Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 23 Sept

What your Dublin South-West TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Sept – 29 Sept 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 48 questions · 7 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Childcare

2024-09-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 66–58

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 69–57

Voted for 2 Francis Noel Duffy · John Lahart

Voted against 1 Seán Crowe

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-09-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–54

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

Voted against 2 Paul Murphy · Seán Crowe

Did not vote 1 Ciarán Ahern

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 1 vote · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators

John Lahart — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 1 question · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered qualifying veterinary students in Hungary for student grants, similar to the process of allowing students in Northern Ireland access to grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37814/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

South Dublin Chamber Economic Development and Industry
- Highlighting the opportunities for continued economic growth in South Dublin County
National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 1 vote · 47 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 47 total

Health 12 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1749 of 9 September 2024, to outline the policy of the HSE in relation to an employee who has been potentially exposed to measles and whose job cannot be done from home; if they are required to take time off; and if so, if that time off is taken as sick days or annual leave (details supplied). [37410/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2247 of 23 July 2024, the reason the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda uses the 2014 guidelines provided by psychiatrists rather than the 2017 guidelines from endocrinologists for hormone serum concentrations. [37555/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2033 of 23 July 2024, if the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda is aware that the guidelines do make statements in relation to the duration of GnRHa therapy (details supplied). [37556/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 2 July 2024, when the treatment abroad scheme changed to requiring evidence of multidisciplinary sign off for transgender surgery; and who made this decision. [37557/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2225 of 23 July 2024, what means activists have used to attack the National Gender Service. [37558/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2227 of 23 July 2024, if the National Gender Service tracks the number of patients it "often says not right now" to. [37559/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2230 of 23 July 2024, which specific elements of transgender healthcare can be delivered by GPs. [37560/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2230 of 23 July 2024, if it has already been decided that initiation of transgender hormone treatments can only be done in liaison with specialist HSE services, and not by GPs alone. [37561/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are no plans to restrict the access to puberty blockers, including via EU prescriptions. [37563/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for a list of the subject matter expert colleagues who are assisting the clinical lead for transgender services in reviewing the Cass review. [37564/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for a list of groups the clinical lead for transgender services has met with to date. [37565/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will make the drug ozempic available on the drug payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/24]
Housing 8 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to formally recognising cherry laurel as an invasive species and regulate it in the near future (details supplied). [37572/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a detailed explanation for the Government's decision not to enact Article 50 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011; and the way the 2024 regulations fill this gap (details supplied). [37573/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of delaying the enactment of Article 50 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, if he has considered the EU's long-standing practice of allowing trade restrictions and derogations to protect biodiversity given that EU case law supports such restrictions when justified by environmental protection; and if this been factored into the recent updates to the invasive species regulations. [37574/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that cherry laurel is not currently listed as an invasive species under the 2024 regulations, if he has applied the precautionary principle, as required under EU law, when making this decision; if not, the rationale for not using this principle, especially in light of cherry laurel's widely recognised impact on native habitats. [37575/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 9 July 2024, if he is aware that for previous general elections, less than half of the returning officers consented to the presence of international election observers; if he will take steps to ensure that for the forthcoming general election, election observers will be permitted to observe in all constituencies, in line with obligations flowing from the Copenhagen Document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability. [38255/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been made aware of an approved housing body that has allegedly been overcharging its tenants (details supplied); if he will instruct the body to refund all tenants who were overcharged; and will an investigation be conducted into this matter and whether any other housing bodies are overcharging tenants. [38318/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will heed the calls of animal welfare and environmental groups to abolish the issuing of hare coursing licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38159/24]
Children 8 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the special schools pilot, which will provide delivery of in-school therapy supports to children in selected special schools; the timeframe for different stages of this pilot; and whether it is planned to roll it out to all special schools. [37904/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare providers that have signed a core funding scheme contract for any one year are under any legal obligation to inform parents three months in advance that they will not be signing up to the following year's core funding contract, or if the obligation to provide three months' notice of withdrawal from the core funding scheme only applies to notifying his Department, and further, that this only applies if they are withdrawing from core funding within a 12-month contract period. [38285/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an exact date as to when the final report from the Farrelly commission of investigation (details supplied) will be published. [38297/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, the procurement process for engaging the services of an organisation (details supplied); if there were any site visits to inspect premises, paperwork or in-person meetings with any of the directors or management of an organisation. [38328/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, what was the audit process; if this ever led to any concerns about the governance and oversight of the organisation (details supplied); if an audit ever took place; and if so, the outcome of this process. [38329/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, the amount that was paid to a company (details supplied) in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024. [38330/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, what is the procurement process for engaging the services of for-profit companies to provide access supervision by Tusla now. [38331/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, what is the governance and oversight process of these companies now. [38332/24]
Agriculture 6 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 20 January 2021, in which the Minister stated "it can be interpreted that those involved in sporting activities, as opposed to domestic pets, are classed as farm animals", if he will ensure that this is corrected and that greyhounds are classified as domestic pets like other dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37807/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the nitrates derogation overwhelmingly benefits a wealthier minority of intensive farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38156/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with An Taoiseach that tax funds from a company (details supplied) should be spent on attempts to retain the nitrates derogation; what investments, in addition to those already outlined in his Department's official plan to retain the derogation published in August, he believes would be needed to achieve this, including an estimate of the amount of additional tax money from the company that would need to be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38155/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an economic assessment of the likely monetary impact on Irish agriculture of 1.5%, 2% and 3% of global heating; if his Department intends carrying out such an assessment if none is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38158/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in percentage terms the amount of last year's reported reductions in agricultural emissions that can be attributed to revisions to the sector's baseline emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38157/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in an effort to try and tackle dog theft, he will consider the introduction of compulsory microchip verification by veterinarians during routine visits, to confirm the owner’s name; if he will consider a mechanism to validate the registration status of the owner's address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38314/24]
Social 5 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether weekly social protection rates should be treated equally in terms of increases in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37526/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there will reportedly be no increase to jobseeker’s allowance in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37528/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on introducing a parental benefit for parents availing of unpaid parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37527/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ending discrimination against young unemployed people in terms of jobseekers’ payment rates in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37525/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on permanently increasing both child benefit and qualified child payments in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37524/24]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline, in response to over 500 days of the conflict in Sudan, which has caused almost 10 million to be forced to flee their homes making it the world’s largest displacement crisis, the actions the Government has taken on this; and if his Department will consider actions (details supplied). [37279/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish election observers that he plans to nominate for each country as part of the Organisation for Security Co-operation in Europe’s forthcoming election observation missions, namely to Georgia, Moldova and Uzbekistan; the number of observers already deployed this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that comparative members of the Organisation for Security C-operation in Europe provide their long-term election observers with income payments in addition to living expenses; if he will consider introducing this in order to reduce barriers to participation in such roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a progress report on the establishment of an office of veteran affairs (details supplied); if he will commit to providing better resources for veterans of the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37866/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason for her views that gender transitions "have to be medically led", as mentioned in an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37562/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the reason Ireland does not have a child support agency that pursues and collects child maintenance for the children and primary parent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37541/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether a train or DART station should be developed at Croke Park, given it is the only one of the ten largest stadia in Europe without a rail connection. [37973/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 9 July 2024, if his attention has been drawn to a recent media report (details supplied) that the Revenue Commissioners are removing laptops from civil service staff employed there; whether he was consulted in advance of this development and approved this change; whether the national blended working policy needs to be amended to take account of this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/24]

New lobbying 1 return

National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators

Seán Crowe — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Lung Fibrosis Association Health
- Creating awareness to members of The House of the Oireachtas and Minister for Health of the need for a National Clinical Care Programme for patients living with pulmonary fibrosis in Ireland, and the unmet needs of those patients and the challenges they face living with a life limiting condition, the cost of running oxygen at home and rising energy costs.
National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators