damaging delay in same, and the costs to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11101/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on co-ed developments in relation to the Convent of Mercy, Naas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11102/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to explain the reason the HSE is to withdraw funding for UMAAP in 2024 given there are more than 160,000 adults in the State with ADHD, and this new organisation is playing a crucial role in providing support and guidance to them, with over 1,000 adults to date benefitting from its six-week programme and monthly support groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10972/24]