Louth — week of Mon, 23 Sept

What your Louth TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Sept – 29 Sept 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 33 questions · 9 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Childcare

2024-09-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 66–58

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 69–57

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-09-24 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Fergus O'Dowd · Peter Fitzpatrick

Voted against 2 Imelda Munster · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 4 Erin McGreehan · Ged Nash · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 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

Ged Nash — Labour Party 2 votes · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 13 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to act on the recommendations of the recent Law Reform Commission's report on proposed reforms to the compulsory purchase order process; if he agrees that reform in this policy area is urgent in an effort to tackle dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37872/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to appoint a deputy chief executive in Louth County Council with special responsibility for Drogheda; if he has the express authority to have such appointments made within local authority structures; the details on the legislative or regulatory basis on which a Minister can instruct a local authority to make such internal appointments as referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37901/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will designate Drogheda as a city in law and for local government administrative purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37978/24]
Finance 3 questions
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full cost to the Exchequer from 2026 to 2029 as a result of the changes he proposes to make to the standard fund threshold in respect of pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37977/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason he has, to date, decided not to extend the living cities initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; if he plans to do so in Budget 2025 and the forthcoming finance Bill; if he will provide an estimate of the annual cost of extending the initiative to these County Louth towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37979/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of the projected cost in 2025 of revenue foregone, if plans to impose a capital gains tax liability on the transfer of family-owned businesses worth in excess of €10 million were not to proceed in the manner in which it is currently planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38342/24]
Education 3 questions
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is concerned that there are insufficient places available in second-level schools in County Louth this year for children with additional needs; her plans to provide additional places in second-level schools in Louth for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38108/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Louth who have additional needs and who have no place in a second-level school in the county; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38109/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the number of special education classes attached to mainstream schools in County Louth; the names of the schools concerned; the number of students accommodated in such classes in each school; the number of children in County Louth in special classes in mainstream schools in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38110/24]
Transport 2 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport when work will commence on the Ardee bypass; the timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37285/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport when his Department received a feasibility study application from Louth County Council in connection with the proposed development of phase three of the port access northern cross route in north Drogheda (the phase of the road crossing the Dublin to Belfast railway line); the support that will be provided by his Department for the study; when the study is scheduled to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37539/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the decision to relocate beneficiaries of temporary protection from the Franciscan Friary and Dominican Friary, Drogheda, to Drumcar County Louth; the reason the Franciscan and Dominican friaries will no longer be used to house beneficiaries of temporary protection; if his Department has plans to use these friaries for alternative purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the threshold for the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37491/24]

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

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 · 6 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Social 2 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the performance of processing ‘hubs’ for community welfare and other services; whether her Department has any plans for creating similar hubs for other social protection payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37674/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the current stage of legislation that will allow for the enactment of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow a cohabitant to claim a widow’s pension in certain circumstances; when she expects it to be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37673/24]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues and the European Commission regarding Ireland's nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38162/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on any potential changes to the Common Agricultural Policy; the impact this would have on payment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38163/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education when a school in County Louth (details supplied) will be granted DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37578/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline Government plans to deal with the scourge of drugs and drug dealing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38177/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Budgetary matters
- Sharing the Oireachtas Disability Groups Pre-Budget 2025 Messages
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