Louth — week of Mon, 1 Jul

What your Louth TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Jul – 7 Jul 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 20 questions · 14 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defence Forces

2024-07-03 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 1 Fergus O'Dowd

Voted against 3 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 1 Fergus O'Dowd

Voted against 3 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-07-02 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–57

Voted for 1 Fergus O'Dowd

Voted against 3 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 3 returns

Polio Survivors Ireland Health
- Invited TDs and Senators to attend a Town Hall on Accessiblity and Disability at Polio Survivors Ireland's Annual Conference 2024
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Ged Nash — Labour Party 3 votes · 8 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans to amend the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 and the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 to give effect to commitments made to provide for an increase in the mandatory retirement age to 62 years for uniformed public servants; if the Government plans to apply the amended legislation consistently across all line Government departments and the relevant sectoral employers; the proposed upper age limit will be explicitly provided for in the proposed amended legislation; the rationale for the apparent decision to devolve this matter to individual line departments; if the Department will agree to meet the public sector unions (details supplied) on these matters given their concerns as expressed in correspondence to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27876/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of plans by barristers practising criminal law to withdraw services on 9, 15 and 24 July 2024; if he will provide details of any advice his officials have provided to their counterparts in the Department of Justice following the announcement as part of Budget 2024 to establish a review process to examine the structure and level of fees paid to barristers practising criminal law; if he is in favour of establishing such a process that would allow for restoration of FEMPI-era cuts to fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/24]
Finance 2 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the advantageous (40% and 39% respectively) visual effects (VFX)-related tax reliefs system the French and UK governments have introduced to support their respective VFX industries; if he is concerned that these measures will create a competitive disadvantage for the Irish VFX sector; if he is considering any measures to address this matter specifically as it relates to the indigenous Irish VFX sector in respect of a potential review of tax credits, for example; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the Government supports moves at G20 level to agree the principle of a 2% minimum annual tax on the wealth of billionaires to help tackle the climate crisis, global poverty and wealth inequality; if any formal contact has been made by the initiators of this proposal with the Government at any level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28995/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when her Department will formally commence the Government commitment in the context of Budget 2024 to establish a review process to examine the structure and level of fees paid to barristers practising criminal law; if she will provide details on the reasons such a process has not commenced; if she will provide clear details and a timeframe/framework in respect of the process announced in October 2023; the form of engagement her Department has had to date with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform on the issues in questions and the framework of a process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28512/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of the 39 advanced nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist inflammatory bowel disease related posts that were to be appointed by approximately July 2023 who have been formally recruited and have commenced their employment; the number who have been empanelled and are awaiting formal offers of employment; the number of successful candidates who have been informed that their post is lost and will not proceed; when posts still on offer will be filled, by each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28518/24]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024 will not be enacted before the summer recess; if he will commit to introducing the Bill this autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28971/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a proposal (details supplied) in relation to the future of an institution; if her Department plans to provide the necessary approval for the proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29018/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paula Butterly — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 11 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [26826/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone conversation with President Biden. [27948/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [27949/24]
Defence 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current situation in south Lebanon; the current activities of the Defence Forces on the UNIFIL mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of a UNIFIL soldier (details supplied). [27950/24]
Transport 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if an electric scooter (details supplied), which is intended for use as a mobility scooter by the owner, is classed as an e-scooter under the new legislation; if insurance is required to operate this in a public place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27944/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the preparation of tender documents for the N53 project in County Louth; the timeline for the upgrade works to be completed; if funding is being made available by TII for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets set and actual numbers realised for the local authority energy efficiency retrofit scheme from 2020 to 2024, for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28006/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a funding scheme is available to local authorities in order to provide additional parking at council estates where there is insufficient room for residents’ car parking, leading to situations where concerns have been raised about emergency vehicles getting through and where grown-up children are residing at home and using their cars to commute to college and work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/24]
Finance 2 questions
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market, particularly in relation to reducing the cost of public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28015/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work being carried out in his Department to fix the anomaly where many workers who live in Northern Ireland and who work in the South are precluded from working from home due to the significant Revenue implications for their employers; if he will detail any contacts his Department has had on the matter with the equivalent British department in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28014/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers